Rdnck is a serious deer killer!

Leatherstocking · Post by **Leatherstocking** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:41 pm

Scott,
thanks! I'm trying to stay away from the sparring matches....I want good factual data when I debate! Believed from my own experiences, though of the same argument!
Be Blessed! Doug

Conan_568 · Post by **Conan_568** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:18 am

I know for a fact that my 45-90 puts a good sized hole clear through a buffalo when the shot placement is good.
I have always gone for a heart, lung shot, and I think the old buff hunters may have done the same.
It works and fast, mine dropped like a rock..

Scott Tschirhart · Post by **Scott Tschirhart** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 9:25 am

I don't care for the sparring matches either. Nobody is going to change anyone's mind about what they believe anyway.

No doubt, you put one of these slugs through the heart and they are going to bleed out pretty quick. The trick is knowing where the heart is and holding there.

I think a lot of folks may have trouble because they do not understand exactly where the organs lie in an animal.

Leatherstocking · Post by **Leatherstocking** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:45 pm

Scott,
I believe you are correct taht many don't know where to aim. I think mant also just shoot at the animal and not at the spot.

Conan,
I thought I read once that the Buffalo hunters aimed for behind the ear. The idea of putting down the animal qucikly without allowing for a lot of flailing around, spooking the rest of the herd. That would be a very small target area to hit the spine at the base of the skull.......but then these guys were professionals and would be starvin' pilgrams in short order if the herd ran off!