i shot a deer w/ my bow and i hit it high. the arrow had fat on it and not much blood. does this sound fatal.?

Answer 1

You need to be much more specific..How High and where on the body did your arrow hit? Looking broadside was it hit in the high front, midway back or high rear?Fat in itself is not an uncommon thing on any gut shot or high shot Deer. Was there any fluid (White/Clear) on the arrow in addition to the "Fat"? Did you mark the trail ? Was it a thru and thru shot or did the arrow fall out , or get pulled out as the Deer ran away?

Deer have blood with a high coagulation rate which means they can have a major wound that bleeds but clots 10 times faster than human blood

These are all important things to know before anyone could possibly speculate what happened..To say the Deer will or won't die is a TOTAL guess without additional information. You need to be specific and explain to us in detail exactly what you saw.....Details....

Answer 2

Charlysle, the sheriff, must have had a lot of arrests turned over if he based them on his "knowledge" of the facts. While venison is notoriously low in fat content, in a good year I have cleaned deer that had tallow, fat just under the skin, that made up to 20% of the animals' weight. Deer can become extremely "fat" in a good year.

I have had to wash the fat off several knives used while cleaning deer and I have cleaned hundreds. I believe the only story being made up is his.

Since most of the fat is found across the back and around the hams, you probably hit just in front of the hips and below the spine. Hopefully it was not fatal, but that is a chance we take when bow hunting. As Alchemist said, "it is a primitive weapon."

Practice more and don't let this get to you. Good luck!

Answer 3

No. I did the same thing on opening day and found fat and tallow all over the arrow. The next morning I saw her and she had a little blood coming from just below her back. I had hit her high in the back, but did not fataly wound her. A month later,( rifle season started here last week), I saw her again and she was fine. I thought about shooting her, but felt if she had made it through the injury she deserved a pass. Next day she drew in several small bucks. I'm going back for Thanksgiving and hope she and her sisters bring me a big guy.

We never like it, but it happens. That's why it's called a "primitive" weapon.

Good Hunting!

Answer 4

No luckily it was not if you can't find it. But maybe he'll come back through though and you'll have a chance to finish the job.
Couple of years back that happened to a buddy of mine and dang if he didn't get a second chance 2 days later. this time though it was payday.

Answer 5

i agree with the 1st answer..deer are smart..they no how to plug a hole up and everything else when they are shot. if you didnt find the deer he's off running around somewhere..

Answer 6

no thats not fatal at all
the fat is there not only to keep the buck warm but also for protection, if penetration is no deeper than the fat layer the wound is not fatal but the smell of the blood will attract predatory animals that will kill it if it is week enough
now that it is wounded it still has a chance at survival that chance is just smaller with parasites, infections, and predators
next time you go hunting please be more careful and if you must hunt an animal please do it quickly, you wouldnt like getting shot with an arrow and living to tell the tail, you wouldnt like dying from it either but you really wouldnt like the pain of living with that wound and nor does the animal

Answer 7

deer have almost no fat so you story is just made up.the amount of fat one might have would be hard to measure.if you have a question people are here to answer. you do not have to make up stories like this one.
----retired texas deputy sheriff----

Answer 8

No. He will probably live unless the wound gets infected.

Answer 9

I don't know...is the deer DEAD?

Answer 10

no he should live