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11-27-2015, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dumoulin
It was but also 1.5 to the left...
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A foot and a half to the left would an issue. Not an inch and a half.
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11-27-2015, 03:18 PM
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Just curious what projectile you used out of your 7mm for the shot?
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11-27-2015, 03:20 PM
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7mm should have been fine. dropped a bull this year with a 150gr fusion out of a 7wsm. I would look to the birds for help. if it was a liver hit he is down somewhere.
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11-27-2015, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 7magtime
Just curious what projectile you used out of your 7mm for the shot?
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Norsler 150gr/ IMR 82.5gr.
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11-27-2015, 07:52 PM
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Here's the final verdict. I went back this afternoon and retraced the bullet path and discovered that it travelled through a 5" poplar about 1/2 way. This tree was hunched over across the cut line. This could account for everything. I think the bullet may have fragmented and didn't cause as much damage as it should. In addition to this, I also discovered that total distance was 210 yards.
I'm guessing that its' should is peppered with led shards.
I can't say I didn't try... But I wish now I would have never shot! At least I know that bush like the back of my hand!
Thanks for the pms and support.
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11-27-2015, 07:55 PM
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You find him?
Edit. Posted at nearly the same time.
Sorry to hear, you put in quite a bit of time.
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11-27-2015, 08:33 PM
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No recovery
Well imo if I waited many years for a moose I would have waited plenty of time for it to expire before I went to recover it if I did not see it hit the ground. You made a critical error so learn from that and hope for better luck next time. Cheers
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11-27-2015, 10:23 PM
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Sorry to hear you didn't find it. Doesn't much matter what you're shooting when you hit a tree before you hit your target, it can happen to the best of us.....
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11-27-2015, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by 7magtime
Sorry to hear you didn't find it. Doesn't much matter what you're shooting when you hit a tree before you hit your target, it can happen to the best of us.....
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Trees, twigs, grass, it's all bad when it comes to bullets! 
Sorry for the lousy deflection, sometimes you can't see that stuff even with an optical sighting instrument! 
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11-28-2015, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by dumoulin
It was but also 1.5 to the left...
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At 150 yards, even if your gun was 1.5" left, you would have put that bullet through the vitals. Its not your gun....
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11-28-2015, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: From Whitemouth MB. now hiding in Ab.
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Came back to get an update and it appears it wasn't a happy ending ... sad.
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11-28-2015, 11:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badone20
At 150 yards, even if your gun was 1.5" left, you would have put that bullet through the vitals. Its not your gun....
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Nope it was the tree...
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