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Old 12-04-2018, 11:47 AM
AndrewM AndrewM is offline
 
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Originally Posted by elkhunter11 View Post
Compare the amount of bleeding that results from a pencil sized wound channel, and a wound channel that you can stick your fist through. The pencil sized wound channel through the lungs usually kills, but it takes a lot longer for the animal to bleed out, and there is the possibility of fat or other material sealing the wound.
And that right there was from the energy being spent in the animal and not being wasted. Penetration without transferring the energy does little damage.