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Deer death
osage outlaw:
I hit a buck in the shoulder blade once with a modern bow. I don't know what happened but that deer dropped like it was a spine shot and didn't move. It's legs were locked up straight. I have no idea why it reacted like that. It took a follow up shot to finish it off. That's the only time one has ever dropped that wasn't from a spine shot.
osage outlaw:
I don't believe so DC. The first doe I shot had no clue I was there and my bow set up is very quiet. Even a deer that is shot through the heart or lungs with a gun will take off and run a distance before going down. There is no way they heard that bullet coming.
bjrogg:
I think it's like Ed said, they don't know there dead. Their flight instincts take over until their body can't go anymore. Much like a chicken with no head.
Bjrogg
DC:
Thanks guys. I'm not a hunter so I have no way of answering these questions myself. It just seemed odd that some run and some drop dead. I'm thinking the "drop dead" are pretty rare.
BowEd:
DC....I should have been more explicit.Just because the shot is dead silent does'nt always mean they just walk away.Most will be startled by the arrow contacting if they are relaxed.Some won't.I just gave a for instance episode,and I don't quite see the comparison of a noisey gun compared to a bow really though.I shot a buck once with a self bow that was lopeing past me in the stand and he bolted hard for 50' and stopped.Then walked away slowly and fell over.Spined a doe that dropped in it's tracks too.There's all kinds of scenarios out there.I've shot dozens with a muzzle loader before taking up the self bow challenge.Noone that I know of can predict whether a deer flees hard or slow.
All in all if hit in the vitals correctly they only have so long to live and in some cases hard flight might even hurry up the process like BJ said.Trick is to get a good blood trail to follow in thick cover and that'll happen if hit correctly,and a humanitarion end to a successful hunt.
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