Does a wounded deer snort/blow?

[wilcam47]

Whats your experience?

 

[coopermania]

Whats your experience?

I would think only deer that snorted blow before they were wounded would.

 

[mark71211]

never heard a wounded one blow/snort before

 

[wilcam47]

yeah Ive never experienced it either...a guy posted on a different forum that he shot a deer and while following the blood trail it snorted at him...I said Ive never had a wounded deer snort at me. I said it was a different deer.

 

[henn5849]

Yes. Just had this experience.

 

[John from MD]

Are you guys sure it is not just blowing the blood from its lung's?

 

[henn5849]

As I was shooting a doe my buddy tapped me on the shoulder and I jerked. The bolt grazed her belly and just shaved her hair and a little fat. She ran 20 yards and threw a fit. Lol.

 

[dwsjr]

If it were a solid hit there would be no lungs to blow air from...

 

[GTK64]

I have had one deer do this to me it was a low lung shot. When I got to the spot it snorted, blood was sprayed all over the brush. I never recovered the deer tracked it for over 1/2 mile next morning found a bed with blood but no blood leaving.

 

[wilcam47]

As I was shooting a doe my buddy tapped me on the shoulder and I jerked. The bolt grazed her belly and just shaved her hair and a little fat. She ran 20 yards and threw a fit. Lol.

did you punch him in the nuts?

 

[henn5849]

did you punch him in the nuts?

I wanted to!

 

[mdunphyjr]

After a well placed shot they don't last long enough to snort.

 

[wilcam47]

I wanted to!

I would have or at least cussed him out!

 

[wilcam47]

After a well placed shot they don't last long enough to snort.

My experience a shoulder shot or even on a gut shot deer it doesn't snort...now if its a graze that may be different...

 

[Billman]

Different deer would be my guess, but who knows.

 

[johnnyb2]

I think that they FART!! when grazed......and as far as snorting blow...well....that is against the law!! :-)

 

[wilcam47]

I think that they FART!! when grazed......and as far as snorting blow...well....that is against the law!! :-)

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

A hard hit deer (lungs/heart) ain't doing too much of anything. May run but only as far as adrenaline will allow. That adrenaline is a wonder drug.

"Winged" deer can and do do lots of stuff including making their usual noises. Usually, IME, if they're scared and hit maybe not mortally but good, they'll just try escape and evasion. If you only grazed them, they might figure they can bluff ya or call you out with a snort or blow or even a stomp or two.

If you've hit one in the boiler room (chest) reasonably well, they'll show the hit and bleed pretty good....if you let them. I've known them to lick the wound closed. I've also known them to get a good clot going thus you lose your blood trail. They can and do blow clots and start to bleed again after exertion. If you are trailing them, and if you can be patient (I try to give them a 5-20 min head start if I'm confident they're well hit), they'll lay down or rest and blood will pool even a little. If while you're trailing, you wait from time to time, they'll rest when they don't feel pressure...that will provide some good blood if they're hit well.

There's only so much blood in them and while they're remarkable in their endurance and desire to live, you can and should keep after them until you recover them.

Making a good first shot is what it's all about. Then you don't have a long trail and they don't suffer.

Bottom line: IMHO If they're blowing or snorting after you think you shot them, you didn't make a good shot.

The aforementioned errant bolt sounds like it nicked the brisket and scored some tallow and hair. Those don't eat so good.

 

[BlackBart]

Never heard them make noise outside of thrashing when hit. Rabbits on the other hand will squeal like a pig when hit over the head with a pipe. I knew a man when I was a kid and that was his way of killing his domestics for dinner.

 

[wilcam47]

my wife shot one at the highest point behind the shoulder you could hit a lung. The bolt passed through and had good blood...but not a good blood trail. Fortunately I found the deer 20yds past where she lost the blood trail. It bled internally and hadn't dropped much blood...lucky for me Im better tracking blood than her...