What's the oddest thing you've had a deer do after being shot. Both mine shot with a 270 using 130 Coreloks around 1970. On one both front legs collapsed and the buck pushed himself about 75yds to a fence and died.Captdavid
I had the same thing happen when I shot a doe. I aimed for the point of her right shoulder. At the shot she went down in the front end and pushed herself MAYBE 25 yds into mature timber.
Upon dressing, the bullet had hit the R shoulder joint turned 90* and took out the left shoulder.
I've seen deer do almost everything imaginable from immediate collapse, rearing up, even standing as if NOTHING happened then falling over.
One interesting event was a buck shot while he was eating acorns. I shot him in the LUNGS with 35 Whelen-200 HSP @ 25 yds. His whole body stiffened up and he took @ 4 steps -- STIFF legged and fell over on his side with all 4 legs straight out--like an ironing board.
I think it KNOCKED the wind out of him---maybe shock value?
Jerry
Oh! I've seen DEAD deer run off and never fall.
