Muzzleloader Bang Flop Buck

[alsaqr]

Distance: About 85 yards
Attitude: Standing Broadside
Rifle: .50 caliber Encore
Bullet: 250 grain SST
Sabot: Crush rib


Was sitting in low stand when i observed a buck in the tall grass. Decided on a CNS shot. Shot was too high, it destroyed the spine and some backstrap.

The buck was in rut.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Nice buck.

 

[Grumulkin]

I don't understand. You say you intended to make a CNS shot but then say the shot was too high and yet it destroyed the spine. The spine houses the spinal cord which is part of the CNS. The shot looks perfect to me and I also say, nice buck!

 

[Patocazador]

Nice buck.

I'll say!

 

[Johnm1]

I don't understand. You say you intended to make a CNS shot but then say the shot was too high and yet it destroyed the spine. The spine houses the spinal cord which is part of the CNS. The shot looks perfect to me and I also say, nice buck!

I think some CNS shot are aimed just below the spine to cause enough trauma to the spine to incapacitate the animal while it bleeds out from the wound. I'm pretty sure it is intended to destroy less of the backstrap. Alsaqr can define what he actually meant in this case. Nice buck BTW.

 

[alsaqr]

I don't understand.

i wanted the bullet to impact about three inches lower.

 

[stringnut]

i wanted the bullet to impact about three inches lower.

Wouldn't that have been a high lung shot then? May have shocked the spine,but, may not have. Wouldn't have mattered much. That deer wouldn't have gone far with a shot 3 inches lower. Darned nice buck. Lot better than the one horned 3 point I shot this year!

 

[Ks5shooter]

Nice job!

 

[red rick]

Nice deer.

 

[brewer12345]

Did the bullet blow up or maintain its integrity hitting those bones?

 

[alsaqr]

Did the bullet blow up or maintain its integrity hitting those bones?

The bullet fragmented.

 

[brewer12345]

The bullet fragmented.

Thanks for indulging my curiosity. Looked like it, but wasn't sure.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Nice Buck!

LD