Which way did he go?

Question

OK I know there's no correct answer to this but let me ask for the sake of it. When a deer gets harvested with an arrow, does it run in the direction it was traveling, turn around and run opposite, or what?
Also, does it matter which way it heads if it's returning to the bedding area in the early morning or leaving the bedding area late afternoon/dusk when it gets harvested?
I've been finding that mine all turn around and head BACK to where they were coming from no matter.

You HARVEST a deer. You KILL someone and SHOOT someone, but you HARVEST a deer. That's why the DNR issues HARVEST PINS, not KILL or SHOOT Pins. And you call DNR to report a HARVEST, not a SHOOT or a KILL.
Not siding with termonology or anti hunter petas, just speaking correctly. Far from what you do.

Answer 1

The two I've taken with arrows both ran uphill. That seems to be pretty universal in my experience. Although I must say I never had one hit with a rifle try to run toward me regardless of my location. Since I can't hunt any more (several reasons and excuses) I can say most of the animals I have taken with a rifle didn't travel more than a few yards.

Answer 2

How the heck do you harvest a deer? Hit it with a corn picker??? You don't harvest a deer after it has died and all it's leaves have turned brown. You SHOOT a deer!!!! Kill a deer.

Do people think that changing the terminology will make PETA punks leave us alone?

Hey Joe, what do you say we go and harvest some squirrels this afternoon? Boy would he give me grief for years to come after that one.

Deer that I have KILLED have turned back the way they have came while others that I have SHOT continued on their way. It probably depends on where they perceive the threat to have come from and how fast they go into shock.

Answer 3

The only one I've shot, run to the right for about 1 1/2 miles. I was told they could circle around you and bed down.

Answer 4

sounds like you answered your own question