Bleeding out?

[Remington guy]

Was wondering if anyone knows roughly how much blood a deer needs to loose before it dies?

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[Singing Bridge]

Was wondering if anyone knows roughly how much blood a deer needs to loose before it dies?

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Just over 1/3 of its total blood volume should do the trick. I base this on past readings from whitetail biologists.

[Remington guy]

Ok ya I shot a doe that was facing me at ten yards, only shot I had. But anyways missed the spine hit it between shoulder blades and passed through, had tons of blood were I could just walk along and see it. Tracked it for about 500 yards until there was no more blood, figured it would have bled out. Two days later my brother seen same doe with blood all over back.

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[Buckfever]

The spine dips there you shot above the spine. Muscle hits bleed a lot, but don't affect blood volume much and will peter out once the local blood loss shuts down. The deer will likely be fine.