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BTW, the myth of brush bucking bullets was proved on my 1st shot @ a 30" waterbuck @ 50yds. There was quite a bit of jesse in the way of his shoulder but I tried to squeeze one thru & he was off on the shot. We tracked for about 2 miles to make sure but never found any blood or sign of a hit. Went back to the original site & found a small mark on a branch about 20yds in front of the bull. I had a steady rest over the sticks so we assumed a deflection.

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BTW, the myth of brush bucking bullets was proved on my 1st shot @ a 30" waterbuck @ 50yds. There was quite a bit of jesse in the way of his shoulder but I tried to squeeze one thru & he was off on the shot. We tracked for about 2 miles to make sure but never found any blood or sign of a hit. Went back to the original site & found a small mark on a branch about 20yds in front of the bull. I had a steady rest over the sticks so we assumed a deflection.


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That's because you skinned the side of the branch. If, like I inadvertantly did, you had hit the tree square, the bullet would have drilled the veg and then the buck . . . only I did it on a bushpig.

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In my experience, even when the vegetation is hit square, it depends how close the target is behind the vegetation. I missed a doe once that was ~ 10 yards behind a sapling. I killed the sapling alright, but what should have been a shoulder shot on the doe missed completely!

The "real" reason that he didn't "bust the brush" though is the his choice of cartridge/caliber. If it had been a 444 Marlin, 45-70, or 450 Marlin it would have "busted the brush" just fine!

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