jminon

i shot a deer tonight and watched him trot off to a spot in which he never came out.....5 mins later i hear what seems to be coughing, from the same place that deer went.....going to go get deer in AM.......do deer do this when expiring?????
I HOPE SO!!!!

bpjeep

im bettin it was tryin to breath or somethin and was gettin messed up in some way or another. i shot a doe last year and could here her makin funky noises. so it oughtta be where u where hearin those noises.

cwillard

If you hit the lungs it could have been coughing up blood.

Phil from Maine

You could of shot a hole in the deer's windpipe making it breath different.

bigdeernofear

probably coughing up blood

timbercruiser

Under those conditions I would have waited about 30 minutes and retreived the deer. Dang coyotes will strip one out in a night around here.

Bulzeye

Pretty hard to breath with a throat full of blood.
Hope you get him in the morning.

wis_bow_huntr

Sounds like a lunger to me.

jminon

this is what a coughing deer looks like!!!!! found him right where he was coughing this morning ...could someone give me an idea on score...19 1/2 outside spread and 10 inch g1s....9 1/2 inch g2s....about 6 inches short of touching in the front on the main beams
Thanks who all replied and gave me a good nights sleep!!!

Buck Huntin Girl

Awesome! Congrats!

I don't know if I could leave one in the woods like that! LOL I'd be too nervous, not to mention I wouldn't get any sleep knowing it was out there. That's the smartest thing though, let em sit for a while so as not to spook 'em up again.