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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck
That could be too....just seemed like there was an awful lot of it all up in there....
The observation was from a single point in time while dressing the animal and was not a "full autopsy" if you will.
It is possible we were mistaken as well...like I said we were trying to figure out how this happened.....the chest cavity was full of "gut contents"
....the suggestion of the position of the diapram was made and at the time seemed reasonable.
LC
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Hammer a doe with a cup and core bullet while she is chewin her cud and you could see a pile of lawn clippings. Bone fragments cause a lot of secondary damage as well. Sometimes an animal may run a short distance and expire. It can really mess stuff up internally if there are bone shards tearing things up.
Another thought. When you shot the doe through the vitals it is possible that all the contents of the rumen could have leaked/spilled into the chest due to the massive trauma caused by the bullet. If the esophagus is ruptured and the rumen contracts/or loses control at the time the doe went down then you could see more?