Thread: Bullet Choice on Hares

Originally Posted by vulcannz

urban myth. Unless the hare has been poisoned with an anticoagulant first.

Ahh yeah that makes a lot of sense - as I noted up there we've had a couple that had phenomenal runs after being solidly hit. Not sure of the distance but in both cases 6 paddocks and then trying to swim the Tukituki river! Most we got were bang-flopped or a short run, but those two were exceptional and there was no way we could catch them on the 4 wheeler being impeded by pesky gates as we were!

Originally Posted by vulcannz

urban myth. Unless the hare has been poisoned with an anticoagulant first.

disagree. shot hundreds in my time over many places and they bleed for a very long time.

Originally Posted by scottrods

disagree. shot hundreds in my time over many places and they bleed for a very long time.

Well there is always this: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18041703/

Results: Mean +/- SD were obtained for thrombin time (TT) (13.97 +/- 1.37 seconds), prothrombin time (PT) (13.32 +/- 2.15 seconds), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT) (16.73 +/- 1.86 seconds), fibrinogen concentration (2.98 +/- 1.06 g/L), and platelet count (355.28 +/- 128.73 x 10(9)/L).

Basically the clotting times are all very similar to humans. It may be poisons, unhealthy animals, or if they run while wounded it may prevent the wound from clotting?

I use a 22 Magnum and 223 for smaller game these days. Just more stopping power and more clean shots. Thats just me though of course. Others might say otherwise. Nonetheless, all the best!!