ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
Absolutely no way a rifle did that to something the weight of a deer. She probably jumped when he shot her and did a flip. Deer can do some crazy things when shot, and they can jump very high.
I think most of the time when someone thinks they see a deer get knocked off from their feet they had a spasm or jumped when the bullet hit them. I have shot one with a bow and it did the same thing, and there is no way a bow has that much energy, especially mine.Paul
Right! I once shot an arrow at a small doe that was perhaps 25 yards away. She spotted me just as I released the arrow. She jumped straight up, did a somersault, and hit the ground running back in the direction she had come from, and was at least 25 feet or more BACK down the trail she had come up by the time the arrow reached where she had been standing when I released it! You'd have to see such a performance to believe it!