Did the bullet blow out part of the shoulder bone thru the exit wound?
I shot an impala in 2005 where by bullet broke off a chunk of the shoulder bone and the exit was huge and several inches long. It did not take part of the hide off but it looked very odd.
Posts: 3143 | Location: Duluth, GA | Registered: 30 September 2005
The shoulder was broken by the exiting bullet, and either ripped the broken part of blade out, or it caught on something as the impala fell or ran. Good picture! Regards, Graham
The bullet was loaded backwards in the case by one of Walter's friends as a prank. The backwards bullet became unstable in flight and tumbled, causing an unusual wound.
just a guess...
Posts: 18352 | Location: Salt Lake City, Utah USA | Registered: 20 April 2002
The humerus became a projectile exiting horizontally snagging the hide and tearing it off in an upward motion. Either the shot was taken at a position below that of the impala or , as I suspect, the bullet was deflected upward immediately before entering and tumbled.
Walter is so happy he has managed to hoodwink everyone; saying "ha ha ha! EXPERTS you said! They know NOTHING! I am going to prove to them my trick is totally beyond them to answer! If you and Roy were not there in person, you two EXPERTS would have been scrtaching your heads too! God, I am SO CLEVER! Moments like these make all the hardships I endure while on safari well worth it!"
Now everyone here is set to prove to him he is NOT as clever as he thinks.
I will let you know what develops.
Actually, this is great, as they can all be busy planning nasty tricks on Walter, I can get on fixing a friend's rifle without any unwanted "help". Especially from Walter!
If the wound was altered post shot (i.e. knife,etc.), we all must cry foul. Saeed's email presents the image as the exit wound and even suggests there is some uncertainty as to what really happened.
...now the funny part is gone ... IMO considering the blood on impala`s mouth there is no point in guessing on entry wound - it is clearly some kind of a lung shot...I am almost certain that the missing hide was not entirely bullets work - well at least the upper part, how ever interesting parallel vertical cuts on both sides - I guess - after shot impala got knoted in the exit wound by his own horn (blood stain above right ear) and pulled out the missing part of the hide with it ?
Posts: 2034 | Location: Slovenia | Registered: 28 April 2004
Holy cow! After looking at the impala's mouth and Saeed's assurance that the wound was not altered, I realize the animal reached over to the wound site and bit at it grasping a flap of skin and ripping it off - not unlike a hyena biting at it's wound! The blood on the ear and base of horn is from the bloody skin flap as it flew upward in the impala's mouth and struck the upper head.
I guess we'll learn someday what Saeed and Walter believe to be the cause of the wound. As unlikely as it seems, after seeing the blood smear in the right side of the mouth I still believe he bit it.
Walter obviously was holding the rifle backwards with his thumb in the muzzle. On firing, the rifle flew through the air and passed completely through the impala, leaving Walter holding the slug. The scope caused the odd shaped hole.
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Posts: 3831 | Location: Cave Creek, AZ | Registered: 09 August 2001
Originally posted by Saeed: Just in case anyone wonders, we did not find that missing piece of skin either!
oh no - now all the fun is gone
- hum as we saw walterhogs gain cylinder shape when passing through target - with sharp edges on both sides:
- simillar wound (tho smaller)can be seen on bushbuck from Saed`s hunt with PVT:
- so after all, bullet did exit (or even enter) broadside horizontaly with sharp edges of the walterhog causing parallel vertical cuts - that cut and took the mising cape with it (similar - like jorge mentioned before)
Posts: 2034 | Location: Slovenia | Registered: 28 April 2004
The well defined vertical cuts, combined with a horizontal tearing of the hide is confusing, especially so in that the underlying membrane does not appear to be penetrated. Almost looks like the heart-shot buck ran into something.
I've seen "extra hide" removals on running animals, lying animals and even nervous standing animals, with the offside leg pulled up close to the body. Interesting wound, this.