Good sory! They sure have the will to survive.

I shot an old doe last year when she came in right below me the first day. I hit her well, and she went about 25yrds and expired. When I skinned her, every, and I mean EVERY rib had been broken previously and a couple of them hadn't healed properly. Her rear leg had also been broken and her nose was extremely crooked. She had apparently been hit by a vehicle....and had lived.

She was large and healthy....but I would imagine that she broke 15-20 bones in that accident, and lived.

Tough animals.