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Old 10-03-2012, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by duffy4 View Post
I tink some of the posts on here have been talking about having a blood trail so you can more easily FIND an animal that has been shot and even killed.

If the .243 to the heart has killed the animal but it ran off 50 yards through thick bush and is not leaving a good blood trail it may be hard to find or not found.
I believe that a heart shot animal is not going too far to be found, blood trail or not. I had a doe manage 40 yrds after taking out half her heart, and she didn't leave much of a trail, but since I saw exactly where she went it wasn't much of an issue.
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