Average travel distance of deer you have shot
07-16-2004 | 11:22 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Virginia / West Virginia
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
I'd probably 90% of mine have gone about 40-60yds. Although I've had a couple that have really hurt my avg....one probably went a mile or more, but I got him. 
07-16-2004 | 12:26 PM
#23
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From: Porter, TX.
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
Here is a little deer trivia. A deer that is shot by a bullet (heart/lungs) expires in 22 seconds. A deer that is shot with an arrow in the same spot expires in 21 seconds.
07-16-2004 | 12:45 PM
#24
Fork Horn
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From: Live = Northern IL, Hunt = West Central IL
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
I suspect that the average distance to be 60-80 yards.
However, most of these have been out of sight, since they have all been in heavily wooded areas.
In some areas I hunt (especially in early fall - with leaves), I can not see further than 20 yards.
I'd suspect none of them would have been out of sight if I was hunting over a field or hunting in less dense of an area.
The distance they run or if you can see them fall has little bearing on how good a hunter you are...much of it depends on the specific deer and the geography of where you hunt.
We should all strive for ethical lethal kill shots that take them out asap.
Maybe that is the most important point of this topic.
However, most of these have been out of sight, since they have all been in heavily wooded areas.
In some areas I hunt (especially in early fall - with leaves), I can not see further than 20 yards.
I'd suspect none of them would have been out of sight if I was hunting over a field or hunting in less dense of an area.
The distance they run or if you can see them fall has little bearing on how good a hunter you are...much of it depends on the specific deer and the geography of where you hunt.
We should all strive for ethical lethal kill shots that take them out asap.
Maybe that is the most important point of this topic.
07-19-2004 | 09:13 AM
#28
Fork Horn
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From: Springfield, Mo / Oxford, Ms
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
id say average is about in that 50 to 80 yard range my favorite hits are when it passes through and the deer doesnt even run away they go back to eating and just suddenly fall over. i also like head shooting does ( w/ a bow) they drop like a rock!!!
07-19-2004 | 02:37 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Pittsburgh, PA
RE: Average travel distance of deer you have shot
0 yds.! iv shot 4 deer all dropped in there tracks! im goin to try to keep it goin this year