RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

I believe this to be true from personal experience.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

I've always heard this, but have no reason to believe is is true across the board.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

Although I have never personally experienced this, I certainly believe it happens in enough situations to make it a valid theory. I hunt no where near water and have only gutshot a minimal amount of deer, so it's never come into play for me.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

No way, the physiologic mechanism responsible for thirst does not kick in when there is blood loss due to trauma, at least not right away.

My theory based on 4 years of college biology classes is that most of their natural predators, i.e. wolves and coyotes can't swim as well as they can and even if they could they can't kill and swim at the same time.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

I immediately start marinading my deer upon lethal contact with my broad head

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

IMO Its not a guaranteed thing.Maybe just a good starting pointfor thatparticular circumstance. The buck I gutshot this past November had water all around him and he decided to go 300 yards past it. He died in a thicket. I don't have an explanation either. This buck was not pushed (not by me anyway).

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

I have an area that I have shot 3 bucks.There is a pond about 150 yds from my stand an all3 buck died within10 ydsof the pond an were headed towards the pond.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

I believe this to be true .... every blood trial that I have followed lead to either a creek , swamp or lake , I have also heard that other deer will nurse the wounded one by packing mud onto the injury.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

Not always. Just like they'll sometimes go up hill when hit vitally too. They do the opposite a lot more often than these "RULES" people have led you to believe.

RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
 

Evert deer that I did not see drop, went to the water.