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Bob, we welcome you back in all your decency and wisdom

All hail Hunter Bob! Welcome back, old timer

It is true deer and even some humans live with only one functional lung. If there is a hole made in the chest wall it will interfere with breathing by allowing air to accumulate in the chest cavity and collapse the lung. Air can also escape the lung and become trapped in the chest cavity and cause a tension pneumothorax. Making holes can cause bleeding or infection or the things listed above. There are a lot of large blood vessels in the chest and some run just bellow the spine. Therefore a broadhead bellow the spine would most likely cut or transect a blood vessel that would cause fatal bleeding. The void does not exist its just bad shot placement and wishful thinking. So many factors go into what a broad head will pass through, angle of shot, deer movement, etc. Keep in mind when a deer is dead, butchered, or gutted the lungs are deflated. Normally the lungs will be right up against the chest walls with no spaces even during exhalation. CT images of an animals chest would show this well. The diaphragm pulls down, ribs expand, the chest becomes a negative pressure space and air rushes in to fill the lungs. Holes in the chest wall interfere greatly with this process. See this post by Tater 12 with CT images of various animals. https://www.archerytalk.com/threads/deer-anatomy-101-no-mans-land.241902/ In the image bellow we have excellent anatomy and labels. This is of a dog. I cant find CT images of a whitetail deer immediately.

Do you even hunt anymore?? Thanks dude!

Below the spine you will hit lung. Deer can survive on one lung but the hole you show seems above spine. The spine does dip

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Sweet roadkill! Just kidding buddy, nice one! Heck of a buck!

Just noticed I was tagged in this, quick pic from the show. Trying to show my face more 😂

Ive heard of folks down south using Boykins for this , I do have 3 Boykins ,but have only used them for Pheasant & Quail hunting .

In the fall, dogs are used to break up the flocks. Then you sit and make Kee Kee calls to try to attract the birds back to their original location where they typically go to re-group (turkeys will normally make the kee-kee calls saying, "Hey, where is everyone? We need to regroup!" (but if the birds happen to all flush in basically the same direction, it's less successful since they all just go together to some other place. The objective is to scatter them in all directions so they are all split up, making them all want to find out where everyone else is).

Hunting Turkeys with Dogs is a new discovery for me. I had never heard of it before today. I looked up the NJ regs and it says its legal in the fall. I dont turkey hunt, and dont have a dog. Just thought this was interesting. How is it done, the dog breaks up the flocks, they you hope the scattered birds will come back to where you flushed them? Anyone on here using a dog for turkeys?

They can definitely live on one lung. People also don't factor in that the lungs inflate and deflate as the deer is breathing. They change size because of this and taper off the further you go back in the cavity.

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Thanks Bob, so there IS a no dead zone.

Congratulations nice buck I'm not surprised,not the first time I heard this, yes they can live/survive on one lung.Whitetails are tough SOB's!!!

One lung was gel, the other nicked top. Not survival hit.

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I see ya remembered the paddle(lol) an got the yak out.Atta boy Bob

I dont think this has been discussed for a while but now the opinions seem to have shifted somewhat. I shot this buck a years ago in late Oct. and the buck had fairly fresh broadhead pass thru in "vital area" below the spine, confirmed by butchering the deer. Deer acted fine. I pole axed him straight down he died within 50 yards quickly. Notice the old wound in pic seemed like fairly fresh. Notice the healed broadhead wound both sides of deer. First pic is entry second is exit 3-4 inches lower. Looks completely fatal. so deadzone?

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Here's the pic I promised you,Bob.