Deer direction --after shot.
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Deer direction --after shot.
After a deer has been shot---does it usually continue the way it was going?
does it go back the way it came?--or does it take off in a completely different direction?--I would be interested in hearing your experiences.---Elf.
does it go back the way it came?--or does it take off in a completely different direction?--I would be interested in hearing your experiences.---Elf.
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I believe they really don't know what they are doing, just trying to get the hell out of Dodge so to speak. I've experienced it all, had them come straight at me, straight away from me, downhill, uphill. Generally I would believe they try to head for the thickest cover or the fastest escape route they can.
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Most of the deer I've shot with the crossbow have headed on in the general direction they were going when shot.
I know others have had just the opposite reaction, and I'm not trying to dispute their word in any way! Just saying the "get out of Dodge" theory is probably the best description!!!!
BTW - I believe the "get out of Dodge" expression is linked to the old wild west days in the USA when Dodge City was a wild frontier town with no safe place to hide if you made someone mad.
I know others have had just the opposite reaction, and I'm not trying to dispute their word in any way! Just saying the "get out of Dodge" theory is probably the best description!!!!
BTW - I believe the "get out of Dodge" expression is linked to the old wild west days in the USA when Dodge City was a wild frontier town with no safe place to hide if you made someone mad.
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you nailed it;) I forgot its some northen folk here that cant translate out country tongue;) But dodge was around when the wild west days were here.wabi wrote:Most of the deer I've shot with the crossbow have headed on in the general direction they were going when shot.
I know others have had just the opposite reaction, and I'm not trying to dispute their word in any way! Just saying the "get out of Dodge" theory is probably the best description!!!!
BTW - I believe the "get out of Dodge" expression is linked to the old wild west days in the USA when Dodge City was a wild frontier town with no safe place to hide if you made someone mad.
Deer direction after shot
Of 35+ years of deer hunting, I have had deer react in all the ways that have been mentioned -- continue on, turn around, come toward, go away, go for water, head for nearest thick cover or drop on spot. I tend to believe it depends on the danger sign that the deer clues into just prior to or at the time of the shot --- bullet, arrow or bolt--- hits the animal. This can also be affected by topograghy and the way the echo or the sound travels and the deer hears it.
Having said this, I am sure incidents can be recalled where a deer seems cofused as to what just happened. I have found this to be very noticable in archery. If hunter is still and not noticed before nor immediately after the shot, the animal will jump, trott a few steps and stop to look around. It, along with others close by, are on the alert and will generally retreat the way they came either at a trott or walk, stopping and starting.The injured animal going with the crowd until it succumbs to the fatal hit.
So I guess in summary to the question, I would say the hunter can not predict exactly the deer's response but keeping in mind the device used gun,archery,, he will have an idea as to the route of escape after the shot by what the deer's state was prior to and at the moment of him shooting.
Having said this, I am sure incidents can be recalled where a deer seems cofused as to what just happened. I have found this to be very noticable in archery. If hunter is still and not noticed before nor immediately after the shot, the animal will jump, trott a few steps and stop to look around. It, along with others close by, are on the alert and will generally retreat the way they came either at a trott or walk, stopping and starting.The injured animal going with the crowd until it succumbs to the fatal hit.
So I guess in summary to the question, I would say the hunter can not predict exactly the deer's response but keeping in mind the device used gun,archery,, he will have an idea as to the route of escape after the shot by what the deer's state was prior to and at the moment of him shooting.
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