30-06 Pinball Wizard

[blueridge]

Saw something crazy yesterday. My dad shot a young buck at 90 yards, 30-06, 150gr Corelokt, downhill, slightly quartering away, entered the right side at the back of the lungs. Expected to find the exit wound behind the left shoulder. Instead, found the bullet just under the hide on the left back leg! ?!?!? Would have bet anything that it would have blasted right through the rib bone and out the other side like it always has in the past. Opened him up and the bullet did not one, but two 90 degree changes in direction! Crazy.

Anyone else seen any crazy paths of travel?

 

[blueridge]

 

[marshman]

Yes, twice. Both shots were taken while the buck was bedded, in the front quarter and bullet under the hide in the rear quarter.

 

[sbhooper]

Looks like the bullet held together well. I have had a couple times over the years, where bullets did some strange stuff. You just never know. You can EXPECT to see certain results, but bullets can do strange things.

 

[BrianID]

I have never seen that. I don't doubt that it did happen but if it happened to me, I would have thought someone else had shot the deer and I just put the finishing round in it.