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Sounds to me like he wasn't hitting a lethal spot, either poor aim or too excited to aim well.
I trapped coyotes for a time and used a small 22 to pop them with. This time the yodel dog was wrapped around a big bush and I got up close to him and fired several shots point blank between his eyes. He would yelp and go down but bounce right back up. I've always practiced humane kills and this was getting me flummoxed. Finally I figured it out and moved to the side of him and popped him between the eye and the ear, one shot did the trick.
Since I was able to get quite close to the dog I was shooting downward between his eyes and completely missing any vitals, so shot placement is vital I don't care how big the bullet, short of a .50bmg round that is.
Gabby
I trapped coyotes for a time and used a small 22 to pop them with. This time the yodel dog was wrapped around a big bush and I got up close to him and fired several shots point blank between his eyes. He would yelp and go down but bounce right back up. I've always practiced humane kills and this was getting me flummoxed. Finally I figured it out and moved to the side of him and popped him between the eye and the ear, one shot did the trick.
Since I was able to get quite close to the dog I was shooting downward between his eyes and completely missing any vitals, so shot placement is vital I don't care how big the bullet, short of a .50bmg round that is.
Gabby
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