Might tend to disagree, as it's damned near impossible to slide and arrow through a deer without a least a little BONE contact, unless you paunch shoot them... In reality, a well placed shot nearly always results in a dead deer in under 200yds, the true factor that changes that is more on alertness prior to the shot in my experience. I shot a lead doe a few years ago, straight through the heart with a Slick Trick Magnum that ran 50 yards, stopped looked around, and after a few seconds fell over dead... There certainly was a THWACK, but to date she is the only of the 40 or so deer I've killed that ran and stopped and looked around, every other deer did a death sprint, less the one I spined, on a steep downward angle, but that arrow blew through the spine and into the lungs killing that deer in short order as well...
In my job at our local hospital, I hear a similar sound, like a "thwack", when we rupture the pleural cavity. The suction in our chest that keeps our lungs inflated gets released very quickly & makes that noise. I've always assumed that the deer chest cavity, being larger than ours, makes a much louder sound when we rupture there pleural cavity. "Thwack" is what we hear, like popping a balloon that's covered in meat & hide.
That was really interesting video. I do love that sound also. I would also disagree with the assertion that the deer run farther because of the large mechanical head. I shoot rage broadheads and most of the deer are on a death sprint but I have shot a doe which jumped about 20 feet then just stood there as blood poured out of her until she died and last year I shot a good sized buck that moved about 15 to 20 yards then did the same thing, just stood there until bp went and keeled over. The buck was following a doe grunting and I think he was still looking for the doe. The doe that didn't run was with another doe and the other doe stayed there so she did also. Just my opinion.
Awesome videos and thanks for sharing, great job on the shot and kill. I do have 1 question though. What was wrong with the first and 3rd doe that came in? They were good sized as well... the target and eventual dead doe was nice too so not complaining. You definitely had your choosing there with the 4 coming in all together. Again, great videos and appreciate you sharing. Gives us guys who's Season is still a few days/weeks away the pleasure and enjoyment of seeing this. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Sorry for the delay in replying. I was hunting hard and only had my phone and I don't know how to set it to get notifications when someone replies or likes a post. Unless there are very young fawns with her I always like to "try" to take out the lead doe. It's more of a challenge. Look at that first video though and imagine me 10 feet to the right and 25 feet up. They are only 15 yards away, the lead doe is on edge, and they are all quartering a little to me until they start to walk offscreen. I have good back cover there, but there is NO cover in front of me. Also, That was the first opportunity to draw when at least one of those does wasn't kind of looking in my direction. If the second two had been little fawns I might have gotten away with drawing on the lead doe, but with them being older and not young and stupid, I didn't want to take a chance on getting picked off drawing. Kind of funny since I ended up getting picked off drawing anyway.
Chief, old nanny does are every bit as cagy as any buck. The does are worse when they bust you they tell everyone, and hunt you every time you sit in the same stand.
I agree. In my opinion that is the best reason to take out the lead doe if I possibly can. I guarantee you that the next time she walks through there she will be looking up that tree.
And snort and stomp. I like to hunt the old head nanny that tends to be a herd bully when I get a bonus tag.
I read a counter argument to taking out the big lead doe. Those big does are usually the biggest and best mothers, and if spared they can produce healthy deer for many years to come. Just something to think about.....that being said I've killed a few because they just kept ruining my hunts.
I've heard that point too but disagree with it, because the youngest deer have the best herd health genetics. That has been proven in studies on dairy and beef farms.
Love that sound. Great job! Blessings...........Pastorjim Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk
What is herd health genetics? Meaning their ability to carry and deliver young even during the harshest of environments? Because deer certainly aren't evolving genetically from age 3 to 8, thereby causing their genetics to be different than what they were at age 1 and 2.
The old does I shoot tend to be either down to one fawn per year or the oldest biddy had not had a fawn in 2 years.
