Spine shot surprise....

[sits in trees]

well my hunting buddy shot a buck and it was an obvious spine hit, the deer dropped, kicked for bout a minute and stopped. well my buddy walked the 25 mins to join me and we headed back to the deer he thought was dead. we approach the deer at about 40 yds and up it pops dragging its back legs with what appears to be complete lower paralysis and starts to bounce off.

well my buddy raises his rifle to put a finnishing shot into this buck that didnt look like it would get far, and just like that the beast jumps up to all fours and runs off like nothing ever happened?????

i have learned something new from this and that is even if a deer looks spined dont give him any time, get another shot into him right away.

[5.9cummins]

Yup

[CAM-O]

Wow, I have seen that happen before with someone else's deer.

But this year with the Bow, I got a very big surprise, only thing is that I dropped him dead very fast.

Congrats, if you make the recovery.

Check this link on here, more pics bottom of page.

http://huntingny.com...orks-very-good/

Edited November 23, 2011 by CAM-O

[Steve7]

Crazy. I hope you catch up with him and finishh him off.

[SteveMcD]

Yup.. in others words from a nerve/skeletal viewpoint. He did not hit the spine at all, only the muscle above or below it. Stunned him that's all. Happened to a friend a couple of years ago, he shot a doe walked up to it, filled out his tag, and realized he left his knife in the car. He walks back to the car gets his knife and when closely approaching the doe again, it gets up and runs away!

[sits in trees]

Yup.. in others words from a nerve/skeletal viewpoint. He did not hit the spine at all, only the muscle above or below it. Stunned him that's all. Happened to a friend a couple of years ago, he shot a doe walked up to it, filled out his tag, and realized he left his knife in the car. He walks back to the car gets his knife and when closely approaching the doe again, it gets up and runs away!

from a forensic standpoint i believe thats exactly what happened..this deer was stunned and immobile for close to 40 minutes. something i have never seen in 40 yrs of whitetail hunting.

[132 eight pointer]

That's amazing. I wouldn't have thought those things could happen.I see how it could though.Another example of just how tough they really are.

[Pygmy]

I have seen it happen a number of times with neck shots, shots close to the spine ( but not severing it) and even antler hits.

The shock wave from the projectile will stun the deer and it will drop like a rock, but after a period of time, it will get up and take off as if it is not even injured. Usually that period of time is a matter of seconds or perhaps a few minutes, but it might be longer, as in the case of your buddy.

As long as no vital organs are injured, I suspect a fair number of deer hit like that will recover.

[ELMER J. FUDD]

Spine shot surprise sounds like some catchy name for a meal on the road kill cafe menu.