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Folks,
I went hunting for coyote this weekend and shot one at about 40 yds. I know that he was hit behind the right shoulder quartering away slightly. My hunting partner stated that it had been hit hard. He had another view of it from a different angle. The coyote ran into the brush. After a few minutes I crossed a small swamp area to where I shot it. There was definite blood in the snow, I tracked the animal for about 300 yds until the blood trail stopped. I could not find it anywhere. I hate to think that I just wounded it and that it is going to die a slow death. No animal that is hunted deserves that.
Now my question is, is it possible that the leverevolutuion slug did not expand in a smaller , thin skinned (40lb) animal? My partner shot another a little later with a 180gr 30-06 Winchester Silvertip. That one looked like it was hit with a howitzer. The only thing holding it together was the spine.
Any thoughts anybody?
Andrew
I went hunting for coyote this weekend and shot one at about 40 yds. I know that he was hit behind the right shoulder quartering away slightly. My hunting partner stated that it had been hit hard. He had another view of it from a different angle. The coyote ran into the brush. After a few minutes I crossed a small swamp area to where I shot it. There was definite blood in the snow, I tracked the animal for about 300 yds until the blood trail stopped. I could not find it anywhere. I hate to think that I just wounded it and that it is going to die a slow death. No animal that is hunted deserves that.
Now my question is, is it possible that the leverevolutuion slug did not expand in a smaller , thin skinned (40lb) animal? My partner shot another a little later with a 180gr 30-06 Winchester Silvertip. That one looked like it was hit with a howitzer. The only thing holding it together was the spine.
Any thoughts anybody?
Andrew