Proof that a whitetail can survive with one lung
 

All bowhunters should check out this post[:o]. These
are some very unique pictures. It is amazing to
see how the broadhead and arrow shaft has fused
to the bone...inside the chest cavity!

The top picture also gives a great view of the bone
structure of a whitetails chest and spine. The " void
area" , between the top of the ribs and the spine, is
much smaller than one might think.

After seeing these pics...we all need to be careful
when field dressing;).

http://www.iowawhitetail.com/ubbthre...b=5&o=&fpart=1

Two Beards

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That' s an interesting post. Thanks for sharing!

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That is incredible man! How in the heck did that buck survive the shot, then heal up enough to make it through the winter? I have never seen such a thing. That broadhead is well into the chest cavity and yet the deer survived! Amazing.

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The buck I shot this year had one of its lungs healed to the inside of its chest cavity. It was freaky when I pulled everything out and only 1 lung came. THe other was a weird texture and darker, and I had to peel it from the inside of the rib cage.

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Wow, that was interesting indeed! Hard to believe the deer survived that.

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Yes give the deer a once over before digging in. I once had a puss ball on the side of one during rifle season only to find a broadhead few weeks old inside the deer. Puss ball was a warning marking.

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Yeah thats pretty crazy!!!

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I can believe it.

My buddy that hit the huge 10 pointer on opening day has seen this deer in field on several occasions and even got him on video this last weekend. He could see the wound on the deer side...both sides. ANd he still can' t believe he is not dead.

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wow..., that was really interesting how an arrow can get fused to bone like that

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Great post! I can not believe that this deer survived with that arrow in him. You would think he would cut his insides everytime he moved around. That could have been a real bad deal if he tried to gut that deer!

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Looks as if the deer was shot while walking directly at the shooter. There' s several posts about this type of shot and whether to take it or not. This supports my opinion in there being no shot on a head-on or straight-away deer. Not every deer is going to survive with a broadhead through one of his lungs, but it goes to show you - this is not a good shot to take. If the deer hadn' t of survived, it would have gone a considerble distance anyway.

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perhaps I need to squash my inner skeptic, but that doesn' t even look like a deer skeleton to me.

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thanks for posting, that is truly incredible

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It looks a little fishy to me also. It almost looks like somebody used wood glue and glued that arrow into place.

If it is a real picture, then that is pretty amazing, but, it looks a little too strange for me.

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That' s the wierdest looking backbone of deer I have ever seen? Has anyone else noted that the broadhead looks brand new?

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I agree - the spine looks prehistoric. I' m no skeletal expert on whitetail deer, but the back bones look way too tall. In perspective of the arrow, the vertabraes would be close to 8" tall putting the spine between the deer' s lungs. Wierd.

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Wow, that is amazing!

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The more often I look at it, the less I believe it. I don' t think that is a deer skeleton at all, and I don' t believe a deer can survive with a broadhead stuck in it' s lung. It would slice with every breath and movement. I can imagine a lung wound healing over if it isn' t too bad, but not with the broadhead remaining in the lung.

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Sorry, folks, I just don' t believe this picture is legitimate. It just doesn' t look genuine and this could be easily faked. I don' t think a deer could survive this placement, simply because the arrow would have been bouncing around in the chest cavity.:(

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Aluminum doesn' t bond to bone. This is why they use metal to fabricate bone plates, pins and screws. Metal is inert. The shaft has been hot glued to the bone, IMO. Were it fused there there would be a much larger callous where the arrow meets the bone. Sorry, I don' t buy this one either. I would need to see the skeleton in person.

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wow that looks like a damn good job of hot gluing....i wouldnt think that a deer could survive with an arrow in its lung and i think there would be a BIG mass of bone around the arrow.

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I don' t know if it' s real or not, but I believe a deer could survive that because the lung would probably collapse down and heal and the lung cavity might be emtpy there where the broadhead is. Strange things happen sometimes.

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funny enough it has happen to me shot 1 in bow season hit him high had great lung blood never found him and shot him month and half later same season with a rifle.. and he only had 1 lung very strong deer..........

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I am glad others think the photo looks " hinky." Were the bones picked cleaned by maggots and then bleached? Anything is possible, but the story is bizarre.

Looks like something PETA would construct to have something for " show and tell" for their propaganda seminars.

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this is a fake . but could happen. that broadhead is new.and that is glue on the end of the arrow to. whats up with this. but i might be wrong.


go deep hunt hard.;)

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Looks pretty squirrely to me too. Only thing that has me guessing is the swollen area of the second rib (to the left of the one with the arrow embedded in it). That would happen if that rib were cut by the broadhead, which it would have been at that angle of penetration.

You can get bones that clean easily if you know what you are doing, but to re-assemble the skeleton like that takes a real expert. It' s not easy to do.

I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe the deer could have survived that shot, with an arrow most of the way through one lung. Should have bled to death in a minute or two.

But you never know...