Thread: Something interesting re temporary cavity

I find it all really interesting. I shot maybe a hundred big game animals not including goats with compound and longbow. I can only recall 2 dropping immediately even though a number were shot through one shoulder blade. So reasonably large permanent cavity but very little, or very slow shock and energy transmission.

Ive only shot the one animal with a large projectile going slow, but also seen a few shot with 300BLK. Not huge numbers and could be shot placement too. But results have been similar. Again I don't seem to see the bang flops Im used too.

My general observation is that bigger fast expanding projectiles at speed, seem to transmit a lot of shock too an animals system that seems to at least initially drop the animal.

And Ive definitely noticed that big animals such as sambar, tend to'Behave" better, when hit by bigger fast projectiles.

But then there are Im aware other factors as well.

I have a common but weird heart condition. proximal Atrial fibrillation. Occasionally as in once every 15 years or so, My heart will go out of rhythm. Speed up to 180bpm and then randomly miss a beat or two and put in some big ones to compensate. Those missed beats for around a second or so immediately take all the energy out of me in an astounding fashion!

All that to say, who knows what temporary effect such a destructive event as an expanding projectile at close too or over the speed of sound, that can break timber near it, could be having on the nervous system.