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My buddy shot this buck on November 7th. It appeared to be a lethal hit (you can see the entrance/exit wounds in the pics) The deer lived and he continued to pursue him into December. He finally harvested the deer and his right lung had turned black. Pretty incredible how tough they can be sometimes!!! Just thought you all might find this interesting.
 

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Very impressed with your buddy's determination to kill this buck, as much as the buck's determination to live. Congrats to your friend. Awesome story, thanks for sharing.
 
Humans survive all the time one lung but that is surgically removed. Crazy!

What pray tell did he shoot it with that it only dropped one lung?

Lucky guy. Would he buy me a lottery ticket?
 
Heck of a deer. Crazy what they can survive. That looks like a perfect double lung shot assuming he got a pass through.


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catman529":1bktgz3b said:
That looks like a perfect double lung shot assuming he got a pass through.
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Location of impact isn't in question.

Considering the date, would assume it was fired from a muzzleloader.
A loose-fitting sabot, wrong sabot/bullet combo, poor ignition, etc. are all possibilities that could have caused a relatively low-velocity projectile.

Also, the particular bullet (even assuming everything else was perfect) could have made all the difference.

I remember many years ago when a friend and I thought we were being very smart by using some very lightweight bullets in our .50 caliber muzzleloader, achieving some very high velocities, and they were really grouping well on targets. But I shot a buck at about 20 yards in the shoulder, and the bullet totally disintegrated on impact, causing little more than a little hair loss to the deer. That deer acted little more concerned than had I hit him in the shoulder with a persimmon. But it was a valuable lesson in the merits of using heavier bullets, especially bullets designed for higher velocities.
 
TheLBLman":1nwx0z4v said:
catman529":1nwx0z4v said:
That looks like a perfect double lung shot assuming he got a pass through.
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Location of impact isn't in question.

Considering the date, would assume it was fired from a muzzleloader.
A loose-fitting sabot, wrong sabot/bullet combo, poor ignition, etc. are all possibilities that could have caused a relatively low-velocity projectile.

Also, the particular bullet (even assuming everything else was perfect) could have made all the difference.

I remember many years ago when a friend and I thought we were being very smart by using some very lightweight bullets in our .50 caliber muzzleloader, achieving some very high velocities, and they were really grouping well on targets. But I shot a buck at about 20 yards in the shoulder, and the bullet totally disintegrated on impact, causing little more than a little hair loss to the deer. That deer acted little more concerned than had I hit him in the shoulder with a persimmon. But it was a valuable lesson in the merits of using heavier bullets, especially bullets designed for higher velocities.
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yea that's true. But he did mention entrance and exit wounds...so was it a pass through? If it was, even with a crappy bullet that's still a hole through both lungs that the deer somehow survived.


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