Black Jaque Janaviac
40 Cal.
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Just curious if anyone has knowledge of experiments with roundball deflection in brushy situations.
Is a roundball as vulnerable as an arrow? or more like a high power bullet?
I recently took what I thought was a decent broadside shot at a deer that ended up hitting it in the back knee. An honest assessment of my skill level could account for a liver shot or somewhere else on the margins os the boiler room. But there's no way I threw the shot so bad as to hit the knee when aiming at the chest.
Could the deer have leaped forward sometime between my pan flash and the ball arriving? Seems odd to move that far. I did not notice any particlarly large branches crossing the aim zone. There were some that surrounded the trajectory "pipe" but I should have been OK. The only thing I can think of is a small twig that woild be imperceptable at 50 yds.
... I did get the deer by the way. Just not a very proud kill-job.
Is a roundball as vulnerable as an arrow? or more like a high power bullet?
I recently took what I thought was a decent broadside shot at a deer that ended up hitting it in the back knee. An honest assessment of my skill level could account for a liver shot or somewhere else on the margins os the boiler room. But there's no way I threw the shot so bad as to hit the knee when aiming at the chest.
Could the deer have leaped forward sometime between my pan flash and the ball arriving? Seems odd to move that far. I did not notice any particlarly large branches crossing the aim zone. There were some that surrounded the trajectory "pipe" but I should have been OK. The only thing I can think of is a small twig that woild be imperceptable at 50 yds.
... I did get the deer by the way. Just not a very proud kill-job.