[quote]ORIGINAL: Swamp Dawg
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But I am alarmed at how many deer are not finished off with one arrow. I am nowhere near the perfect archer, however, I have never had a deer run more than 20 yards after the shot. And they all have died within 10-15 minutes max. Having said that, I also am the guy who puts alot of time and energy into this sport and practices year round. So when the season comes, I put myself in a position to make a perfect shot 9 times out of 10. IMO, the only reason these deer are not killed quicker is for bad shot placement.
This is just funny!!! Swamp Dawg must have only shot one deer in his lifetime. If you've never had one run past twenty yards you have either only shot one or two or have amazing luck. I am sure the first is more correct. The deer I spoke of earler was shot with a .50 cal muzzle loader from 20yds through the lungs and it only went twenty yards, however, it still had a lot of life left.
My 8pt bow kill this year was through the lung and died over five hours later. Maybe our Buffalo County deer are a little tougher than the average (LOL).
I practice with my bow several times a week year round and am a professional marksman so it certainly isn't a problem with practice.
In fact I've probably shot over 100 whitetail with rifle, muzzleloader, and bow and very few lung shot have gone only twenty yds. Usually when you have a good hit they make the death run and cover a lot of ground fast.
The lung hit usually is a quick clean kill, but certainly isn't always instantaneous. You will learn this after you hit a few more deer.