Thoughts? Crap happens. Don't overanalyze ....
Shoot enough stuff the above happens, especially with an arrow or smokepole....
Yup..
Shot a whitetail doe with a 170 silver tip in a .30-30 one day...double lung.
She runs the prescribed distance then corks over.
I chat with my nephew for at least 3 minutes then we go to pick her up.
She gets up and leaves..didnt make it far though.
I remember the incident because the very night before I read a JOC article stating he had never seen a double lunged deer get back up...and I thought to myself " neither have I..."
Not till the next day anyway...
