Questionable performance with Hornaday ammo

[Husker_Fan]

Head shots on animals can be tough because the shape of the skull and size of the brain are very different than what people often assume. Behind the ear will destroy the brain stem.

Also, at one point someone posted a picture showing shot placement for putting down cattle and deer humanely. It was basically a shot between and above the eyes at an angle down towards the spinal column. It is surprisingly easy to completely miss the brain with what one would expect to be a devastating head shot.

 

[Brockak47]

maybe it just deflected of the skull because you were at that perfect angle per say, hard to tell unless you had a high speed camera set up and some lasers, then again maybe that hornandy stuff is loaded to perform best against humans?

 

[hardluk1]

People are allways so quick to put blame on there ammo. Bullet placement is key. So heres an injuried animal with a full load of adrenalin flowing and under stress and you could have made a bad first shot under some stress too. A bad head shot is likely and a perfect heart shoot on a animal like this can still take some time for a bleed out . Till then it will keep try'n to get away from whats happened .

 

[nls1]

A couple months ago I was at a relatives out in the country picking up a truck load of fire wood.

They had a lab that had a huge growth on it's face, and needed to be put down, it was pitiful.

After we are all loaded up my uncle says, "uh, hey Dan you got your pistol?"

"yep", I said. You can guess what I got wrangled into next.

.357 hornady critical defense to the back of the skull, right where it attaches to the neck, took down that 100 pound lab like it's legs had been swept out from it.

So there you have it, I can add family pet murderer to my resume
swell

Aside from the nerves making the tail wag for a couple seconds, it was dead before it hit the ground.

Like others have said, it was probably the adrenaline and maybe the bullet didn't go through as much brain matter as needed for instant lights out.

Dan

 

[JEB]

i have finished off several deer with head shots and one thing has remained consistent; if you dont sever the brainstem, they will flop around, sometimes a lot.

the back of the skull, right where it attaches to the neck

thats the spot. if you shoot them there with most any centerfire round, they will almost always be DRT.

 

[coolluke01]

I thought of this right away when I saw this thread.

http://youtu.be/BfeZXWXmI_0

 

[Lawdawg45]

I thought of this right away when I saw this thread.

http://youtu.be/BfeZXWXmI_0

Classic!

LD