Hornady SST sabots
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General Lee
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If you're referring to the shotgun slugs, I've been using the 12 ga. SST's for years and they have been spectacular for me.
Yes, 12 ga. I just haven't seen a blood trail on 2 deer this year.
General Lee
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Interesting. That hasn't been my experience. Most of mine either drop right there or they go 30-40 yards and pile up. Always been blood but since I'm not having to usually track them I'm not paying much attention to blood trails. The slugs will fragment so that can play a role in the size of the exit hole.
Double lunged the buck where would you suggest I aim?
black dog
Free America
A better double lung hit, we all know with a good lung hit with the amount of major blood vessels in the lungs you would have generally had, more than enough traceable blood on the ground. I'm going to say that the opposing front leg was forward and the chest cavity filled up with blood before it was going to run out of the bullet hole/holes. Or no major blood vessels were cut and the animal did the slow bleed out.
On the aim smaller,
Us, we tend to do head shots, with that the animal is still where you shot it. No wasted meat at all, we don't mount anything.
Two deer lost in one season, just that in its self should give a hunter reason to rethink one's ethics, and shots while hunting.
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Kinnakeet
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Did the projectile exit the other side? Put that round in the front shoulder and drop the animal in its tracks.Sometimes things like that happen and it sucks but buzzards gota eat same as the worms.
Wickedwrench
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I've used these for years and never had a problem with blood trails because it normally drops them where they stand. I've trailed a couple for other people that left a generous trail regardless of whether it was a 12 or 20 gauge slug.
Don't even get me started about the trail of a .350 Legend. For all the hype it is so disappointing.
Don't even get me started about the trail of a .350 Legend. For all the hype it is so disappointing.
General Lee
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You ain't lying. Talk about no blood trail and lost deer.
Kinnakeet
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350 legend is a worthless 9MM you want knockdown get the proven 45/70
Wickedwrench
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I went back to my 12 gauge with SST slugs. Problem solved. Don't fix what ain't broke.
Kinnakeet
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True story
black dog
Free America
Didn't know Maryland had muleys in the flatlands.
Kinnakeet
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Deer weapon front shoulder=dead deer on the spot
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Just thinking here. If they were really good lung shots, those deer would have been expelling copious amounts of blood from their mouths and nostrils. Aside from the blood leaving the area where the shot placement was.
What were the distances the shots were taken? Those Hornady sabots neck down to about a .45 caliber when shooting from a 12ga. I've taken plenty of deer with black powder sabots, though not Hornady, which neck down to a .45 sized bullet, and never had an issue. When using a shotgun, I use just the simple ole regular Remington rifled slug, (cheaper), no problems with those either.
Get some luminol, and a UV flashlight, for your next hunt in case it happens again. At least you might be able to find a smaller blood spatter droplets trail to find a deer rather than leaving the carcass to nature, and your freezer empty.
Just thinking here. If they were really good lung shots, those deer would have been expelling copious amounts of blood from their mouths and nostrils. Aside from the blood leaving the area where the shot placement was.
What were the distances the shots were taken? Those Hornady sabots neck down to about a .45 caliber when shooting from a 12ga. I've taken plenty of deer with black powder sabots, though not Hornady, which neck down to a .45 sized bullet, and never had an issue. When using a shotgun, I use just the simple ole regular Remington rifled slug, (cheaper), no problems with those either.
Get some luminol, and a UV flashlight, for your next hunt in case it happens again. At least you might be able to find a smaller blood spatter droplets trail to find a deer rather than leaving the carcass to nature, and your freezer empty.
black dog
Free America
223 or 243 and a head shot, zero ruined meat and with no working computer and eyes dangling they are dead before they hit the ground. 45-70 lol
black dog
Free America
That's it, nothing more. They both were just poor placement.
Kinnakeet
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45/70 legal in southern MD