![]() You don’t need a 500-grain bullet from a 458 Winchester Magnum to do that. Technically brain cells die after about 10 minutes without oxygen. Hit the heart and/or lungs - the organs that supply fresh, oxygenated blood to the brain - and blood pressure drops within a few seconds, rendering the animal unconscious. Sever the spine or hit the brain and it’s all over. Here’s why:īullets kill by hemorrhaging or by interrupting the central nervous system. The happy truth, though “bigger hammer” enthusiasts hate to admit it, is that plenty of mild recoiling rifles have proven deadly on deer for decades because most of us can shoot them more accurately without flinching. If you can drop them with rifles that don’t drop you in return (with painful recoil), why put up with it? But neither deer nor elk are tyrannosaurs. Large diameter, heavy bullets punch bigger holes and tend to penetrate more deeply than lighter bullets. Light Recoil Options for Deer It’s never a bad idea to hunt with a “bigger hammer.” Unless that makes you miss.
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