Bullets & Meat Damage

SHOW NOTES What type of bullets allow you to "eat right up to the hole?" Listeners questions and comments MEAT DAMAGE: TWO SOURCES Extreme impact velocity Hydraulic shock High-velocity cartridges Light-for-caliber bullets, pushed extremely fast Extreme-BC bullets, pushed fast Animal matter's effect on bullets Low-velocity impact dynamics Extreme-expansion bullets What stresses a bullet during impact Fragmenting on impact increases shock transfer "Soft" bullets rupture and fragment. Maximum meat damage results Tough, controlled-expansion bullets hold together and penetrate. Less meat damage results Bullet placement for minimal meat damage The behind-the-shoulder shot The on-the-shoulder shot Species-dependent preferences How to field-dress and process around bloodshot meat Is bullet-related meat damage ok?  When it results in a faster, more humane kill When the bullet that causes it makes you a more capable hunter ENJOY! (AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!)