Stix wrote:Am88 wrote:I cull a few roos every year, depending on conditions maybe 1500 to 2000 for farmers under DMP's in drought area's with a .222 loaded with 50gr Vmaxs. I have had instances of ninja roo's moving and turning heads right when you pull the trigger, it happens occasionally, a few instances they have turned their heads towards me at said trigger pulls resulting in a frontal shot just above the nose, which some of the poor buggers blows their snout off, I'd hate for that to have to happen to me and I feel pretty terrible about it to be honest, then I need to chase him down. Unfortunately I have lost a few in the scrub after them hopping away and unable to locate. I will be switching to 50gr soft points in the hope that this rare ish occurrence doesn't happen but will do some testing. I do like the Vmax's but another option is the Nosler however it is dearer. Pro's outweigh the cons for me with the vmaxs. They are rippers but for Indian minor birds but lol
Yep...im such a woos with that, i wait until roo has turned its head before squeezing off...if i have the slightest doubt of a brain hit ( i mean miss lol) i leave the shot, & basically now never shoot front on....i think doubt & hesitation creep in & sway the mind to aim at centre of mass, which will almost always result in a snout hit of some sort.
I havnt shot that many in all reality, but ive had that happen 3 times, & as horrible as it is, ive been lucky to have finished all 3 off with follow ups--only one took 10 mins to track down.
Ive seen heavy base hollow points that hold together in foxes still not penetrate when hit anywhere on the snout...the reality is the brain/stem/spine is a fair way back/behind snout & my experience tells me its unlikely any small cal hunting bullet would penetrate through snout & that far to aneffective instant kill...
Thats just my experience though...& ive not shot many as compared with you, or many many others...
It is a bit strange the feeling, it probably happens maybe 1 in 500 roo's, but you get excited with whoever your shooting with over a nice head shot or a good string of head shots and no feeling, It probably has more to do with letting yourself down a bit as well, I relate it to the feelings I've gotten shooting deer and the deer jump the shot and you accidentally gut shoot it, I just feel retched.
There is a lot of deals on 55gr soft points but not many 50gr so its hard to track some down which is also the main reason I went with the vmax's.