Here is another one:
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When you get to your game animal, or enemy if at war, it is a good idea to be certain they are dead before you do anything else, as the video above nicely illustrates. For game I like a poke in the eyeball, as it hasn’t failed me yet. I usually use the tip of my barrel, because if it gets up in a hurry, I don’t want stick in my hands.
When you poke the eyeball, you are looking for a blink reflex or any movement. If there is any movement I would consider it still alive.
I’d have a plan incase you actually need to shoot it again. If it’s your prize elk you aren’t going to want a bullet in the head deforming bones and messing a mount up. The neck might be the best option. The heart works much slower, so maybe not there. Just think this through before you start.
In combat the old way was a bayonet, no one wouldn’t squirm through that, or another bullet. Rules of Engagement being a thing of course, the eye ball poke if nothing else. If God forbid the rule of law went away, then the rules won’t matter and whoever is in your little group is to valuable to risk, so I’d suggest your family or group make a plan.
I remember reading a professional hunter in Africa, Peter H. Capstick I think, would give culled buffalos and other dangerous game an extra bullet to the head, as it saved on trips to the hospital.
Anyway don’t get hurt by something you thought was dead.
-Joe
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