Good shots - little to no blood trail
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Good shots - little to no blood trail
First year of ML hunting for deer and we have noticed little to no blood after making good vital shots. We are all shooting T/C Triumphs with 150gr 777 and 250gr Hornady SST sabots. In most cases there would be no blood from point of impact out to 40-50 yards then very little blood until we find our deer on the ground in which there is massive blood. After shotgun hunting in Iowa for 25+ years I was very surprised at this with our M/L's. Is this common or were our results uncommon even though same experience on 3 out of 3 deer? I should mention all shots taken were within 70 yards.
#2
RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
I experienced this years ago using round ball but lately using Maxi hunters in my flinters and Hornady XTPs and Harvester sabots, I have excellent blood trails.
I am glad to see you are persistant in tracking your animals and recovering them. There are quite a few so called 'hunters' out there that shoot and either don't check for sign of a hit because the animal didn't go down, or look a bit, don't see any blood and figure they missed.
I am glad to see you are persistant in tracking your animals and recovering them. There are quite a few so called 'hunters' out there that shoot and either don't check for sign of a hit because the animal didn't go down, or look a bit, don't see any blood and figure they missed.
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
Lack of blood trail is a real reason for concern. I just wonder why some get good blood trails using the same bullet and powder charge, while others get none. It has to do with shot placement.
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
ORIGINAL: cayugad
Lack of blood trail is a real reason for concern. I just wonder why some get good blood trails using the same bullet and powder charge, while others get none. It has to do with shot placement.
Lack of blood trail is a real reason for concern. I just wonder why some get good blood trails using the same bullet and powder charge, while others get none. It has to do with shot placement.
Thanks for the feedback.
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
ORIGINAL: tjacobi
First year of ML hunting for deer and we have noticed little to no blood after making good vital shots. We are all shooting T/C Triumphs with 150gr 777 and 250gr Hornady SST sabots. In most cases there would be no blood from point of impact out to 40-50 yards then very little blood until we find our deer on the ground in which there is massive blood. After shotgun hunting in Iowa for 25+ years I was very surprised at this with our M/L's. Is this common or were our results uncommon even though same experience on 3 out of 3 deer? I should mention all shots taken were within 70 yards.
First year of ML hunting for deer and we have noticed little to no blood after making good vital shots. We are all shooting T/C Triumphs with 150gr 777 and 250gr Hornady SST sabots. In most cases there would be no blood from point of impact out to 40-50 yards then very little blood until we find our deer on the ground in which there is massive blood. After shotgun hunting in Iowa for 25+ years I was very surprised at this with our M/L's. Is this common or were our results uncommon even though same experience on 3 out of 3 deer? I should mention all shots taken were within 70 yards.
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
ORIGINAL: tjacobi
First year of ML hunting for deer and we have noticed little to no blood after making good vital shots. We are all shooting T/C Triumphs with 150gr 777 and 250gr Hornady SST sabots. In most cases there would be no blood from point of impact out to 40-50 yards then very little blood until we find our deer on the ground in which there is massive blood. After shotgun hunting in Iowa for 25+ years I was very surprised at this with our M/L's. Is this common or were our results uncommon even though same experience on 3 out of 3 deer? I should mention all shots taken were within 70 yards.
First year of ML hunting for deer and we have noticed little to no blood after making good vital shots. We are all shooting T/C Triumphs with 150gr 777 and 250gr Hornady SST sabots. In most cases there would be no blood from point of impact out to 40-50 yards then very little blood until we find our deer on the ground in which there is massive blood. After shotgun hunting in Iowa for 25+ years I was very surprised at this with our M/L's. Is this common or were our results uncommon even though same experience on 3 out of 3 deer? I should mention all shots taken were within 70 yards.
When you gutted thedeer was the exit hole the same size as the entrance hole? When you take "behind the shoulder shots", the SW is known to not expand when it doesn't hit bone/ribs(ie between the ribs)and "pencil thru" the vitals with the same size exist hole as entrance hole, i.e.little expansion.
Best Wishes on your "bullet quest".
Chap
PS. Board, Should this go to the SW/SST Scorecard?
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
ORIGINAL: Chasam60
switch to 300g SW and shoot for the high shoulder, right above the ball in the socket
Chap-you shootin them in the butt? LOL
Charlie
switch to 300g SW and shoot for the high shoulder, right above the ball in the socket
Chap-you shootin them in the butt? LOL
Charlie
Chap
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RE: Good shots - little to no blood trail
Alot of times, with high shot-placement, the deer will bleed buckets, but it all stays inside the body cavity.
I killed an 8-point this year with my .308--the heart and lungs were turned to jelly and he ran abt 50 yds with nary a drop of blood to be found on the ground between where he was shot and where he piled up...
But when I dressed him, buckets of blood just poured out.
The body-cavity just holds it all in.
Seen this time-and-time again.
I killed an 8-point this year with my .308--the heart and lungs were turned to jelly and he ran abt 50 yds with nary a drop of blood to be found on the ground between where he was shot and where he piled up...
But when I dressed him, buckets of blood just poured out.
The body-cavity just holds it all in.
Seen this time-and-time again.