We read on here about deer that survive being shot in the "void" and how some believe it and some don't. I never believed it till I saw it with my own eyes about fifteen years ago.

Anyway,

I shot a nice seven point last weekend. He came in just as he should, worked his way in feeding and looking just lke they always do. I drilled him at about eight steps from a ground blind and he ran up over the rise. A quick trailing job and there he was. As I admired him I noticed a wound seeping clear fluid and blood from his swolen neck. I thought he was just rutting as he came into range. Turns out, he was punched through the neck by another buck's antlers. The hole went in on the left side of the neck, next to the throat. It was about the size of a quarter, I put my finger all the way through it and it was deep into the meat. It came out on the top of the neck. It was perfectly round and had no broadhead marks on it or anything. It must have been pretty recent because it wasn't at all infected.

So I thought that was cool. Then I roll him to gut him and he has a scar on his sde. Closer inspection revieled a almost healed arrow wound. You could see the three baldes of the broadhead where the scab was. On the entrance side, the arrow went in high but below the spine. The exit was also high but a little lower. The entrance was completely healed and the exit had a small scab. Under the skin, both sides were healed but some puss and scars the shape of the broadhead were visable on the exit side. One the inside of the rib cage, no evidence of the hit at all yet it went completely through. The angle was'nt very steep but you could see that whoever shot it did so from a treestand.

Sorry this is so long but that was one tough deer with a world of bad luck.

He looked completely normal coming in and his reaction to my shot was typical of a good lung hit. I guess there is a "void" if you hit it right. Seen it twice now. I'll post pictures of all of the wounds when I can get them onto a disc to upload.

Greg