Duramax05

How much blood does an adult buck have? (rough dressed weight at 180-200 lbs). I know its not bow related as I shot him with the gun but thought you guys might know more about this.

BGfisher

From everything I've ever read deer carry about the same amount as a similar weight human. That would be around 8-9 pints of blood.

Duramax05

Thanks for the reply. Wasnt sure how they would compare to a human.

Rob/PA Bowyer

Deer have around 8 pints of blood or 1 gallon. They must bleed out around 2.5 pints to fall into shock (bleed to death). That is a lot of blood on the ground! When I lay a blood line for my WireHaired Dachshund to track, I lay 10 oz of blood. I can actually lay a trail for a half mile with this.

live2Draw

robs right on. the majority of your blood loss is all internal. An average 60 yard blood trail is probably only about 20 oz of blood.