2004 Muley

[300 RUM]

I hit him with 180gr Scirocco Factory ammo. I was slightly higher and right then him. My bullet hit the last rib on his right side 2/3 up his back broke 3 more ribs crossed into the chest cavity to almost center and exited through his neck taking the windpipe in half. He fell within 2 yards and slid for about 8 more.

The buck I shot two years ago with the same load had very impressive damage. He was also running away too slightly right, I shot hitting him square in the hind quarter. The bullet hit his hip joint totally devastating it and blowing the entry wound open to the size of a grapefruit. Almost amputating the rear leg. The inside of the opposite leg had bone fragments sticking into the hide. The bullet then continued thru the cavity breaking thru a rib then shoulder bone and lodgeing under the skin on the outside of the shoulder. Basically crossing from right rear to front left. I weighed the bullet and it actually held together very well I think it weighed about 130 grains or so, not too bad considering the bone matter it went thru. (I believe this buck was about 100 yards away.)