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[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Rider

As a first hand witness to the effects of bullet wounds, bullets that both enter AND exit are far more devastating. Now you have 2 holes to bleed out of and the exit wound is at least 2-3 times greater than the entry depending on bullet construction. Even a bullet as small as a 7mm(.284) will cause a deer to bleed out almost all of their blood in under a minute depending on where they are hit. They might run for more than 10-15 seconds but eventually they all of the sudden drop dead.

Every deer I have ever (knowingly) killed has had an exit wound. The ones that got away, either I missed or the bullet didn't pass all the way through. Usually on the exit side about 5-10 yards behind the deer will be significant blood spray.

A lot of the gunshot wounds I have treated werent very bloody at all, usualy just an entrance or exit wound. Its all the internal damage we need to try to figure out that makes them challenging.

We also have an equation so as to not miss a bullet. the # of holes and # of bullets must be an even #, if its an odd # you either missed a hole or a bullet.

Tom