Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 At one point, Bipto's post number 1405 was directly below the post Jerry Wayne is talking about, so It looked like Bipto was saying "Bingo" to Jerry Wayne querying if the Area X was the location noted on the NAWAC web page which he linked to. I no longer see Jerry Wayne's original posting however, so the context is lost. The post you're referring to is clearly referring to WSA's post right above it. I don't recall ever seeing Jerry Wayne's post you're referring to and nothing in my post in any way referenced X's location. I can't see how anyone would confuse my agreement with WSA with a claim that someone else had outed X's location.
Drew Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 I specifically remember Jerry Wayne posted the link to the NAWAC Page, http://woodape.org/reports/report/detail/457 Jerry Wayne said something like "I think I know about where Area X is" and posted the link. You posted the "Bingo" post right after it, when I read your reply, I thought that your "Bingo" was in response to WSA's post which at that time was two posts up from your response. But, at the time it clearly could have looked like you were saying "bingo" to Jerry Wayne, which I could tell you were not of course. I'm sure the admins have a record of deleting that post. The date would not be hard to look up.
Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Whats the point of drilling Bipto on location specifics that he will never reveal when the entire region and actually most of the state are well populated by the target species?
Drew Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 Yeah, I agree, he is not giving away the location, we were simply trying to clear up the confusion with Jerry Wayne's post above.
Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 If NAWAC upgrades to say a 45-70 round and I assume a headshot is still preferred lets hope it does its job quick and clean. What transpires in the moments and hours afterwards is what will really be unpredictable......
Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 You all have my word that I will never confirm or deny whether any proposed location is or is not the place we call Area X. ...I assume a headshot is still preferred... Actually, we'd really like to preserve the eyes for study.
Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Interesting, makes sense. Preserving skull morphology too I would think as well but just going for a chest shot seems to give more chance of it running off unless right thru the heart. I am probably wrong but with so many stories of them taking various calibers in the chest and getting away I just figured a head shot was better insurance of it not going anywhere. Edited January 22, 2014 by GEARMAN
Guest Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 You're not wrong. It's an ongoing conversation.
Drew Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Gearman. I don't understand how any animal could take a chest shot from a high-foot-pound round. Just the physics of high force projectile hitting any living creature is often enough to kill. Elephant femurs get broken, Cape Buffalo skulls get shattered. The the force of the projectile liquefies organs upon impact. Do you think the Wood Apes have special anatomy that makes them immune to High force rounds? Hathaway Capstick's preferred .500 Nitro Express target on a cape buffalo was through it's front shoulder. Even if it didn't make it into the "Boiler Room" it would break that front shoulder. He preferred the head on shot on Bull Elephants, but during his culling years, when he worked for the government culling herds, he could drop an elephant with one shot just behind the front shoulder. Karman Kittenberger found the hunting of Gorillas for the Hungarian Natural History Museum to be offensive, simply because they died so easily. Are we adding another supernatural power to the Wood-Apes? Ability to withstand chest shots from hunting rifles? Maybe I'm misreading your post. Edited January 22, 2014 by Drew
Guest Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 All kinds of animals can get hit by a shot and get up and run away. Same with animals that get hit by cars. Assuming their legs aren't broken, the flight instinct and adrenaline rush is enough to make them try and get away as fast as possible, even if it's just to drop dead fifty yards away.
hiflier Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Hello bipto, Do you think your team seen the limit regarding size?
Guest Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 There's one critter in there round about 8' tall, but we've seen several different heights and body shapes. At least one is very Patty-like while others appear to be kinda skinny and other still very athletically built with pronounced V-shaped torsos.
dmaker Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 I'm curious. If you got a good enough view that you can tell it has an athletic build, with a v-shaped torso even, then why wasn't it shot? I can understand if the answer is because we have to be sure it's not a human. Fair enough, but then how can you say it was a wood ape in the first place? Or you weren't armed at the time perhaps? Thanks
Guest Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 Not every sighting results in a shot opportunity. Not every person down there is a shooter.
JanV Posted January 23, 2014 Posted January 23, 2014 All kinds of animals can get hit by a shot and get up and run away. Same with animals that get hit by cars. Assuming their legs aren't broken, the flight instinct and adrenaline rush is enough to make them try and get away as fast as possible, even if it's just to drop dead fifty yards away. A lot of people who claim to have shot BF were in a state of emotional excitement. It is very probable the simply missed or didn't hit it in a fatal spot. Even the NAWAC shooter who was convinced he couldn't have missed it, had his bullet deflected by a twig. Welcome back Brian!
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