2006-11-21 15:07:17 · 17 answers · asked by Jonathan B 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
Pretty close
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2006-11-21 15:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it's moving slow and "tumbling" especially through the occasional treetop, not so close, maybe even 100 yards above you or so. A fast bullet you won't hear except for the strike and the report (in spite of what the movies make it seem like). Normally though, if a bullet can be heard whizzing, it lost some velocity (never enough to make you feel comfortable) to distance or obstruction and no longer has a clean flight (it's not spinning and moving straight along the path of its nose). To hear most bullets like this you are probably with about 30 feet of its flight path. Time to go elsewhere.
2006-11-22 04:04:34 · answer #2 · answered by Singe 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If its a super-sonic round, not close at all. It won't so much whistle but "blast" past you just as anything past the sound barrier. You'd here a small "crack" (or large depending on the round) of the sound waves (the bullet will be past you already), a slight fading buzzing, then the report of the muzzle depending on how far away you are. Dealing with one of these, if you heard the report and aren't hit, you're alright.
Sub-sonic rounds tend to buzz or have a low-tone "scream" as they cut the air. Smaller rounds with less resistance make less noise - larger round like a .45 will be louder with a deeper sound at about 850 fps.
So how close are you? I'm with Tigglys.. Closer than you want to be.
2006-11-22 03:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by DT89ACE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
REALLY, REALLY, REALLY close!
A few (less than 5) feet.
They don't exactly whistle as much as whiz.
A ricochet makes the closest to a whistling sound, but not always and not that often.
They don't make much noise between the start and finish of their travel. If one hits near you, you'll head a thunk, thud, etc - depending on what it hit. If there's foliage around, that'll move
I got a nice hit on a concrete block a couple of days ago and got a cloud of cement dust the size of a person that slowly drifted away.
2006-11-21 15:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Jon W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My friend and I were out fishing in a boat and a man target shooting in a field shot through the brush and we both heard two whistles go buy. I swear the first and most distinctive whisle went right by my head. We yelled out to alert the gunman of our position and he jumped on a four wheeler and sped off. I believe if you here a wistle its close enough that the next one could kill you!
2015-12-12 09:06:28 · answer #5 · answered by Abbey 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on a number of factors including the size, weight, shape, and muzzle velocity of the bullet. If yu are close enough to hear it, you are too close to death. Try to avoid this at all costs.
2006-11-21 17:06:34 · answer #6 · answered by B Scott 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard that sound and felt the urge to try and find out how close it was. Generally my goal has been to put myself into a position where I won't hear it again
2006-11-23 02:45:44 · answer #7 · answered by CJ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
More of a buzz than a whistle. Better not to be in a position where you will hear it.
2006-11-23 11:20:01 · answer #8 · answered by justme 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you here them whistle you better duck for cover,yopu may not get to hear the next one
2006-11-23 14:59:16 · answer #9 · answered by james w 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you hear the bullet, that's too close.
It dosen't matter how far it's from you. I've
been shot at, and it's not fun.
2006-11-21 15:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by hawaiianstyler 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, but I've heard a few from ricochets. It's a pretty hair-raising experience.
2006-11-23 14:25:06 · answer #11 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋