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Originally Posted by trapperdodge
The most effective killing area is the axis where the spinal cord, brain and artery converge. It's a side shot and lethal.
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That can be done from the front, as many have said, and from the side as well... From the side, all you really have to do is hit the spine one vertebrae behind the skull to interrupt that process in the body. With the 44 mag at least, the force of the bullet hitting to bone was enough to break the back of the skull to severe the spinal cord.
One other shot I would do with cattle that would give the the back end treatment was to shoot the hardened part of the top of the head from the back. This resulted in instant kills from a neck that was broken from elongation. But there was about 2 sq inches to shoot it from. The 44 mag never fully penetrated that part of the skull when I shot it. The slug would be found in the bone. It stretched the neck out good, and one slice would take the head off...