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I can assure you he did not loose ANY crocs brain shot with ANY bullet. If he says otherwise, then he is talking a load of rubbish. Those 35% more lost were notdue to softs. It was due to poor shot placement. | |||
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Saeed Not to go off topic, but the idea that an elephant could survive a brain shot has been brought up here in the past. Do you believe that it is possible that a brain shot on an elephant could fail to kill it? Jason "You're not hard-core, unless you live hard-core." _______________________ Hunting in Africa is an adventure. The number of variables involved preclude the possibility of a perfect hunt. Some problems will arise. How you decide to handle them will determine how much you enjoy your hunt. Just tell yourself, "it's all part of the adventure." Remember, if Robert Ruark had gotten upset every time problems with Harry Selby's flat bed truck delayed the safari, Horn of the Hunter would have read like an indictment of Selby. But Ruark rolled with the punches, poured some gin, and enjoyed the adventure. -Jason Brown | |||
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Any animal can survive a brain shot. The odds are overwhelmingly against survival, but all depends on which part of the brain is hit. The bad odds are even worse with a croc, whose brain is tiny. But the question posed in this thread is not about survival. It's about losing a croc that will certainly die, but that reflexively launches into the water before doing so. Interesting question to me, since we are dealing here with what is basically a dinosaur with a prehistoric nervous system! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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I can understand that, but never 35%! | |||
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The Barnes TSX is ideal for brain shots or spinal shots on crocs. This bullet acts like a solid in most ways, but still performs the way a soft would do as well. Can't beat it if you ask me? Can't beat it even if you don't ask me.  Larry Sellers SCI Life Member | |||
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Just to clarify, the author didn't say he lost 35%. He said he lost 35% more crocs when using softs on brain shots as compared to when using solids on brain shots. This result was measured over 100 shot with each kind of bullet, for a total of 200. He didn't report the actual number of crocs lost with either kind of bullet. Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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It is logically possible that the increased hydrostatic shock of an expanding bullet over a solid could cause more dramatic trauma to the CNS which in turn leads to a greater nervous reaction. I'm torn between respecting the man's experience and not buying his interpretation of what he thinks he's seeing. In lieu of shooting a few hundred crocs I'll go with the man who has. | |||
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If he lost the croc, how did he know it was a brain shot? Did he recover them later? | |||
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