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With bigger cals and also with stouter projectiles in medium cals where the projectile passes through, I believe there is a Venturi effect that sucks fluid out of the wound helping to depressurise...

Not having a crack at all but your post raises a matter - the commonly held belief in 1000ft lbs, Just because Col Townsend Whelan wrote years ago that a bullet needs 1000 foot lbs energy to kill a...

Very nicely shaped stag I have to say! This vid explains what happened and is well worth a quick watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_x9vR_0KM8

I think there is an exponential increase in observed 'knock down' with those big cals if they are loaded with the right bullet.

The shock wave from a high velocity bullet cannot be underestimated for 'stunning' the animal which then bleeds to death and dies while laying on the ground. We have all seen a 'stunned' animal that...

Regarding the instant collapse Heart shot, there was a vid posted here a while back ( by stug)about a South African game hunting outfit and what they had found regarding shot placement. They had Vets...

I think that the point I wished to make has been lost, I'll try explaining in more detail. Bullets dont 'knock down' game. Sudden collapse ( unless a brain or spine shot) is caused by a disruption to...

Something that i haven't seen differentiated here is Foot pounds of energy and Momentum. They are not the same but get confused in the maths and in the Grants book because projectile Momentum has an...

Have a read ( google) of Nathan Fosters 'Game killing fundamental's'