# Do you hear something when get shot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 19, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456 "2014-04-19T00:06:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Artemis\_Tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/1 "2014-04-19T00:06:15Z")
Ignoring the sound of the gun and not having an explosive bullet, what would one listen when being shot? Would it be possible to hear the bullet hitting bones/body/organs? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/2 "2014-04-19T00:09:22Z")
[Listen here.](http://www.firearmsid.com/Feature%20Articles/soundofbullets/soundofbullets2.htm) ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/3 "2014-04-19T01:27:20Z")
In Black Hawk Down\* (the book), one of the Rangers was hit in the forearm by a bullet. He said he heard an unmistakeable “CRACK” as it shattered his radius (or maybe it was his ulna). \*I know I read it, but I can’t be 100 percent certain it was in BHD. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/4 "2014-04-19T06:13:44Z")
From deer hunting, you can hear a “Plop”, or a wet “Thud”, when the bullet hits flesh. Even from 300 yards away. So I imagine the noise at the impact site was quite loud. Of course, my perspective was a bit removed from that of the deer’s… ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/5 "2014-04-20T01:13:45Z")
Much of what I shoot is suppressed and subsonic. Still, even a .22 bullet impacting dirt, trees, phone books or whatever is very loud. Any round hitting a target at 1,000 fps makes a pretty loud noise. Maybe I’ll find a ham or loin and do some testing out back… ---
**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/6 "2014-04-20T02:52:12Z")
> [@Gray\_Ghost](#): > > From deer hunting, you can hear a “Plop”, or a wet “Thud”, when the bullet hits flesh. Even from 300 yards away. So I imagine the noise at the impact site was quite loud. > > Of course, my perspective was a bit removed from that of the deer’s… Yes, I was surprised how splatty a bullet hitting a mammal is! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/7 "2014-04-20T03:10:59Z")
The only thing I’ve been shot with is a BB gun. It hit me just behind the right ear, on that bony part of the skull. I definitely heard a loud “thwack” that resonated through my skull. Hurt like a motherfucker, drew a little blood, but no lasting damage. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/8 "2014-04-20T15:55:47Z")
From what I read on the Internet, I wouldn’t test it with a .308. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/9 "2014-04-20T21:20:27Z")
My brother shot me in the leg, but it was at very close range. The sound of the gunshot drowned out the sound of the bullet strike. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/10 "2014-04-20T21:24:43Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > My brother shot me in the leg, but it was at very close range. The sound of the gunshot drowned out the sound of the bullet strike. I thought you were about to say, “the sound of the gunshot drowned out the sound of my scream!”. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/11 "2014-04-20T22:43:12Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > My brother shot me in the leg, but it was at very close range. The sound of the gunshot drowned out the sound of the bullet strike. Wow, and I thought my brother and I didn’t get along :eek: ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/12 "2014-04-20T23:33:28Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wow, and I thought my brother and I didn’t get along :eek: It was an accident due to his poor gun handling. He was a former Marine, and I teased him about this incident for the rest of his life. The last time we spoke, he called one afternoon. I was out in the yard and it was a minute or so to get to the phone to answer. As soon as I realized it was him, i said “Sorry to be so long, Jack. I had to limp to the phone.” ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/13 "2014-04-21T07:29:33Z")
The shooter will hear the sound but the shootee, not so much because the sound usually arrives after impact but even so, the shootee’s mental awareness is preoccupied with pain, shock and/or death. Kinda hard to multitask at that moment. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-hear-something-when-get-shot/686456/14 "2014-04-21T09:03:15Z")
You hear Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”