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Has any one every shot a deer and found a bullet or brahead in it?
only one i got was my 2nd deer at lake sonoma in november. It was a nice 4 point it was biggest deer killed that weekend for the youth hunt. It hat a little brahead in its neck. We still have the blades and everything from the brahead

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I shot a deer that got shot in the leg but didn't cut it open yet to see what it is.

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I shot a buck that had a hole in his neck from being shot before....pretty gross.

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My mom had actually shot a moose that had been shot several times before she shot it and when they started to gut it, it apparently was all yellow inside so they reported it to the F&W and they allowed her to keep her tag. They said it was a mercy kill.

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broadhead.....

I've shot a few deer that had old scars or were in the process of healing old wounds.

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My Grandpa shot a 157" 10 pt. back in 1988 that had a broadhead buried just below the spine from the previous year.

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How is this for a year with 3 seperate stories of this very thing happening!!!

First in sept one of my elk crew took a young bull elk that had a broadhead with 4" of carbon arrow attached embedded into his neck. The wound rendering the left front half of the animal to the birds. Also the animals fat content was as low as I have ever seen on a Sask. elk. The rest of the meat was fine though.

#2 Oct my partner harvested a bull moose. everything appeared normal until we butchered the animal. Upon boning out the front shoulder we discovered a hole in the scapula that created a partial fracture of the right shoulder. The shoulder had already started to heal nicely, their was little evidence of yellow, bruising, etc. We also found some lead in the blade steak portion of this shoulder and more in the brisket area on the same side. Lost some meat on this shoulder due to bloodshot,clots and finding lead frags. The otherwise condition of the bull moose was up to par, good fat content and he was lured in by cow calling...so obviously that portion was willing! LOL

Neither of these 2 animals appeared any different than the norm.

#3 Dec. Idispatched a 5x5 whitetail with my ML that was the victim of poor shot earlier that day, I suspect. This case the animal had lost it's front leg and obviously a lot of blood as try as he may he would not move more than a step.

Prior to this exceptional year only a fewanimals I have either taken or seen harvested had clear evidence of a previous encounter with a hunter.

I have taken or witnessed a number of animals that have had injuries or evidence of previous injury. Such as gored, broken legs, etc.

It really is amazing how tough these critters can be!!!!

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I shot a doe with only 3 legs last year, does that count?

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My first flintlock deer, taken last year, had a bum front shoulder. I shot him Dec 28th and he had already dropped both antlers. I think he did due to the wound. Therewas puss coming out of his shoulder and upon skinning/butchering I found a chunk of lead buried in the inside of the off shoulder above the spine. The bullet hit above the spine, just catching the top of the spines breaking two before imbedding in the scapula.

I hate to say it, but because the bullet went through so little flesh before it stopped, I kind of think he might have been an attempted poaching case with a low power rifle like a .22. I guess I'll never know.

Also as a sad side note, in three days with 4 hunters, we took four deer and THREE of them were wounded by errant rifle shots[:@]:([:@][:'(]

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Yep a broadhead that the butcher said was there at least 2 years.It had a hard muscle tissue grown around it. It was located right under the spine in the tender loin

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I shot a 9 pt. years ago that had a healed over .22 wound to one of its backstraps! There was an old poacher known to the area that used a .22 Hornet, so I think this was one of his bullets!

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i forgot my first deer my dad's friend said might have been hit by a car or something because his left side of his horn was broken in to a "v" shape
and of course the othe side barely had 2 little nubs making it legal.

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i shot a deer that was shot an hour earlier with only a broken leg.... she went into heat and had a buck on her so she wasnt goin to bleed out any time soon and if she got pregnat and a youte got her it would be bad. so i took her out of the enviorment

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the spike i shot this year during rifle season had a slice just above the spine mostly likely from and arrow because it was at a downward angle.

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My second largest deer I took had been shot in the hind quarter.

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my dad who is a taxidermist had someone bring in a deer that had a wound right behind the right antler, after skinning the buck out he found a broadhead embedded in its skull which must have been from the year before because the wound had completely healed other than just a little hole that was letting the puss out.

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I once shot a little spike buck that my uncle had shot in the leg earlier that day. My dad also killed a 12 pt. that had a Muzzy lodged in its back right by the spine.

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kinda fishy....but a found most of a copper jacket ina package of my steaks from a deer i shot! dont know why in the world it wasnt removed...and surely wasnt mine.....i double lunged it witha HPBTsierra and blew right through it.....kinda fishy..it was from a GOOD commercial grade processor that is actually a meat factory....

this year our sitters pushed a LARGE 12pt to a lucky guy in the middle of our drive....we happened to know him....when the buck was dead everyone was starring at the rack like normal....someone noticed the buck must have been broadside....someone shot at him and hit both his mainbeams!! just a perfect half circle bullet graze on both sides!! pretty neat.....barely visible...wierd thing is it was the first day and NOONE else was back there to be shooting at him!! night hunters maybe??? did look to be a small caliber rifle....id think any 30cal would blew the other side to bits after hitting the first...but who knows

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i shot a 7 pointer three years ago that had an arrow shaft in its head. it went in under the eyeball and came out near the back of the head. he managed to break off both ends that were sticking out so i didnt notice it until i approached him. you could see straight through his head/neck area by looking through the hollow arrow shaft. just a little gang green up there but the rest of the body was fine.

my cousin killed the nicest buck that was roaming our farm at the time. the butcher later found a broadhead that had been completely healed around. it was very close to the lungs and he had no idea how the deer survived it. it was from a previous hunting season and was completely healed up

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The buck pictured in my avataron the lefthad a fresh broadhead wound in his neck. It turns outa guy I knew had hit him in bow season...

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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!

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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.

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

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That is a fine looking buck, but I think the rabbit did it.:D 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.

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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.