ORIGINAL: bigbulls
She managed to run 75 yards[:-]
Which would have taken her all of 6 or 7 seconds to cover that distance even with out a leg.
Facts are facts. A healthylivinganimal needs to loose a certain ammount of its total blood volumebefore it will die. The bigger the animal the more blood there is to loose and the longer it takes to loose that blood.
bigbulls ~ I agree with you blood loss analogy, so the bigger deer would have possibly taken 8 or 9 seconds???
Not to overlook other "possible facts" in my example, like tissue damage, trauma, etc...
I realize this is in the "Archery" section and I side-stepped into a gun example, so broad heads are the killing factor.
In saying this, what are your thoughts on other instances I've witness?
* Like an arrow snapping off inside the chest cavity and the broken end of the arrow paralyzing the Deer.
** Broadside shot through the lungs only, where not only blood loss, but oxygen is part of the dying factor?
~ The bigger Deer would probably need more oxygen in this case and I would guess it would die quicker?
*** I would guess some deer are tougher than others, small or big. Although I haven't come across any facts on this, I will gander this belief based on that I have an extreme tolerance to/for pain, compared to most others, and try to associate this with my guess.
Arrows do cause trauma and tissue damage and this too can contribute to the deer's death, not just blood loss.