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Old 10-03-2009 | 03:14 PM
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With out a CNS hit there is absolutely no way any one could predict with any certainty what so ever how far a deer will travel after being hit with any cartridge. I have shot deer with magnum cartridges that have ran much farther than deer that I have shot with cartridges like a .270 or .243.

I have seen elk shot with magnum cartridges that have ran 75 or 80 yards and I have shot elk with my .270 that reared up on their hind legs like a horse and flopped over dead on their back.

I have also seen the exact opposite.

There is just no way to know how quickly an animal is going to run or how long it will take it to die after a shot to or through the lungs and/or heart.
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