Bang/flop

Shot a spike buck once and it hit the ground on the shot which was 35 yards. Expecting to see blood and brains all over the tree . . . nothing. Cut his throat and after bleeding a while he started moving his front hooves. On closer examination, the bullet shaved his right ear and clipped a burr on his antler. It was probably a miss!
Deer shot through the lungs can travel but when a rib is hit, there appears to be a certain amount of spinal shock that causes them to go down quicker.
 
Of the 4 deer i have taken all have been bang-flop. Shot them in the lungs/heart area too. The two moose I have taken both ran a short distance though. The last moose I shot was a calf up in Prince George, the first shot actually severed its spinal cord aswell as hitting both lungs; it dropped, and then got back up and tried to run! Tough animals forsure.
 
Have had a few deer bang-flop.

Probably the best of those was one that I cleaned through the upper lungs on a broadside at about 40 yards.

He went plank stiff, with an arched back, and rolled pretty much straight over backwards onto his back.

Nice clean entry and exits through ribs, no visible damage to the backstraps, my best guess was that the shock of the bullet passing through him caused some spinal trauma and whacked the crap outta him.

Kinda too bad he didn't go another 40 yards, as he would have landed right by my truck! :)

Cheers
Trev
 
The only bang/flop ones I have shot were caused by high shot placement causing shock to the spinal column. Really, I could care less if they drop in their tracks, I hunt for meat, and do my best to place the shot in the lungs, back off the shoulders, and down far enough not to shock the loins. These shots are always result in a quick kill, but usually require tracking less than 100 yards. Most times the deer falls within sight, only going 30-50 yards.
A deer can cover 100 yards in seconds, so despite them traveling a little distance the kill is still very quick. Just because a deer drops in its tracks doesn't mean it is dead when it hits the ground.
 
I've had bang-flops from heart/lung shots. Seems to me that they are more likely to drop like a stone if they are completely calm and unaware of you. If they are on edge because they are aware of you, I think it is much more likely that they'll run (may be running dead and blind and head-long into a tree, I think it's just a result of the adrenaline or something).

RG

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Any DRT kills I have made have always come from some contact with the spinal column. Usually due to getting high on the broadside shots and clipping the bottom of the spine. Results in bruising of the backstrap, not something I recommend.
 
Out of the 2 deer i've shot in my few years hunting, my first was a "bang flop" deer was moving and first slug hit the spine. Made things easier as it was my first deer and the idea of losing a deer due to lack of tracking skill was worrying me. Hit my buck this year right in the boiler, good blood trail and some snow the night before made tracking fairly easy.
 
Only one bang/ flop on deer, couple years ago a 6 point came to my stand and as it was so close (30') I put a .270 slug just below the head, dropped and not a quiver. Shot a doe years ago with a 30-30 at 60 yds and blew the heart completely out, covered the ground behind for 10' and she still ran 100'.

I have had 2 flops on the 2 bears I shot. Shoulder shot on a sow at 120 yds and neck shot on a 250lb boar at 30 yds, he dropped like a stone and stayed.
 
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