RE: Sound of Impact
 

Hitting a deer in the lungs sounds about the same as if you shoot a pumpkin with your bow.

RE: Sound of Impact
 

I' m not an expert by any means. I' ve only killed 7 deer. Only once have I heard a deer blow after being hit and that was two weeks on one that I killed. Hit it in the lungs. Blew a half dozen times or so while running off. I guess it could have possibly been another deer that was nearby where the deer I hit ran to but it appeared to be the deer I hit. All of the deer I have killed with a gun have ran off or droped without blowing though.

RE: Sound of Impact
 

Thanks for all your replies...by what you all have said I definetly hit her.....i' ll never forget the sound....plus my buddy just called who' s property i hunt and he tells be there are buzzards in the air over close where i stuck her.........I' ll find out tomorrow when we try to find her again.....at least i' ll get my arrow back.....maybe.

thanks again.

RE: Sound of Impact
 

sounds like a clean miss.

No blood, no arrow (my guess is either buried in the leaves or stuck 10' up in a tree) and the deer was snorting. I missed a doe this year on the 2nd day of season and she blew at me. I could have sworn I hit her but when I heard her blowing I knew different.

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I know it will be hard to do but for the practice, if you find the deer, see if you can backtrack her to where you shot her. If it' s been raining forget it. If not, give it a try. There won' t be any bright red blood but after a few days you can still find brownish red blood.
Next time, make a good effort to find your arrow before taking off after the deer. Give the deer time to die. If your not sure where you hit the deer, give it 3 or 4 hours before tracking. When I was learning, I always spent as much time practicing tracking as I could. Even if the animal only went 40 or 50 yards, I would still go back over the path and find every bit of sign I could and would study the blood drops to try to determine direction and all that. Successfull tracking is just as important as bow practice. Good luck and don' t get discouraged.

RE: Sound of Impact
 

Of the deer I' ve shot, hits have sounded like thud, whack, crack, squish, and even air rushing out of the lungs. A few left no blood on the ground (liver hits come to mind), though I managed to find them. I don' t recall any snorting after a hit, though that' s not to say that they never do. Tough to say if you got a hit or miss by your description. Unless you find your arrow or the deer, you may never know.