which way do deer run after the shot?
11-03-2003, 07:25 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: which way do deer run after the shot?
I have shot a bunch of deer. To me, their general direction of flight(if in the woods) is usually the way they were headed. BUT, there is one more telling thing than that. They ALWAYS run AWAY from your vehicle.[:@][:' (][:' (]
I' m serious, I' ve always said that... then the one I shot the other day... I was so excited I called Len and told him the deer ran TOWARDS THE TRUCK
][][][] I really did. I couldn' t believe it. All he had to do was do a back flip and he could have taken 10 hops and been down a danged mountain side that would have taken an hour just to get him back up. But NOooooooo, this stupid deer took the easy route for the dragger(me). He ran to within 200 yards of the truck.
I' m serious, I' ve always said that... then the one I shot the other day... I was so excited I called Len and told him the deer ran TOWARDS THE TRUCK![
][][][] I really did. I couldn' t believe it. All he had to do was do a back flip and he could have taken 10 hops and been down a danged mountain side that would have taken an hour just to get him back up. But NOooooooo, this stupid deer took the easy route for the dragger(me). He ran to within 200 yards of the truck.
11-03-2003, 08:17 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: cazenovia, NY USA
Posts: 2,973
RE: which way do deer run after the shot?
I think I have a good answer - Most often if you allow them to pass - and shoot " quartering away" - they will continue that course of movement - nor they might circleback - and so-on but the will not usually do a 180.
If you shoot " early" and take them broadside or quartering towards - they usually do a 180.
If you shoot " early" and take them broadside or quartering towards - they usually do a 180.
11-04-2003, 04:58 AM
#18
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
Posts: 13,672
RE: which way do deer run after the shot?
They ALWAYS run AWAY from your vehicle
11-04-2003, 06:37 AM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton County, IL
Posts: 482
RE: which way do deer run after the shot?
I know it sounds a bit strange, but more often than not, to the right. A week ago I would have said in the direction they were heading, but our camp host during a recent hunting trip made the comment that usually after a shot, deer run to the right. This man has been hunting for over 50 years and has definitely killed his share of deer. Thought about it for a while and all but one deer (out of 8 that I' ve shot) ran to the right...that' s the shooter' s right. Has anyone else heard such a thing?
11-04-2003, 06:39 AM
#20
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
RE: which way do deer run after the shot?
Most of my deer run right into the thickest cover they can find and then don' t leave it. I have even had a few that run uphill consistantly before heading into the previously mentioned thick stuff.