Average travel distance of deer you have shot
07-16-2004 | 09:22 AM
#12
Joined: Jul 2004
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From: Calgary, Alberta
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
Deer 1, 30-06 double lung, 40 yrds.
Deer 2, 30-06 double lung tight to the shoulder, 0 yrds.
Deer 3, bow, 80ish yrds, poor shot could have been worse but we gave her time and zero pressure.
Deer 4, bow, yearling thru shoulder, thru center of heart, crash, 20 yrds.
Deer 5, bow, the yearlings mom just as soon as i could nock another arrow, clipped all the arteries right at the top of the heart, she made about 90ish yrds.
Deer 6, bow, quartering away, drove right up thru center of heart, 50-60 yrds.
I'm showin an average of 47.5 yrds for all 6 and about 61.25 yrds for the bow kills only.
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Deer 2, 30-06 double lung tight to the shoulder, 0 yrds.
Deer 3, bow, 80ish yrds, poor shot could have been worse but we gave her time and zero pressure.
Deer 4, bow, yearling thru shoulder, thru center of heart, crash, 20 yrds.
Deer 5, bow, the yearlings mom just as soon as i could nock another arrow, clipped all the arteries right at the top of the heart, she made about 90ish yrds.
Deer 6, bow, quartering away, drove right up thru center of heart, 50-60 yrds.
I'm showin an average of 47.5 yrds for all 6 and about 61.25 yrds for the bow kills only.
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07-16-2004 | 09:38 AM
#14
Joined: May 2004
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From: Texarkana Texas-via- U.P. Mich.
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
Average distance my deer travel after the shot.
1. 20-70 yards after the shot
2. 1 mile on back of 4 wheeler
3. 20 miles back into town
4.3 more miles to the processor
5. Grand total would be about 24 miles and 40 yards on average give or take a few feet either way.
1. 20-70 yards after the shot
2. 1 mile on back of 4 wheeler
3. 20 miles back into town
4.3 more miles to the processor
5. Grand total would be about 24 miles and 40 yards on average give or take a few feet either way.
07-16-2004 | 10:15 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 1,704
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From: Illinois
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
Average distance my deer travel after the shot.
1. 20-70 yards after the shot
2. 1 mile on back of 4 wheeler
3. 20 miles back into town
4.3 more miles to the processor
5. Grand total would be about 24 miles and 40 yards on average give or take a few feet either way.
1. 20-70 yards after the shot
2. 1 mile on back of 4 wheeler
3. 20 miles back into town
4.3 more miles to the processor
5. Grand total would be about 24 miles and 40 yards on average give or take a few feet either way.
07-16-2004 | 10:39 AM
#17
Typical Buck
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 880
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From: Glenwood Iowa
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
Average is about 40 yards. Like others I've made a few marginal hits and had to track them a long ways. Last year I made a liver shot on a nice doe. Thought I'd let her stay overnight.
Coyotes didn't leave much, a little fur, a leg bone, and the tail. Should have given her a couple hours and then trailed her. Still not too old to learn a lesson or two.
Coyotes didn't leave much, a little fur, a leg bone, and the tail. Should have given her a couple hours and then trailed her. Still not too old to learn a lesson or two.
07-16-2004 | 10:43 AM
#18
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Illinois
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
From close to surprisingly further. I have never considered what the average distance was. I have had a few that died within 40-50 yards, but ended up 80 to 90 feet further.....when rolling off a high ridge.
