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Post by oldfarmsblueman on Dec 28, 2008 17:23:46 GMT -5
I'm reading Trailing Whitetails by John Trout and he talks about hitting the kidneys.Sounds like a luck shot and is better if broad side.They are small 3 1/2 x 21/2 inches. A Dr. Palutsis said"The organ of the body which receives the most amount of blood is the kidney.Therefore,all the bodys blood flows through it every minute.He compared it to removing the drain plug from a bathtub" It's funny I have never given them a second thought!  |
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Post by BT on Dec 28, 2008 18:07:01 GMT -5
He compared it to removing the drain plug from a bathtub" It's funny I have never given them a second thought! I'm still not thinking about it.  |
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Post by SPIKER on Dec 28, 2008 18:32:57 GMT -5
3 years ago I dropped a doe with a kidney shot...not my intention, but it did do the job...although she did make it a couple of hundred yards..  |
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Post by CopperHead on Dec 28, 2008 19:31:59 GMT -5
If they are already broadside the lung presents the best and largest target. If by chance you get a kidney on a quartering away shot ...bonus!  |
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Post by ghost on Dec 28, 2008 20:23:14 GMT -5
My first deer after retiring and returning to bow hunting was a kidney shot.  Nice buck, bad shot but it bled our realy fast. Yes I got the deer. Ghost |
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Post by BT on Dec 28, 2008 20:52:06 GMT -5
My first deer after retiring and returning to bow hunting was a kidney shot. Ghost So how did that happen anyway? |
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Post by oldfarmsblueman on Dec 29, 2008 9:19:47 GMT -5
I don't think most hunters even know where the kidneys are located as I never even knew they could be a killing shot it hit.I just think they might help in recovering a bad shot and if hit could help to keep you from losing the deer.I know we don't always hit where we want to |
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Post by ghost on Dec 29, 2008 17:35:42 GMT -5
I don't think most hunters even know where the kidneys are located I have dissected horses and deer and I know where the kidneys are located. My arrow cut both renal arteries, the posterior aorta, and the posterior vena cava. While the bleed out was really fast it not a good shot because the target spot is too small. A little too high and it is a spine hit and too low and you miss any major blood vessel but cut throught the small intestine. Ghost. |
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Post by BT on Dec 29, 2008 17:44:08 GMT -5
I don't think most hunters even know where the kidneys are located I have dissected horses and deer and I know where the kidneys are located. My arrow cut both renal arteries, the posterior aorta, and the posterior vena cava. While the bleed out was really fast it not a good shot because the target spot is too small. A little too high and it is a spine hit and too low and you miss any major blood vessel but cut throught the small intestine. Ghost. I think thats just the point. Your probably one of a hand full of folks that do know  Honestly...I have butchered cattle, hogs, deer....hell, everything that walks or crawls and can be eaten.... damn near ;D That said, I don't think I would get any closer than lucky to hit 'em if I tried. I know where they are but not within 3" |
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Post by SPIKER on Dec 29, 2008 19:59:02 GMT -5
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Nice buck, bad shot but it bled our realy fast. Yes I got the deer.