farm hunter

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craigery71

that sucks that that happened, thats why as hunters we gotta make sure we take clean humane shots, not right to let animal suffer with broadheads stuck in its legs and stuff
not bashing you, dont even know if thats yours, im just saying in general, that looks real painfull lol

farm hunter

Well - I took both deer cleanly - with a shotgun. I'm sure they were painful - but neither was fatal.

The One in the pelvis was an 8 point - that showed no sign of injuiry when I took him chasing a doe across a field. The arrowhead was from the Year before - and his rack was lopsided as aresult.

The Other was a forkhorn with an obvious limp - and a Swollen Front knee. - It wasn't infected - and the bone had re-grown - though I do think the shot was from earlier the same year.

Remember these pictures when you process a deer - you don't want to reach up in there and get sliced by an old broadhead.Bow woundings a not often fatal - sometines the broadhead stays in the deer.

FH

one on one

this deer was shot on dec, 5 05 by a hunter who hunts with me, trailed him about 100 yds across a swamp, real good blood trail, but stopped bleeding,no site of him til this pic was taken on jan 14, 06. look close at his neck and you can see the round swollen spot on the side of his neck,he appears to be ok.

BTBowhunter

Most of my bigger bucks had at least one previous wound. My 152" 5 year old had a .22 slug lodged under his right eye and a Broadhead stripe on his neck. I also shot a 129" 3 year old that had been hit by a shotgun slug low in the right front leg (no bone hit, just muscle and was healing well) Another 120" 2 year old with a drop tinehad a healed over superficial broadhead stripe that passed just under the skin above the spine.

All those were quite healthy and would have survived. The worst one was a 3 year old that had a broadhead and 6" of arrow shaft that entered the top of his nose and passed through his jaw and the head was protruding out under his chin in front of the white throat patch. The wound was only a day or soold (it was the third day of bow season) but he would have died a horrible death if I hadn't stopped him when I did.

Obviously some of my hunting areas see some pressure

uncle matt

Yes - VERY IMPORTANT! As Farm Hunter said, you should ALWAYS be careful because there could very well be a broadhead inside a deer.

That's why when I dress a deer out I always approach the job as if the deer is full of braodheads. I also ask the young ones when they get there first deer and are ready for that first gutting, "If this deer is dead, can it still hurt you?" Then I tell them of the dangers of imbedded broadheads.

But to answer the question.......I have never found a broadhead or bullet in one that I have taken, but have found wounds.

Be careful out there!

GregH

Check this out. Its really sad. This was sent to meby a friend who doesn't know the guy who shot it, but got it from a friend of a friend. I guess the guy that shot it, shot it three weeks before the date on the pic. He searched for three days and never found it. He was in a tree, 16 yd quartering away shot. He was totally surprised when it showed up on their trail cam three weeks later. It don't look like that bad of a shot. Must have hit that void above the lungs or something.

BowHuntingFool

[:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-][:-] Whoa!

NavyDeerHunter

That is a fine looking buck, but I think the rabbit did it. Payback for eatingHIS corn.
Actually it looks like the shot may have been a little high and far back, butI still would have expected it to bleed out.

rybohunter

THat is one evil looking bunny.
But as for the shot it looks like it angled on the outside of the rib cage from hard away.