Thread: .223 bullet deflection from twigs and branches

Shot a big Sika stag many moons ago. He and some girls were 100m away on the other side of some manuka. I saw him rubbing up against the manuka, so knew the projo was only going to have to fight through 1-2m of manuka sticks, so launched a 150gn Sierra gameking. Stag ran a few meters and dropped. Got over there and saw Manuka was only 1m thick, and no big branches. Upon dressing him out I found that the projo was already completely sideways as it went through the near side skin, just behind the front leg.

Air is the only thing that doesn't deflect projectiles, and even then that can be a stretch sometimes!!