08-31-2011, 02:06 AM
That long ago I don't even remember what bran of bullet I was using. I have recently acquired a long term and short term memory loss due being doped up from a recent spine surgery, or maybe not, I really don't remember.
Anyways, the reason I stated that it wasn't fmjs was because I at least remember that much. However entry and exit wounds were very similar which to me would scream FM, but as I stated I know those weren't used.
As for the lack of blood trail, well that still perplexes me to this day. It just doesn't make since to me. I.e.
1. Deer gets shot in vitals, for the sake of argument we'll say with fmj. 2. It's a clean through and through in chest cavity. 3. When vitals are hit that point essentially becomes a hole in a pressurized pipe. Even with a shot through the heart it will still pump.4. That pressurized system that was just ruptured has to release that preasure at the point, or points in this case, of least resistance. You all see where I'm going with this right? By all rights even if I had put 3 through and through fmjs there should have still been a readable (bubbly at that from lungs hit) blood trail. So to answer your question JA, yes a larger exit means better blood trail, with a clean shot. On the other hand that doesn't mean that a small exit can't leave a blood trail that my 5yo could follow. Just this last year I helped a buddy track a blood trail that he thought was a great shot, so did I until I started to see a lot of brown in the trail. This trail looked like someone had drug a bloody rag through the woods. We get to the doe and sure enough she had been gut shot and still left that much of a bold trail. But here's the kicker, that was all from the entry the marlin 30-30 he was using, there was no exit wound. That one confused me a bit too.
Anyways, the reason I stated that it wasn't fmjs was because I at least remember that much. However entry and exit wounds were very similar which to me would scream FM, but as I stated I know those weren't used.
As for the lack of blood trail, well that still perplexes me to this day. It just doesn't make since to me. I.e.
1. Deer gets shot in vitals, for the sake of argument we'll say with fmj. 2. It's a clean through and through in chest cavity. 3. When vitals are hit that point essentially becomes a hole in a pressurized pipe. Even with a shot through the heart it will still pump.4. That pressurized system that was just ruptured has to release that preasure at the point, or points in this case, of least resistance. You all see where I'm going with this right? By all rights even if I had put 3 through and through fmjs there should have still been a readable (bubbly at that from lungs hit) blood trail. So to answer your question JA, yes a larger exit means better blood trail, with a clean shot. On the other hand that doesn't mean that a small exit can't leave a blood trail that my 5yo could follow. Just this last year I helped a buddy track a blood trail that he thought was a great shot, so did I until I started to see a lot of brown in the trail. This trail looked like someone had drug a bloody rag through the woods. We get to the doe and sure enough she had been gut shot and still left that much of a bold trail. But here's the kicker, that was all from the entry the marlin 30-30 he was using, there was no exit wound. That one confused me a bit too.