Reading is fundamental Jag. Did you fail to see that I wrote "2" sapling that my crosshair covered up". I didn't see the thing! I know ballistics and how bullets travel pretty well and no if I had known that sapling was there I wouldn't have taken that shot. There isn't a bowhunter or rifle hunter out there that has spent any time in the woods, especially as long as my well over 60 years in them, that hasn't hit a little twig or heavy grass that they just flat out couldn't see. Now if it's a physics lesson you seek, big and slow bullets can and will tend to continue on their trajectory after contact with a piece of grass or a small dry twig more so than a small and fast bullet. The reason is MOMENTUM. They may get knocked off their axis and begin tumbling but they will continue on a straighter path than a light fast mover simply because of the weight. Just like if you hit a large animal in the head with a big slug verses a small fast mover. The small fast mover may deflect because of the angle of impact whereas if you hit at the same angle with a slow and heavy, MOMENTUM will allow for less deflection caused by angle. Take a hogs scull for instance. Some are under the false impression that a hog skull is thick and tough when in reality it is quite thin. The reason frontal head shots fail so often on hogs, especially from fast moving light bullets, is because a hogs scull is at a very steep angle. I've seen a lot of hogs "creased" by .223's as well as a few from my own 6.8spc. But my .458 SOCOM has yet to "crease". It does the Hulk smash Now, I'm not saying one should try to shoot through heavy cover with ANY caliber/cartridge but when it comes to the physics of a bullet, your heavier bullets stand more of a fighting chance than a light bullet if they do contact that unseen twig.