Anyway, end of the day a nice doe come in for a nice easy 50-60 yard open field shot. I take the shot, aiming for vitals rather than shoulder. She bolts about 50 feet, then makes a sharp left turn right toward me, goes about 20 more feet, and drops...but writhes on the ground for 3-5 seconds before stopping. Then....about 5 seconds later, another 3 second round of writhing. I felt lousy and was a bit surprised since I knew it was a clean shot.
When I got to her, there was blood everywhere. Small entry woundright behind the right shoulder, HUGE exit wound toward the rear of the left shoulder.
Upon field dress and autopsy, I found that the slug had gone right through the heart and practically tore it in half. I mean, TORE it. Plus massive tissue damage to both shoulders....not at all what you see from a broadhead. But what amazed me was how far she ran and how long she writhed with her heart destroyed. I thought that was supposed to be a "drop em on the spot" shot.
No heart left really to speak of, amazing is right on there!
