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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby hunter_mike » Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:31 am

A 2.5 yr old buck my brother and I shot. His body was very skinny and undersized. When we field dressed him, his lungs were fused to the inside of his rib cage. I have no idea if it was from a wound or what. Just thought that was strange.


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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Hawthorne » Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:51 pm

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The bone grew around the arrow.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby hunter_mike » Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:35 pm

:shock: wow hawthorne
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Crazinamatese » Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:54 pm

Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.

Thats one of the gnarliest things I ever seen. :shock:
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Johnboy » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:03 pm

Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.



That's cool. Is that a "Bear" broadhead?
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby IkemanTx » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:04 pm

Two archery seasons ago, my dad shot a buck quartering away and ended up running the angle a little shallow. It entered right at the crease at the back of the right shoulder, about center vertically, and exited in front of the opposite shoulder. He tracked it down about a mile before blood disappeared.
Two months later, the same buck comes in during gun season. He decided to take it again, assuming it would have to have an infection somewhere. When dressing him out, the right lung had healed from a fairly solid single lung shot. There was no infection, and most of the entry and exit wounds was already healed up and scarred over. I would have never thought a deer would make it with a hit lung.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby WV Bowhunter » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:45 pm

Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.


Wow, unreal. I didn't think something like that was biologically possible.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Outdoor814 » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:50 pm

WV Bowhunter wrote:
Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.


Wow, unreal. I didn't think something like that was biologically possible.



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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby stash59 » Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:47 am

Outdoor814 wrote:
WV Bowhunter wrote:
Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.


Wow, unreal. I didn't think something like that was biologically possible.



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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Jdw » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:46 pm

A fellow who hunts the same property that I do told me that he shot a big buck. He was slug gun hunting and a few guys were doing a push. He shot the buck facing away from him and swore he shot its tail off. He was sure it was a fatal shot but did not find the buck.

I thought the story was a little to good to be true.

Fast forward a year and I killed a big buck with only half a tail and a fist sized area of scar tissue at the top of the ham beside the spine.

As it turned out I should have believed it.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Bonecrusher101 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:46 pm

So my buddy shows me a few pictures of two bucks that were killed in the same area a few days apart. One buck was his buck that had a nice rack and appeared to me to be a 3.5 year old. His buck had a very skinny body like the buck had gotten sick or looked malnourished. The other buck was killed by his friend at the same camp. His buddies buck was also nice but had a broken up rack. This other buck was missing about 8-9 inches off of his g2.

Both bucks were brought to the same taxidermist. When the taxidermist was capping them out. A broken tine was found lodged in the skinny bucks throat. The last pic he showed me was taken by the taxidermist, it showed the lodged antler. The taxidermist was able to take the broken antler and glue it back on the buck with the missing g2.

I'm not sure if the skinny buck would have lived. I have a lot of respect for whitetails and their desire to live.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:01 pm

A doe that was shot as a fawn in the head mouth area by a rifle bullet. Saw her on camera for 3 years she healed from it. I remember after it happened she lost most of her body weight and had a real hard time eating. Amazingly she survived quite a few more years.
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby Horizontal Hunter » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:49 am

Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.


This article gives more information on this picture.

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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby <DK> » Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:15 am

Hawthorne wrote:Image

The bone grew around the arrow.


DUDE! What a keep sake! VERY NICE!
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Re: strange wounds deer survived

Unread postby <DK> » Sat Feb 25, 2017 11:19 am

There is always a picture that goes around online during hunting season and i never forget it... its a young fork horn w an arrow sticking through his head... w a field tip in the end... Toughest animals in the world to me, sad to see though. This year i did wound a few so im feeling it


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