Why did he die so quickly?
10-30-2008 | 05:52 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
ORIGINAL: passthru79
There are major arteries the run along the spine
There are major arteries the run along the spine
10-30-2008 | 07:20 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
ORIGINAL: PreacherTony
A solid liver hit will kill VERY quickly ..... partial liver can take a long time
A solid liver hit will kill VERY quickly ..... partial liver can take a long time
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Thats one thing about liver hits, you just never know how long they will live for. I shot a doe about 5 years ago dead center through the liver. She was still alive yet the next morning. We finished her off. I've also had liver hits go 100 yards and pile up within 20 seconds or so. Like I said, you just never know with a liver shot.
Thats one thing about liver hits, you just never know how long they will live for. I shot a doe about 5 years ago dead center through the liver. She was still alive yet the next morning. We finished her off. I've also had liver hits go 100 yards and pile up within 20 seconds or so. Like I said, you just never know with a liver shot.
10-30-2008 | 07:51 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
ORIGINAL: M.Magis
A liver shot will not kill a deer that quickly. As mentioned, the aortic artery runs just under the spine, at the top of the body cavity. Just as lethal as any lung shot.
A liver shot will not kill a deer that quickly. As mentioned, the aortic artery runs just under the spine, at the top of the body cavity. Just as lethal as any lung shot.
Now THAT being said, I always wait at least 2 hours on a liver hit...
10-30-2008 | 09:02 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
Thanks guys, all your input helps.
Tony, I would say the slice is through the area where the s4 is marked on your photos. But I would also say that the arteries running down below the spine, was probably hit also, because the cavity was completely full of blood when I first cut into him.
Thanks again, guys.
Mitch
Tony, I would say the slice is through the area where the s4 is marked on your photos. But I would also say that the arteries running down below the spine, was probably hit also, because the cavity was completely full of blood when I first cut into him.
Thanks again, guys.
Mitch
10-30-2008 | 09:06 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
ORIGINAL: Carpmaster
From what I have seen of solid liver hits the deerexpire as quickly as lung hits, just in my experiences...that is not always the case though..
From what I have seen of solid liver hits the deerexpire as quickly as lung hits, just in my experiences...that is not always the case though..
On a big deer liver shot, I will always wait at least 8 hours unless I see him go down.
10-30-2008 | 09:11 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
I have taken a deer with a Liver shot....He ducked my string, and turned on me. Arrow went right through the middle of the liver, and he went like 20 yards, and was dead in under 2 minutes........
In my experience anyways, a good liver shot is very deadly.
10-30-2008 | 09:13 AM
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RE: Why did he die so quickly?
Whole a solid liver hit can be quickly fatal on a high shot like that where you know you were up near the spine I'd be on hitting that artery. Especially since you heard a lot of crashing. With heart shots and major artery shots there is no blood getting to the brain so the deer run into trees and brush a lot while they are kind of on auto pilot before expiring.
I shot a doe last year and severed the main artery in the back and her spine on a high shot. She fell and bled out in 8 seconds as I watched.
I shot a doe last year and severed the main artery in the back and her spine on a high shot. She fell and bled out in 8 seconds as I watched.