There is no animal that is tougher than any other.

[hereinaz]

So some agreement seems sheep, lions and antelopes are easier.

But, pigs/boars, squirrels, groundhogs and coons are harder.

I specifically tried to exclude African game, I have no doubt some are harder.

 

[huntnful]

I’ve stoned several bucks with vital shots from a 28 Nosler and 180-195 Berger. Then I’ve also had a coyote run damn near 100 yards with the same bullet and a 4” hole through him it seems.

I think the “toughness” more comes into play when the shot isn’t a good one. Then some animals are more tough . A buck will go lay down 20 yards away. An elk might walk/run 2 miles lol

This coyote was a 22 creed at 200 yards. 3” hole through it. Made it about 75 yards. I’ve only had ONE double lunged buck go that far. Coyotes do it all the time. Wild haha.

 

[TheYukiYama]

Mountain lions give up the ghost pretty quick In my experience. Seen quite a few get an Arrow behind the shoulder and it’s like instant death. Sheep die really easy.

Just a personal anecdote but both lions I've shot died extremely quickly..

 

[KenLee]

Hahahaha, I am dying picturing a 300 pound coon.

I had to swim into the river to help a 5 month old pup drown/kill a 25 pound boar coon when I was a kid. Seemed like he was 300 pounds. The grown Walker hounds already had enough and went to the bank. Lil Plott bit** wouldn't give up.

 

[TheYukiYama]

Hypothesis: I don’t believe that there are tough/wimpy animals in North America that can’t be explained by blood volume.

I swear when I hit a grouse with a single pellet, they crumple and are dead on impact or at least stay where they land. However, it's not uncommon to hit a pheasant and watch them fly hundreds of yards. Or if they do fall and hit the ground, they hit the ground running. Blood volume may be a variable, but there is certainly more to it than just that.

 

[RWT]

Nilgai are difficult I believe due to lung size. They also have a thick shield similar to a hog and I have watch them not miss a step while blowing through a 5 strand barbwire fence.

I shot one at 150 yards. 300SARUM model 7 20”. Didn’t recover him that evening. Found the next morning ran about 100 yards.

 

[TaperPin]

I‘m always a fan of the 243 as a plinker/trainer/loaner and we’ve taken plenty of deer and antelope to 450 yards with a 100 Nosler Partition - it usually works well enough, except for a cow elk double lunged off a haystack that ran 300-400 yards. Same bullet same velocity as a number of the antelope and mulies, but a much different result. In my book that makes an elk tougher to kill - at least I don’t know how to correlate blood volume to deer volume to distance ran.

 

[Maxhunter]

So will my 30-06 with a 180g accubond at 2675fps kill an aoudad within 300yds?

Yes no problem. I’ve shot two with my 6.5PRC and they dropped in their tracks. One was 350yds and the other 190yds.

 

[Maxhunter]

One of the tough ones is mountain goats imo. Easiest is deer and sheep. Elk are tough but die easily if you hit them in the right spot.

 

[Blockcaver]

Mountain goats are tougher than the other 30 some species I’ve arrowed.