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 Re: 50 BMG Near Miss - "Sucked the Eyeballs Out" of the Deer
[Re: Double Naught Spy]
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12/23/17 03:06 AM
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The point is valid, but to say one is more ethical than the other is out there.
And a true high shoulder shot kills instantly, rendering no pain. Unless the animal goes unconscious with the shot, there will be pain. The animal will experience the sensation until the oxygen is starved from the brain. Fortunately, it will be a quick death. They do go unconscious. The spinal cord is severed.
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Re: 50 BMG Near Miss - "Sucked the Eyeballs Out" of the Deer
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12/23/17 03:20 AM
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The point is valid, but to say one is more ethical than the other is out there.
And a true high shoulder shot kills instantly, rendering no pain. Unless the animal goes unconscious with the shot, there will be pain. The animal will experience the sensation until the oxygen is starved from the brain. Fortunately, it will be a quick death. They do go unconscious. The spinal cord is severed. With shock I doubt they feel much pain
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Re: 50 BMG Near Miss - "Sucked the Eyeballs Out" of the Deer
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01/02/18 05:34 PM
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Shooting a deer in the head with a .50 bmg is more ethical than intentionally shooting a deer in the "high shoulder" with any caliber you choose.
Unless you miss by just a little ( an inch or two) and leave the deer, wounded and faceless to suffer and starve to death. A body shot to the vitals has MUCH more room for error (5-7 inches maybe) while remaining lethal.
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Re: 50 BMG Near Miss - "Sucked the Eyeballs Out" of the Deer
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01/02/18 05:57 PM
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Unless you miss by just a little ( an inch or two) and leave the deer, wounded and faceless to suffer and starve to death. A body shot to the vitals has MUCH more room for error (5-7 inches maybe) while remaining lethal.
I can see this argument from both sides. A vitals shot offers a larger kill zone. I think sometimes people rely too much on this or just have a really poor understand of anatomy. Plenty of deer are wounded or crippled by folks relying on that extra room for error. They fail to drop the animal and have poor tracking ability or incentive and so just leave it to die injured. Plenty of folks fail to recover deer they shot "through the vitals." Plenty of gut shot deer that suffer and either starve or die of sepsis. It is the responsibility of the hunter to know his/her capabilities and to act accordingly. Too many don't, regardless of where they are aiming.
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