Thanks for the empathy guys. I had this weapon at a range just 3 weeks ago today. This load combo produced a 7 round group I could cover with my hand at 50 yds.. I've used this same combination for 30 years. It is a sidelock Kentucky rifle and there was a pretty long ignition delay.

I considered the possibility of both a leg hit and "no man's land". After the shot, he tore out 30 yds. farther into the field then curved sharply back 50 yds. to the cover of the pines. I was able to watch him that entire time and he appeared to have full use of all wheels. I believed he was on a death run, head low, tail straight-out and flopping, gurgling sounds with every breath, clawing to cover ground and with reckless abandon. The kind of run I've seen end in a somersault or collision with a tree.

The bone fragments were large enough to show a radius indicating they came from a round bone, suggesting somewhere below theshoulder blade and above the ankle. Had it been spine, he would have gone down on the spot. A rib fragment I think would have been flatter. The clump of bullet cut hair was about 2 inches long, too long for leg. Brown tipped 1/3, grey stem 2/3.

My muzzle was 14 feet above the animal at 45 yds. so about 11-12 feet above impact. It was my thinking that no man's land begins at thetop point of the blade north to the spine. HadI not had the fragments, I'd have said entered no man's land and landed inthe far side lung, no exit. Maybe what I have are rib fragments. Don't guess I'll ever know.

It's really sad.