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mikejonestkd · November 20, 2006, 12:10 PM

IIFC The late great Jack O Conner wrote that it appeared to him that a lung shot near the heart tended to drop a deer slightly quicker than an actual perfect heart shot.

Sometime they just run, and run when they are dead on their feet...

I have noticed in my limited experience that a double lung shot right next to the heart seems to drop unalert deer fairly quickly. Spooked and alert deer tend to run farther than unspooked ones, regardless of the bullet placement. It must be the adrenalin pumping through them...

November 20, 2006, 12:10 PM	#5
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,716	IIFC The late great Jack O Conner wrote that it appeared to him that a lung shot near the heart tended to drop a deer slightly quicker than an actual perfect heart shot. Sometime they just run, and run when they are dead on their feet... I have noticed in my limited experience that a double lung shot right next to the heart seems to drop unalert deer fairly quickly. Spooked and alert deer tend to run farther than unspooked ones, regardless of the bullet placement. It must be the adrenalin pumping through them... __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.