What a bullet does to an animal when it hits

sealhunter said:
We had a steer shot with a .22 once. When he fell, we went with the knife and were startled to find a heartbeat. Immediately mom called for help. Within about 2 minutes the ambulance arrived and the vet met them at the gate. Now obviously, there was no way of getting the animal in the ambulance, I guess we knew that before we even called, but if there was a chance, well, .... We would do what we could. Through the efforts of emt's, who I can still name to this day ( Paul, Lisa and randy) we were able to get "ballsy" our steer, stabilized in the stable. Ballsy would remain in the stable on life support for another 3 months. We all took turns sitting with him. The vet had told us it was no use...but this was our ballsy, and we weren't wanting to hear any of it. On may 12 th, I still remember the day...it was sunny, and a new brood of chicks had just hatched that morning,... Ballsy opened an eye, than another.... Dad was with him at the time and ran in to get us all.

Over the next two weeks, we gave ballsy this odd smelling drink nutrition as provided by the vet.

2 months later, ballsy was back to his old weight again. Eating fresh grass, no ill effects. It was a miracle.

We all felt kinda strange shooting ballsy with a .223 a week later, but we learned our lesson and are better for it.
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WTF ?? Makes for some awfully expensive steaks and burgers.
 
HMCSWebley said:
WTF ?? Makes for some awfully expensive steaks and burgers.
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Odd thing is, we kept most of the meat for ourselves
.. Andwe found it alright, but... Raw or cooked it would make ourr dogs deathly sick. Probably the meds or whatever not having made it completely out of the meat. I don't know....but we never got sick except for maybe twice and we weren't sure it was from the meat or. The fact it had gotten warm, possibly a bit spoiled before We ate it..but that was just a couple of times
 
sealhunter said:
Odd thing is, we kept most of the meat for ourselves
.. Andwe found it alright, but... Raw or cooked it would make ourr dogs deathly sick. Probably the meds or whatever not having made it completely out of the meat. I don't know....but we never got sick except for maybe twice and we weren't sure it was from the meat or. The fact it had gotten warm, possibly a bit spoiled before We ate it..but that was just a couple of times
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That does not sound very good!
 
This steer was a story from the beginning. About 3 months after he was castrated his balls grew back ( I. Know it sounds screwed up). So we ended up castrating him three times. Same results... So we named him Ballsy...
 
sealhunter said:
This steer was a story from the beginning. About 3 months after he was castrated his balls grew back ( I. Know it sounds screwed up). So we ended up castrating him three times. Same results... So we named him Ballsy...
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Well its an interesting story, but not even remotely believable...If we had a steer that grew his balls back I would have sold (or even donated) him for medical research...rather than spend all that money on the vet after shooting him, to bring him back to health, only to shoot him again without waiting the minimum time for the drugs to leave the system so the meat is safe to eat...just foolishness lol !!
 
Ha ha Sealhunter, when I worked on the pig farm we didn't even use .22's. We put a magnifying glass to their foreheads and as soon as the hair started to burn, it opened up a hole for the light to get in, and they promptly died.

We also had this three legged pig that was incredible. It saved the whole family one night when a fire started. It ran into the house and woke us all up. The next week, it pushed my little sister out of the way of a car, saving her life. You might ask why the pig has only three legs.....well, a pig as good as that, you don't eat it all at once.
 
memaquay said:
Ha ha Sealhunter, when I worked on the pig farm we didn't even use .22's. We put a magnifying glass to their foreheads and as soon as the hair started to burn, it opened up a hole for the light to get in, and they promptly died
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See now that at least sounds realistic...I wonder if this answers the original question
 
The key is to let the light in in the right spot.

We've killed lots of cattle with a cooey and Winchester wildcats, if they were hit in the right spot down they went. The major ball ups that I've taken part in we're with a 30 caliber rifle and just a couple of inches off of the mark.

Oh, and if you shoot a steer right between the eyes, you're in for an interesting day.

Gotta admire sealhunters dedication to do the right thing lol.
 
track said:
Totally agree, you have completed many disiplines in life according to your post count. I've harvested a little over 160 big game animals (which dosen't include time accompanied with family, friends and 8 years of professional guiding). Yes I know you "probably" surpassed my kill count, however; how many have you killed tracking and killing an animal "on your own?" It's most easy to kill, especially in western Canada (needless to say Africa is killing fish in a barrel) animals are quite abundant, but how were they killed, what hunting method?...................hopefully not the easy way.
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Easy or hard hunting has SFA to do with how a bullet kills. My best morning was 25 before lunch.
 
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Dogleg said:
Easy or hard hunting has SFA to do with how a bullet kills. My best morning was 25 before lunch.
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That's what I thought, killed not hunted. Like I said it's easy to kill...............a superficial act. You still didn't answer my question, what method? This is the hunting section.
 
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Track, this thread is about killing. If you don't like it please move along, and take your little personal ethics book with you. Dogleg has "killed" more than you ever will, we all know this, now move along. Stick to the topic, the other stuff is now considered trolling.
 
crazy_davey said:
Track, this thread is about killing. If you don't like it please move along, and take your little personal ethics book with you. Dogleg has "killed" more than you ever will, we all know this, now move along. Stick to the topic, the other stuff is now considered trolling.
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I'm not dening that he didn't kill more big game animal than me, only asking a very simple question that he is dubious to answer. Dog leg is a big boy I don't think that big brother needs to intervene.
 
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