these guys who have never experienced it won't believe it, but how many deer are shot high in the lungs at 40 yards and when the muzzle blast hits them in the face, just whirl and run, now those deer are running 52fps, if its a fatal liver hit they could live what 2 minutes?, that gives them time to travel over 1 mile, they change direction just out of site whats the chances of finding them? 50% maybe, you gutshoot one at 600 yards, they do not relate gunfire that far away to danger, they do not run with blind panic, they are hurt and just want to bed up. shot one years ago at daylight at 611 yards, instead of broadside she was quartering too, liver hit her, she made 3 jumps, took 3 steps and bedded down at the edge of the field, I ranged her at 625, when she raised her head, sent an accubond right in front of her ear. liver shot one at 1350 yards, she was dead when we drove up, we watched her bed down, and her head start to sag.
so yes you make some bad hits at extended range, but they do not relate the shot to danger, so recovery is much easier.
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