do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
03-22-2008, 03:23 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
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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.
03-22-2008, 03:47 PM
#14
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RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
ORIGINAL: Splitear_Leland
I always fuigured blood loss caused them to dehydrate, making them thirsty. I have shot 4 deer that have died right next to a small pond after going for three or four hundred yards.
I always fuigured blood loss caused them to dehydrate, making them thirsty. I have shot 4 deer that have died right next to a small pond after going for three or four hundred yards.
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.
03-22-2008, 03:50 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
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RE: do deer really go to water when they are wounded?
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
come on ed, anyone can clearly see he's just going for a quick swim!
ORIGINAL: Edcyclopedia
Yes Sir Mr. Magic, see picture of the 6 point I arrowed
Yes Sir Mr. Magic, see picture of the 6 point I arrowed
03-22-2008, 04:01 PM
#16
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
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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).
03-22-2008, 04:18 PM
#18
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Michigan
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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.
03-22-2008, 04:34 PM
#19
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
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.
