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Old 09-21-2008 | 08:22 PM
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Default RE: Will a .243 "drop" a deer quickly?

You put it through both air bags and it should not go more than 100 yards!

I have shot a yearling with my 180 gr. .30-06 @ 15 yards through the complete chest (lung-heart-lung), including the far shoulder blown to pieces and she ran 75 yards.
Amazing as it seems, some deer have a stronger will to live or just massive adrenaline??!! It still makes me scratch my head.
Unfortunately i didn't wind up with much meat.
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