ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Matt.....I don't see a pass-thru (and we're just talking, here......trust me) as any different from a peircing wound if we're talking about intestines and infection. I've got an 11" scar on my stomach from surgery I had to remove an infected portion of my intestine that was pierced internally from a fish bone. If I hadn't had it removed....yes...I would have died.
Far as I know.....these things just don't "repair themselves". Maybe I'll learn something from this.
Apparently they do from time to time. As I mentioned in my previous thread there have been documented cases where deer were shot and during gutting prior wounds that had healed in the GI tract were found. It's obviously the exception, but it can and does happen.
Here is some food for thought as well. Rob mentioned that his cousin hit a branch with the shot so who knows what kind of angle that arrow hit the deer at and what it did once it hitthe deer. An arrow with improper flight will do some crazy things.