There’s an Artery Back There

[DW]

A great time spent with Hunting Buddies and the Deer is a fine Bonus....Congratulations!...Is there more???

[ksbowman]

Good on you Tom! Wish I could have been there to see you break the drought!  Ben

[Bill Carlsen]

Good job, Tom. I once had an arrow deflected and it hit the deer high and towards the rear. To my amazement he only took about 3 steps and went down. The boadhead, a Hunter's Head, cut the artery under the spine that feeds the kidneys. Lots of blood, loss of blood pressure and the deer passed out because of the rapid loss of blood. Hitting a major artery is fatal whether it is in front of the deer in the chest or anywhere else in the body. I assume there was a lot of blood in the body cavity.

[billy shipp]

Nice story Tom. Thanks for taking us along on the hunt with you.

Congrats on the deer.

I like your choice of weapon also  (:

[BMN]

Congrats Tom!  

[Goke]

Congrats Tom. Thanks for sharing. Many have us have been in that exact situation so your not alone. Great job.

[Flatout]

Really enjoyed your story - extremely well written.  Keep it up.

[MnFn]

Nice deer, and if no one else noticed- nice hat!
Gary

[ChuckC]

Not only is there an artery there,  it is the biggest muscle group on that deers body and big muscles need big blood supplies.  A good muscle hit will often leave you a decent blood trail and if trailed right will usually get you your deer.

Rules for trailing a deer so hit is sometimes a bit different that we usually preach, however.

The femoral arteries are part of the mix in the ham regions and if you slice these there will be a waterfall of blood lost.
ChuckC

[steadman]

Way to go Tom!! Congrats!! Tastes way better than a stinky UT coyote!      

[frank bullitt]

Tom, you said it, not enough experience in shooting live animals, different drama than shootin at foam!

I hope folks starting out or having problems on game, listen to that. Get out there and shoot small game. We owe it to the animals.

Congrads on a nice deer and freinds to share with    Steve

[Gatekeeper]

Thanks everybody for the support.    

[TommyBoy]

I'm glad you recovered it Tom.  I had a similar situation once myself.  I had just gotten a new hunting jacket and the string hit my sleeve. The arrow hit the femoral(sp?) artery and the blood trail looked like someone was pouring from a bucket.  Moral of the story is, even a bad shot can be a killing shot. You should never give up the trail until you are positive of the outcome one way or another. I wish you continued success.

[Terry Green]

Congrats!!!!!

 

[Missouri Sherpa]

Good job.  I haven't tried that shot placement yet, but I have heard that it will work.

[jcar315]

Congrats!!!!

I have heard from several others about how lethal that placement is.

Great work on the recovery.

[bow loving man]

way to perservere!  And Congrats...

[Bonebuster]

Great story.

Great photo`s too!

Congrats!

Cool hat!!!  

[Wannabe1]

Bonebuster beat me to the hat part! I like the looks of it.

Great story, great harvest and all around great job! Congrats.      

[Travisc406]

Sometimes as posted in the Faith pix it just happens for a reason. Congratulations!