[Iscool]

The last deer I shot was about 70 yards away...The shot entered just behind the front shoulder and exited about the same place on the other side...

I was shooting a Remington 6mm with a 120 grain bullet...

At impact, the deer appeared to raise up in the air and seemingly slammed to the ground on it's side...The deer did not buckle to the ground or fall towards me...It slammed down in the opposite direction...

Over the many years, I have shot at many targets, and yes, the elusive watermelons included...The only time a watermelon moved toward me was after it initially moved away from me in a rocking motion...Watermelons don't move much when you shoot them...
Bottles, cans, rocks, and yes, bowling balls always move away from me when I shoot them...Same hold true for turkeys, pheasants, coyotes, etc., etc...

I am not a physicist however, so I don't know how this works out on paper...

[usafsk]

Let's try again. A watermelon is not attached to a body, nor sitting in a car, so the very fact that it doesn't fly off or move much would suggest that Kennedy's head, more weighing at least as much as a watermelon, also would not move. Siting the bone impact is not an out, because the shell of the watermelon is of equal mass, although thinker. The brain cavity would be of less mass than the inner melon. Moreover, looking at frame 313 of the Zapruder film - the impact shot - blood and other matter are ejected straight up and to the front, not to the rear.

If you look at Kennedy's position in frame 312, you will see that he is leaning down and to the left slightly, having already been shot in the throat. The grassy knoll and picket fence were ahead and to the right. Using the head-in-the-direction-of-the-the-bullet method, the head should go back and to the left, not back and to the right. Moreover, what is the explanation for the shot from the front right not blowing out the left rear of Kennedy's skull?