ArcherandShooter
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Hey, y'all, I have a question I've been meaning to ask...
That deer I shot Saturday was hit double-lung, larger exit wound than entry, didn't go far, yet he NEVER shed a drop of blood that we could find to trail. We essentially found him by quartering the area he'd staggered into and finally spotting him at the bottom of that ravine. Down there, there was blood, but only where he'd fallen over and died.
I am not kidding; not one drop of blood trail up above where he'd been when I shot him.
Any ideas how that can happen? It gives me pause about shooting an animal in areas of really thick brush where I might walk right past them without seeing if there is no trail to follow?
Did I maybe hit the lungs high enough up that they filled up on the inside and he died before any could spill through the bullet holes?
I'm puzzled.
That deer I shot Saturday was hit double-lung, larger exit wound than entry, didn't go far, yet he NEVER shed a drop of blood that we could find to trail. We essentially found him by quartering the area he'd staggered into and finally spotting him at the bottom of that ravine. Down there, there was blood, but only where he'd fallen over and died.
I am not kidding; not one drop of blood trail up above where he'd been when I shot him.
Any ideas how that can happen? It gives me pause about shooting an animal in areas of really thick brush where I might walk right past them without seeing if there is no trail to follow?
Did I maybe hit the lungs high enough up that they filled up on the inside and he died before any could spill through the bullet holes?
I'm puzzled.