I think it could be real. I have seen several bonafide medical studies on humans (this is pre- internet photoshop stuff) who suffered penetrating injuries to the brain and lived long lives. One had a 6' crow bar blown through his skull from tamping TNT. Oh yes, they certainly had obvious damage, but were able to function.

FAKE!
If you look at both pictures, one shows the arrow on the right side of her head and the other shows it on the left side of her head. Not real in my opinion.

Tough to tell from the quality of the pictures. Unrelated but my aunt's boyfriend shot a blackbear this season and the butcher found an arrowhead burried in his spine. From the calcium surrounding it, he said it had been in there for quite some time.

Hmm, is it me or does it seem like theres just a bit more arrow protruding out the back of the does head in the frontal pic than there is in the side view?

poor deer I hate crossbows. I live in new york and any shmo would be able to come from the city up here to deer hunt with one. These are the guys that ruin hunting season and give hunters a bad name.

Both pics show the distinct possibility that the arrow never entered the skull cavity. I believe the pics to be real.

I dont know, I think if that Xbow bolt had went in behind the shoulder, that doe would be chilli right now.

Scribler, we both live in the same town, which is only 50 miles from the big rotten apple, we already have every shmo from the city up here (where do you think I came from?) seriously, if you dont like Xbows, i hate to tell you, i think theyre a done deal for next year, Im also hearing were getting and early ML season too. yep,Gun season in oct. oh the horror

It's hard to believe that a crossbow bolt actually stayed in the animal. It is so fast that it chisels right through! It looks like it's just under the skin, maybe the skull took the brunt of the impact. They were probably using a very cheap crossbow and are mending broken/hurt fingers!

This season they made xbows equivalent to compounds and traditional for archery only season here in Texas but I'm not sure how widepread their use became.

that might fall off but that is not a real good shot lol sucks for that deer although it can scratch its back not