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Only deer I killed w/ a bow was a compound. Arrow deflected off of a rib and hit the spine. He dropped so quick, I wasn't sure what had happened.
Posts: 350 | From: New Iberia LA | Registered: Nov 2011
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Think ? If I shot you with an arrow wouldnt you bolt off...LOL I have seen them stay still and slow walk after a gun shot,not an arrow
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I've only killed two with a bow. One gut shot and one 8 second death run. The gut shot was straight meat and stomach so all she did was hop 40 yards and bed down. The short death run was a shot I pulled forward and it quartered through the shoulder and into the heart. She ran very hard which I would attest to the amount of shock that was delivered from getting hit through a shoulder at very close range. My dad taught me that as long as you hit mostly meat and not much bone like a straight double lung shot with a sharp broadhead deer may just trot a few yards and look around. These are just my observations and things I've been taught. I'm interested in hearing from the more experienced bow hunters out there.
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All the deer I have killed with my bows have died running or ran about 50 yards stopped and fell over dead. This includes heart, double lung, liver, and gut shots. I have only heard of one instance where a deer slowly walked off after being shot with an arrow and that was from a crossbow.
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From what I've read, most if not all deer heart-shot (gun or bow) will run like crazy. One in particular I remember, I hit head-on with a .30-06. He tore up the ground running in about a 30 yard circle,dead on his feet, and fell practicly in the spot I had hit him.
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I have only had 2-3 out of a whole bunch over the years walk off slowly. One actually walked about 30 yards and started feeding then fell over. That shot went between both ribs.
I had a few drop in their tracks back when I thought I had to climb 20'.
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Almost every one I've shot have bolted. I've had a few bound off then stop and look back but that is rare for me. Don't ever remember one that just walked off and never ran at all.
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All have bolted, but sometimes not very far. I've seen quite a few go only 30 yards or so, look around, and fall over.
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I shot a rutting buck that just flinched a little, then when back to grunting and walking. He even stopped and nibbled on some brush. Double lunged him, he walked about 50 yards and tipped over.
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The last 3 Deer I've shot all reacted differently. The first I liver shot as it was walking pretty fast. It made one jump and then slowly walked 30 yards and bedded down. Recovered 2 hrs. later after jumping it up while trying to get another arrow in it. Shot with a Magnus 2 blade.
Next one made a 40 yard mad dash and literally went head over heals twice. It was shot with thru the tip of the shoulder then into the heart with a Snuffer.
Last Buck was working a scrape line. I grunted him to about 7 yards and put a 2 blade Magnus thru both lungs. Went between ribs on both sides somehow. He made 2 big jumps then stopped looked around then tried to work another scrape. He started coughing then started walking away. He went about 50 yards total.
I think it mostly depends on the placement of the shot and what organs or bones are struck as to how they react.
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I shot a doe once that started scratching at her chest leisurely with her hind leg then just kind of walked a few yards and crumpled. By the time it occurred to me to nock another arrow, she was down. Only deer I've shot from a tree.
Almost all have run about 50 yards and piled up.
I had a bad hit on a small buck once that bedded down at about 60 yards and I sat there and watched him just before sunset. His head never went down and I got about 35 yards from him and took the shot and missed and he bolted. I was up all night tracking him, but I got him about 3/4 mile away.
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"If you leave archery for one day, it will leave you for 10 days." --Turkish proverb Posts: 820 | From: Twisp, WA | Registered: Oct 2006
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I've had them act all kinda ways..lope with tail up, stop and start twitching tail and looking around. Wide open with tail tucked..just fall over with paralyzing spine hits, etc. Never had one just walk off that I can remember.
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