'Memories of a Bear Hunter 



of powder to bullet of one to three, which was 

 supposed to give the required velocity. A lighter 

 bullet of that caliber would be so short as to lose 

 its accuracy. 



From September 13 to October i, I made such 

 experiments as I could with deer, killing no more 

 than we could use. On white-tail and black-tail 

 deer I made many experiments. When hit back of 

 the shoulder, the animal's lungs and heart ac- 

 cording to the location of the bullet's entrance 

 would be perforated apparently by at least twenty 

 fragments, most of which we found on the opposite 

 side of the chest. Usually the butt of the bullet 

 considerably flattened out was found next the 

 skin on the other side. If the animal was hit 

 further back over the paunch, the intestines would 

 be cut in many places, and the butt of the bullet 

 would be found under the skin on the opposite 

 side, the fragments usually remaining in the vis- 

 ceral cavity. If hit in either of these ways, the 

 animal would stagger off and be found within 

 twenty to fifty yards. They seldom fell in their 

 tracks. Hit in other parts of the body, the shock 

 appeared to be much greater than from a solid 

 bullet, and as a rule, quite as disabling. I had no 

 opportunity on this trip of testing this light bullet 

 on elk, but I believe that if this animal was hit 



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