RE: The "dead spot" theory revisited
There is no dead spot in the chest. The lungs fill the entire cavity. I'm not sure if a deer has an incomplete mediastinum (tissue layer around the heart that separates the chest into two compartments) or not. If it does not then a single lung hit will not affect the opposite lung. People and animals live through a pneumo all the time but only if it is addressed. Tell the whole story.