“Temporary wound channel” is not a wound channel at all. It is a temporary stretching of the very elastic flesh and organs. It’s cool to see in ballistic gel, but it means very little in a real animal.
At best, it might bruise tissue, but the amount of blood involved in that is inconsequential.
Animals die and are recovered when they lose sufficient blood from an injury to their vitals so that the brain is deprived of oxygen and they lose consciousness. Consider the archer. Or, of course they are shot in the brain and lose consciousness.
Any other death is much slower and caused by secondary cause of infection or maybe organ damage that otherwise causes death by toxicity.
For a hunter to kill, it is only the immediate cutting and smashing of the projectile or pieces of the projectile cause damage to soft tissue that is necessary for transfer of blood to the brain that causes quick death. A liver shot will kill by bleeding, but only if sufficient blood is lost. A gut shot usually won’t cause nearly as much bleeding as a liver. A shot through only muscle won’t kill because of loss of blood.
The so called “temporary wound channel” is so large in size that if it meant anything at all there would be bloodshot meat in the size and shape similar to ballistic gel. But, of course that doesn’t exist.
Lead bullets create bloodshot meat because of the lead spreading through the organ or muscle, cutting and causing bleeding. Of course, the bleeding from bloodshot meat is not a significant part in the cause of death. But, it shows what is actually happening, and disproves the “temporary wound channel” hypothesis.
There is limited bloodshot meat in mono wounds because the metal does not disintegrate. Bone impacts cause bloodshot meat because of bone fragments. Mono shots are cleaner on the inside of the animal and therefore cut less.
That brings me to the “match bullets” that break apart and cause significant damage. There have been innumerable threads, including the one about .224 77 grain Sierra TMK showing how deadly the bullet is. A double lung shot will disable and kill quite quickly when the animal is bleeding and lung’s cannot oxygenate the blood. It can be just as fast as a heart shot, even faster if it causes more blood loss.
It is why animals hit in the vitals with a clean shot from a Berger or TMK die quickly and require very little tracking, if at all. The catastrophic damage causes bleeding and lung failure, depriving the brain of oxygen causing death.
That is why I shoot a 169 180 grain Berger hunting VLD in 7mm. The bullets are highly precise so I can have high confidence in shot placement and death.
A mono or “mushrooming” bullet will more likely exit, but it will cause less damage. Tracking is more often required when less damage is done and death delayed. While they can be just as accurate and precise, I don’t use them.
I have reviewed a significant amount of literature in the subject coming from gun wound surgery, including high velocity rifle bullets.
Surgeons remove only the damaged tissue in the actual wound channel.
At best, it might bruise tissue, but the amount of blood involved in that is inconsequential.
Animals die and are recovered when they lose sufficient blood from an injury to their vitals so that the brain is deprived of oxygen and they lose consciousness. Consider the archer. Or, of course they are shot in the brain and lose consciousness.
Any other death is much slower and caused by secondary cause of infection or maybe organ damage that otherwise causes death by toxicity.
For a hunter to kill, it is only the immediate cutting and smashing of the projectile or pieces of the projectile cause damage to soft tissue that is necessary for transfer of blood to the brain that causes quick death. A liver shot will kill by bleeding, but only if sufficient blood is lost. A gut shot usually won’t cause nearly as much bleeding as a liver. A shot through only muscle won’t kill because of loss of blood.
The so called “temporary wound channel” is so large in size that if it meant anything at all there would be bloodshot meat in the size and shape similar to ballistic gel. But, of course that doesn’t exist.
Lead bullets create bloodshot meat because of the lead spreading through the organ or muscle, cutting and causing bleeding. Of course, the bleeding from bloodshot meat is not a significant part in the cause of death. But, it shows what is actually happening, and disproves the “temporary wound channel” hypothesis.
There is limited bloodshot meat in mono wounds because the metal does not disintegrate. Bone impacts cause bloodshot meat because of bone fragments. Mono shots are cleaner on the inside of the animal and therefore cut less.
That brings me to the “match bullets” that break apart and cause significant damage. There have been innumerable threads, including the one about .224 77 grain Sierra TMK showing how deadly the bullet is. A double lung shot will disable and kill quite quickly when the animal is bleeding and lung’s cannot oxygenate the blood. It can be just as fast as a heart shot, even faster if it causes more blood loss.
It is why animals hit in the vitals with a clean shot from a Berger or TMK die quickly and require very little tracking, if at all. The catastrophic damage causes bleeding and lung failure, depriving the brain of oxygen causing death.
That is why I shoot a 169 180 grain Berger hunting VLD in 7mm. The bullets are highly precise so I can have high confidence in shot placement and death.
A mono or “mushrooming” bullet will more likely exit, but it will cause less damage. Tracking is more often required when less damage is done and death delayed. While they can be just as accurate and precise, I don’t use them.
I have reviewed a significant amount of literature in the subject coming from gun wound surgery, including high velocity rifle bullets.
Surgeons remove only the damaged tissue in the actual wound channel.
