Wounded Deer

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Got in a situation were I shot a deer,Lung shot at about 100yds and it ran onto private land and died. Deer was a healthy eastern buck about 160 lb on the hoof,
Question is how far can a deer run in two mins lung shot.
This deer I shot with a 3006 traveled 200 yds . Any one have this happen to them

Imatt
 
I've seen lung shot deer go quiet a ways over the years. Chased one through a large swamp, across a small lake, and into the bush on the other side once when I was young. Had to be half a mile or so. Now I just sit down and wait, they'll bleed out in 45 minutes or so, and be lieing down. If still alive, by then they've stiffened up some, and you can usually get a second shot at them. - dan
 
IMAT said:
Got in a situation were I shot a deer,Lung shot at about 100yds and it ran onto private land and died. Deer was a healthy eastern buck about 160 lb on the hoof
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Man that's a shame! Did you get your deer in the end? Sometimes it cand take quite a while for a deer to fall, even with a lung shot. That's why IMO neck/head shots are the best way to go...the deer usually goes down in a hurry.
 
I've seen them go 1/4 mile with a good lung shot. They are amazing animals. Run full out then suddenly crumble.

Did you get him back? I hope so.
 
Back about 6 years ago, I shot a young bull moose with my 375 H&H Magnum. Hit appeared to be in the "kill" zone, where I aimed. When hit, the animal jumped straight up in the air, and took off running as soon as his feet hit the ground. Moose ran for approx 50 yards before going down. When we exaimined the animal, found the bullet had hit right where I had aimed. When we started dressing the animal, I noticed that the heart and lungs were almost totally shredded, presumably from the hydrostatic shock of the bullet, which, in this calibre, hits with tremendous energy. This animal was technically dead even before it's feet hit the ground, yet it still ran about 50 yards; I can only guess it was sheer adrenaline. Amazing how tough some of these animals are.
 
Huntsman - just a suggestion but i'd probably repost this in "hunting" and not "Discussions". Most of the guys who view hunting are hunters :) where as here that's not always the case.

If a deer is jacked up on adrenaline for some reason (heard you before you shot or something) they can go a long way. Blowing out the lungs means there's no more oxygen for the blood - that usually puts 'em down within 50 yards .. BUT! in some cases there's enough left in their blood that with the adrenaline they can run full tilt for several seconds before that kicks in. A deer can cover 100 yards VERY fast when they're motivated.

Most of the time they'll go down faster. But not always. :)
 
I have had mule deer keep on eating for thirty to thirty five seconds after getting a 140 grain bullet throught the lungs from a 7mm Rem mag. The first time this happened, I thought I had missed completely and was contemplating whether or not the scope had been knocked off andthe gun was really shooting in relation to the crosshairs. The distance was about thirty five yards. After half a minute the deer fell over dead. Field dressing revealed both lungs turned to mush and the chest cavity full of blood. Had the deer decided to run, it could have made several hundred metres before it fell.
 
I helped track a small deer a companion shot from almost directly above.
Most of the intestines, stomach, kidneys, liver and portions of lung had been blown out the bottom of the belly, but the animal ran for a considerable distance in the brush, before it died.
I had a friend who made the not entirely facetious comment that "If an elephant was as hard to kill as a deer, you'd have to use a thermonuclear device to bring it down."
 
Heart/Lungs ... everything from "Bang Flop" to maybe 200 yards.
40-50 yards more common. One with no heart left ... 50 yards, steep downhill and off a ledge ... jammed itself in the forks of a birch tree 8 feet off the ground at the base of the ledge. Needed a boost to get it out of the trees !
 
I'm no captain deadly, but luckily any lung shot animals I've taken have not gone any further than 50 yds or so. Some are bang flops but the adreniline is usually good for a few steps.
 
highlander said:
When we started dressing the animal, I noticed that the heart and lungs were almost totally shredded, presumably from the hydrostatic shock of the bullet, which, in this calibre, hits with tremendous energy.
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This is why the SKS is a better deer rifle...doesn't damage as much meat, and you can deliver the coup de grâce with the bayonet. :p

:nest: :stirthepot2:
 
My experiences with lung shots:

Whitetail: 200 yards is not uncommon. Heck even a heart shot and the little buggers go a long ways.

Mulies: They usually don't go too far, maybe 50 if that.

Moose: They don't go far either, but maybe it's just my bad luck, they always go for water, the deepest crap you can imagine. Shot one back in my youth that I though was going right into the pick-up. My dad and I spent a good 12 hours getting the bugger after he made 50 yds from point of impact.

Elk: Oh buddy, that's another story. They can go miles.

Anyways, not meant as an encyclopedia on hunting, but those are my experiences.
 
Lung shot

Like others, I've had them go considerable distance (10-150 yards). Not a problem in open fields, but can be a lost animal in heavy bush. Lately I've gone with a high shoulder shot if given the chance. I'd rather lose a bit of meat than have to track one through the bush.
Geoff
 
My son's first deer was a really big doe he shot through both lungs form about 150 yards away. The shot was from above and he hit high in the lungs, it took us two hours to find it nearly 400 yards away. When we gutted it and looked at the lungs there was a distinct hole in both of them but they hadn't collapsed.

Anywhere from 400 yards for that doe to right there.
 
I shot a muley and hit ribs.The bullet deflected or something ,took out seven ribs and shredded pretty much every vital organ.The deer managed a good 300 yrds down a steep mountain at least 45 degrees.Left a blood trail a blind man could have followed.When I opened him up there was very little blood left in him.Cut my hand on one of the ribs as well.I was shooting downhill about 75 yrds with a 30-06 with 180 gr bullets.
 
I've seen a black bear hit "perfectly" in the boiler with a 300 grain silvertip from a .375 H&H at about 150 hards, take off and run full speed another 150 yards like he wasn't even hit. Then he crumpled and was found to indeed have been hit right and had an exit wound on the far side of the ribs about 4" across. I've also seen a moose hit "perfectly" in the boiler trot/stagger 30 yards to the edge of a fast moving and silty river and fall in and never be seen again. Personally, I don't take a boiler shot unless I can also break a front shoulder either going in or going out. I just know too many experienced guys who have had one or more animals get away when they were sure the animal would go down at any second.
 
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