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Perfect Deer Anatomy by Veterinarians

Started by KSdan, November 21, 2014, 05:26:00 PM

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KSdan

If we're not supposed to eat animals ... how come they're made out of meat? ~anon

Bears can attack people- although fewer people have been killed by bears than in all WWI and WWII combined.

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Oh that is going into me favorites.  Thanks.
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warden415

Is it interactive?  I looked but couldn't figure it out? I wasn't sure if it was an online tool or they were selling the deer sculpture?  I didn't see anything  for sale?

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I'm guessing it's going to be an actual target you can buy.

Roughrider

That's pretty neat.  From experience I've had in cutting deer in half, and actual shot placement, the lungs aren't quite that big, either forward or rearward, and the shoulder blade lays back a little more, covering a little bit more of the top-front of the lungs.  There's also, on a larger deer, more muscle over the spine/shoulder area making the spine appear lower in the chest cavity.  The heart also seems to lay a little more horizontal close to the bottom of the chest wall, almost behind the deer's elbow.
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sweeney3

I think this is overthought a little much.  Get close and shoot them in the chest.
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hickstick

QuoteOriginally posted by Roughrider:
That's pretty neat.  From experience I've had in cutting deer in half, and actual shot placement, the lungs aren't quite that big, either forward or rearward, and the shoulder blade lays back a little more, covering a little bit more of the top-front of the lungs.  There's also, on a larger deer, more muscle over the spine/shoulder area making the spine appear lower in the chest cavity.  The heart also seems to lay a little more horizontal close to the bottom of the chest wall, almost behind the deer's elbow.
I'm guessing Rough, that those are meant to simulate inflated lungs......not ones you're already sent an arrow through  :)

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Roughrider

Yes, the lungs do "inflate" slightly, but not like blowing up a balloon.  I just butchered another deer yesterday and looked it over very carefully in relation to this diagram.  

When the front leg is positioned in a standing position, the elbow is slightly higher, coming about an inch over the bottom of the inside of the chest.  The shoulder blade tops out at the spine, and lays back at a little more angle, covering more of the top front of the lungs.  There is very, very little chest cavity forward of the front leg or the heart - this is where the esophagus and trachea enter, with the trachea branching to each lung, though not "lung" a solid hit in this area is usually fatal, the problem is there's a lot of muscle and bone around it - brisket, collarbone, upper leg and shoulder, short stout ribs, that protect the area well.  Also, the extreme rear of the lungs is a thin lobe that lays along the diaphram and a deer hit there will often go a long ways and live for hours - I've done it more than once.

This is still a good aid, just keep in mind that it may vary from real deer depending on animal size and local body variations.  Like someone said early - "shoot them in the center of the chest." If you shot every deer from a broadside angle straight up from the elbow about 1/3 of the way up the body, you would have lots of short blood trails.  On treestand shots or angled away deer, shoot for the off-side elbow.
Dan Brockman

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