Thread: Off for a ride...

Many years ago there was an young guy who was allowed to borrow a farmers old martini black powder 577/450 long rifle and the farmers horse to go hunt a few deer on the property.
This horse was immensely intelligent and the young guy would just sit on it back and wait. The horse would quietly amble on and then without notice it would stop. A quick shuffle of the hooves and the young guy would look through the horses ears and low and behold, there'd be a deer in the distance.
Standing quietly the horse would lower it head a fraction so the rifle could be laid between the ears and BANG the shot taken! The horse standing steadfastly, without even a flinch!
The young guy shot many deer this way and the farmer was always pleased to have a bit of venison.
One day the young arrived on the farm and the farmer told him all about new fangled cordite and showed him a nice new carbine he could use with better effect!
The young guy set off and every thing went to plan, deer sighted, head lowered and BANG! Only this time the horse shot up into the air, all four legs flying out horizontally and then boof it landed on it stomach, not making another move, the young guy was perplexed and it took a while to figure what had happened!
The shot had removed the top of the horses head, the young guy had forgotten he had been given a much shorter carbine!
It was with fear and dread he returned to the farmer on foot to explain, no venison and a dead horse.