Zombie Deer??

[Dusty Britches]

This was posted on FB yesterday in United Blood Trackers. Buzz and Maggie are UBT certified dogs that tracked this deer that was bow shot at the beginning of October. A young man shot it with his rifle on October 16 in the lungs. The heart had indeed been hit with an arrow but did not penetrate the cavity.

The tracker said the rifle hunter noted the buck was acting sickly, weak and dragging his feet.

[texan16]

Amazingly tough critters.....glad they were able to finally seal the deal.

[denimdeerslayer]

Wow!!

[Gumbo Man]

That’s insane.

[diamond10x]

That’s crazy, I guess the broadbead didn’t cut deep enough into the heart to open a chamber so it wasn’t anything more than just a flesh wound.

[sboudreaux]

Amazing & more proof that they are tough animals!

[txtimetravler]

Causes some questions…
Not to start a BH debate, but I wonder if this was a new BH?
Was it razor sharp?

[GarGuy]

Jogger17 helped me trail a perfectly shot deer several years ago. We ended up getting him fresh dead 30 hours and 1.5miles later. Heart was cut almost identical. Both lungs hit as well. Crazy things happen.

[bullhead44]

thats crazy

[Tannercall]

Crazy what they can endure

[Dusty Britches]

Causes some questions…
Not to start a BH debate, but I wonder if this was a new BH?
Was it razor sharp?

I don't know and my question was what was the draw weight? What kind of kinetic energy was in the arrow when it hit?

Still, pretty amazing.

[Gerald G]

Dull broadhead was my first thought, a dull head just does not make them bleed like a sharpe broadhead does.

[EastTexasMan]

Grim reaper whitetail special 2” wouldn’t have this issue

[bbbuck]

Unbelievable.

[rtp]

That’s crazy, I guess the broadbead didn’t cut deep enough into the heart to open a chamber so it wasn’t anything more than just a flesh wound.

Exactly. I shot one that I thought was the perfect heart shot. Luckily it was in an open field and watched it run out about 100 or so yards and just stand there. I could see blood all down its chest and leg. It took at least 10 minutes for it to finally lay down and die. The entire time I was wondering ***. When I pulled the heart out for a look, I had hit the heart but only the muscle part of it. Didnt hit any of the arteries in it.