Thread: Something interesting re temporary cavity

Originally Posted by gimp

The temporary elastic deformation exceeds the yield strength of the thin/brittle sheet underneath. You can see this on plastic bucket lids too when you place gelatin blocks on those and shoot them. Plywood doesn't suffer any harm.

Yes. I think this is what happened to the stag I shot this morning. The temporary elastic deformation (caused by the bullet) exceeded the yield strength of the stags nervous system causing it to fall over. Unfortunately, I could not observe this in the dead animal like you can with a plastic bucket lid.