More lethal: Hi Lung or Lo Lung?????
 

Was watching Michael Waddel this morning before work, he shot a buck and hit it low double lung, it went 200 yds. When they got to it they mentioned that low lung hits traveled further than high lung hits. I was thinking about my experiances and this seems to be true, never thought of it before now.

Anyone else have any experiance or opinions on this?

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I was going to ask the exact same question! I too watched this and was curious about that statement!:eek:

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Never thought about it either but I'd rather have the low lung hit, hoping for a better blood trail.

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I'm with Arthur P on this one!

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I agree with Art on this one(You don't mind if I call you Art do you?). Definately better blood on a low lung hit.

As for the question of which is more lethal? A dead deer is a dead deer. Which is easier to recover would be my concern. And a low lung hit= more blood(better blood trail)=higher % of recovery IMO.

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I've never noticed much of a difference. The high lung hits of mine maybe went a little less distance, but the lower lung hits tend to have a bit more blood. I think its pretty much a moot point, high DL or low DL, you are going to find the deer.

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Let me rephrase that, not more lethal but distance ran to expiration. I shot a doe in Oct., high double lung hit and she went about 40 yds and piled up. I shot a buck a week later, low shot, might have only gotten one lunch but he ran a ways before bedding down. Ended up jumping him and not finding him so I'll never know.

I agree that a low hit=better blood trail but maybe the high hit puts em down faster. I don't have the composure at the moment of truth to pick high/low lung. But I was just curious of everyones experiences.

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Sounds right,sorta liks the the song Hi LEE Hi LOW HI LEE Hi low

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I have heard that high is more effective due to the lung filling up faster with blood

tim

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Law of gravity applies: if you hit high, blood will flow downward filling up the rest of the lungs. The deer will drown in it's own blood faster than a low hit.

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There we go! Those last two posts make a lot of scense. Thanks guys!

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I try for the center of the lungs right where all the main veins and such run. On a downward angle hit you will hit high on one and low on the other, the best of both worlds if you ask me!!

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I'd rather have a lower hit. Although the cavity MAY fill faster with a higher hit, I believe there will be more blood on the ground with a lower hit.

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I don't think it is possible for a deer to drown in it's own blood when shot through both lungs. As I understand biology, it is impossible to breath once both lungs have been compromised. Once both lungs have been punctured it is no longer able to maintain negative air pressure and the lungs cannot expand. The animal suffocates. I think the key is getting both lungs. The benefit of getting a lower shot is more blood on the ground rather than inside the cavity. Anyone feel free to correct my biology if I have it wrong but that is my understanding of how it works.

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Unless you are shooting from the ground, one lung will probably be a high hit and the other a relatively low hit. That being said, there are two factors that compromise the lungs - one being blood in the bronchii and alveoli (small terminal air sacs where respiration occurs) and the other being the puncture of the lung itself which causes air to leak outside of the lung into the chest cavity, causing tension on the adjacent lung and lung collapse. I would suspect that the latter is more important in causing the deer to bed down/die immediately, however I don't know if anyone has ever studied this.

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I nailed a doe a few weeks back and I thought I had hit her way too high (at least higher than normal for me). She ended up piling up about forty yards away. Not the greatest blood trail, but it was still very good; it just didn't look like it'd been poured out of a bucket like I'm used to.

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I am impressed! I am not a good enough shot to decide. I go for the center, vertically, to give me most room for error.

I know high lung is better with a rifle - the shock to the spine knocks 'em down, even when you don't directly hit spine, then the lung wounds kill quickly.

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Next time you dress a deer notice that the lungs are much thicker up high than they are down low in the chest. The more lungs you cut the faster the heart has to pump blood to try and make up for the loss in blood pressure which causes the blood to leave the animals veins and arteries faster which deprives the brain of oxygen faster. It has nothing to do with drowning or the body cavity filling up with blood.

The deer will actually pass out up to a minute or so before its heart stops beating and it is actually is dead.

However, if the deer ran 200 yards I highly doubt that he actually got a double lung hit. I'd be willing to bet that the animal was only shot through one lung. A T.V. hunter would never make up something to cover his butt with millions of people would he.;)

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High Lung or Low lung= dead deer either way. That being said I don't mind tracking an extra 50 yds, I think its fun. As long as the deer didn't suffer for long I'm happy! I aim low to prevent spine shots and ducked strings. 200yds IMO is not hard to follow.

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IMO same difference, just need to hit both lungs!!!!

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My experience with the bow indicates that the higher double-lung shots usually cause the deer to go down within sight of my stand. Thus I prefer that type of shot.