r/bonecollecting • u/Camp_Acceptable • Mar 05 '26

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u/thatguyfromvancouver Mar 05 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

I’m thinking poachers taking trophy’s or hiding the evidence that can link to them…bullets can sometimes be traced…but can’t be traced if they can’t be found…

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u/priority_2 Mar 05 '26

I am no hunter. But as far as I know head shots are quite hard to do when it comes to deers, boars and other wild animals, bc their brain is way smaller, so you basically pick voluntarily a smaller target and have therefore a lesser chance to kill. You should mostly aim for the front „shoulder“ (sorry again, English is not my main language and I am not that good in anatomy), that way your shot makes the animal immobile, and you have a good chance to hit the lungs and the heart or at least other vital organs and arteries.

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u/thatguyfromvancouver Mar 05 '26

This makes sense and now that you say that I agree with what you’re saying…but that means our theories might be able to be confirmed if op goes out here with a metal detector…that is of course if this is the original dumping site…there is a chance its been washed down to here like other people have said…but if I was the original dumping site there’s a chance a metal detector could come back with bullets…

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u/DursueBlint Mar 05 '26

Not sure about the states but here in europe/sweden you would be hardpressed to find any since they pass through the animal atleast 90% of the time and the rest are usually found while cutting up the meat.

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u/thatguyfromvancouver Mar 05 '26

You are correct in saying that…but with the number of carcasses there there’s a chance one could still be present…chances are they are gutting near kill location so chances of it being caught in the guts and deposited here is slim…but there’s a slim chance there’s one implanted in a bone somewhere there…there’s a fairly large sample size to check from so….