Small deer die faster?
09-10-2008, 06:32 AM
#31
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Small deer die faster?
ORIGINAL: bigbulls
Which would have taken her all of 6 or 7 seconds to cover that distance even with out a leg.
Facts are facts. A healthylivinganimal needs to loose a certain ammount of its total blood volumebefore it will die. The bigger the animal the more blood there is to loose and the longer it takes to loose that blood.
She managed to run 75 yards[:-]
Facts are facts. A healthylivinganimal needs to loose a certain ammount of its total blood volumebefore it will die. The bigger the animal the more blood there is to loose and the longer it takes to loose that blood.
Not to overlook other "possible facts" in my example, like tissue damage, trauma, etc...
I realize this is in the "Archery" section and I side-stepped into a gun example, so broad heads are the killing factor.
In saying this, what are your thoughts on other instances I've witness?
* Like an arrow snapping off inside the chest cavity and the broken end of the arrow paralyzing the Deer.
** Broadside shot through the lungs only, where not only blood loss, but oxygen is part of the dying factor?
~ The bigger Deer would probably need more oxygen in this case and I would guess it would die quicker?
*** I would guess some deer are tougher than others, small or big. Although I haven't come across any facts on this, I will gander this belief based on that I have an extreme tolerance to/for pain, compared to most others, and try to associate this with my guess.
Arrows do cause trauma and tissue damage and this too can contribute to the deer's death, not just blood loss.
09-10-2008, 06:52 AM
#33
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RE: Small deer die faster?
For heart and double lung shots, my answer is a little faster because like said, less overall blood volume. My answer on marginal shots like liver and gut shots is a most definitive YES. The younger/smaller the deer, the more quickly the effects of a liver and/or gut shot take effect on that deer (enough for death or for a follow up shot to be possible). I can think of 3 mature bucks that I have been involved with that were all straight liver shots (confirmed after the fact) and still alive when found 8-14 hours later. I also can think of two mature bucks involved with that were gut shot and went.5-.75 mile after hit. Younger deer don't live that long with a hole in their liver, nor do they go very far at all when gut shot and in fact most times you see them lay down.
09-10-2008, 07:00 AM
#34
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RE: Small deer die faster?
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I cannot understand why you would want to take a fawn or button buck. Hunting is a challege. What is the challege in hunting a fawn? Have them come in, enjoy watching their movements, take pictures, and you will see them develop into a challege over the years. They will change their entries, times, their senses improve, they train their young, etc. Enjoy that mature harvest after watching them develop. I knew someone who shot a button buck that the neighbors were feeding out of their hand. Not saying that it was right, but taking that button buck had to have been a real challege, not! If you need meat that bad, call me.
I cannot understand why you would want to take a fawn or button buck. Hunting is a challege. What is the challege in hunting a fawn? Have them come in, enjoy watching their movements, take pictures, and you will see them develop into a challege over the years. They will change their entries, times, their senses improve, they train their young, etc. Enjoy that mature harvest after watching them develop. I knew someone who shot a button buck that the neighbors were feeding out of their hand. Not saying that it was right, but taking that button buck had to have been a real challege, not! If you need meat that bad, call me.
