Bizzare encounter with zombie rabbit

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chopchop

chopchop

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OMG, I’ve always had doubt about .177 effecting a clean kill on rabbits. It was clean alright. I shot at the head, it keeled over instantly and never moved again. On closer examination, there was not a drop of blood, no hole, and the rabbit’s pupils were constricted. How is this possible?? Did I miss, and ended up killing it with intense hatred alone (they ate hundreds of dollars of plants)? And what’s with the pupils? Aren’t they supposed to dilate after death? Is this common?

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-Tonia


 
Cotton tail rabbits are FRAGILE ! .... period !I I have killed so many threw the years that I can honestly say you can darn near scare them to death .... body shots very frequently are DRT.

Now JACKS are a whole other story where they either fall and die or seem very zombie. Couple years ago had a big jack in our backyard that took 3 JSB 18's right threw the heart lung area while it simply sat there not even flinching as i watched dirt fly up behind it. After the the 3rd shot and actually 10 seconds or so it fell over DRT. upon inspection and dressing out all 3 shots were within an @ 1" random area ALL PASSING right on threw. Figured he was dead on his feet after the 1st shot and simply did not realize it.



ODD very odd.




 
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Possibly a hit to the head that didn’t penetrate but caused brain damage?
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I’ve been wondering about that, too. Since I’m a crappy shooter, I frequently missed the brain and ended up hitting the cheek or the eye, but they (squirrels) always flopped around after getting hit, which I take as a sign of brain damage. It happened every single time until I used a pointy pellet. It went into a squirrel through the eye, no sign of brain damage. The squirrel was making what seemed to be purposeful movements for 20 secs before expiring. Probably missed the brain altogether. So I suspect high impact pellets may be more forgiving than high penetration ones because they can make those evil little zombie brains knock around inside those evil little zombie skulls, as long as you hit them in the head. I used a hollow point on the rabbit. No idea what kind of effects to expect.
 
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