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Old 12-15-2009, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveBNy
If it went under the spine in the thoratic cavity, it did not mis the lungs - it is physically impossible. It is rare, but possible for them to survive a high lung hit. There is no empty hole in the chest cavity.
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That's EXACTLY what the biologists said after many hunters started to step up and prove they shot deer under the spine and got away. Deer eventually recovered by consequent shots later on were examined. Miss lungs or not, these deer survived and that's the point. How long they would have survived, long term, is debatable.

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