Nice article written by Kevin Wilson for BigGameHunt.net

Hunt long enough and you'll see some weird things. My own list of odd occurrences seems endless. I've seen an arrow pass square through the center of a bear's chest with the bruin collapsing immediately. Then, not 20 minutes later, that same bear leapt to his feet and scampered away, never to be seen again. On another occasion I witnessed a fellow shoot a moose that collapsed on the spot. Upon close inspection, there wasn't a bullet hole to be found anywhere on the moose - not even the head. Then there was the time I saw an arrow pass clean through the body of a Canada goose. As though nothing had happened the goose flew off into the horizon and just kept on flying. Then there's whitetails. I've seen countless trophy-class deer suck up bullets like they were shot with a pellet gun. Once I even saw a 350-pound whitetail shot four times with a .338 at close range (under 50 yards), the best shot was square through the chest … as the hunter and I approached, the deer tried to get up and needed yet another shot to close the deal. The last one I'll share with you is a grizzly bear that I shot with a 7 mm Rem. Mag. a few years ago; talk about a will to live! Shot at 75 yards, I hit him a few inches high in the chest, but he collapsed instantly. Assuming the bear was dead, I approached. As I walked toward the bear, it stood up. Confused, I free-handed a second round into the base of his skull as he stood facing away from me. Again the grizz collapsed. Opting to wait a half hour, I figured better safe than sorry. When I finally did walk up to the bear, I couldn't believe what I saw - he was still breathing! The moral of these tales is that perfect shot placement is imperative, but that despite best efforts, sometimes our well-placed shots can turn into a rodeo.

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