Tell me again HOW far apart these two hunters were?

[trof]

Now one of the "BBs" is lodged on or near Whittington's heart?

I can understand the face and neck wounds in uncovered flesh.
But in the chest?
Through clothing and (probably) a heavy hunting jacket or vest?

Anybody know what the temp was late Saturday afternoon north of Corpus?
I haven't hunted in years, but it sounds to me like Cheney was a lot closer to this poor bastard than has been reported.
What were the light conditions at 5:30 p.m.?

This ain't passing the smell test.

[varkam]

1. Sun was still up at 5:30.

The info I have says sunset was 6:20ish. According the report, they were 30 yards from one another. Wouldn't surprise me if that was another one of those convenient factoids though.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

2. "This ain't passing the smell test"...no, it's not

We mused on this point on another thread as well, what do you think? 20-30 feet at most? (not 90 as reported)

[Punkingal]

3. The Armstrong woman said they were wearing hunting gear....

That would have to include a vest or a jacket.

[enigami]

4. The pellet is probably moving in his bloodstream

bird shot is very small. likely from his neck wounds

[Salviati]

5. Just heard an interview on NPR of one of the doctors

who said that there was shot "near his heart" from the start.