Ouch - Poor thing.

Hiker sent these to me a while back, this is either a really poor shot or someone giving us a bad name.
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AGCHAWK
DAMN! Although there is a chance she would survive (I've seen some pics of deer surviving with worse wounds) I think she need to be put out of her misery.

Yea, either someone just shootin' for the sake of killin' something, a bowhunter going for a headshot (I am not a bowhunter but I'm pretty sure that that's something that isn't done...at least by an ethical bowhunter), or the arrow very well could have hit a limb while inflight and was deflected...or something along those lines.

Too bad either way.
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killerbee
that stinks!
just a thought: [ although i hate when people question every picture to get posted...]
but to me that broadhead looks like a Wasp Jackhammer- expandable. i have seen these used and they make a huge exit hole. i've also never seen one of them not expand. that exit hole looks no bigger than the shaft of the arrow, is there any way it is a fake picture? there should be a huge wound we should be able to see.
i hope it is cuz that would suck runnin around with that sticking out in your way. :>/
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MuleyMadness
Don't believe it's fake at all, very real. Actually have several other angles/pics that I didn't post.
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Don't let PETA or the antis get a hold of this... #-o
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Man thats just flat out sad
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thats too bad #-o
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camodup
poor fella. you dont think that if they tried to take it out that it would kill do ya?
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waynedevore
It seems real odd that there is no sign of infection. Certainly there would be sign of drainage even say with no infection. a little blood running? That arrow in a position like that would constantly be hitting the ground or vegetation while the deer feeds. And imagine it walking through brush. And notice how flared out the arrow is and how there appears to be only the shaft hole in the skin?
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Looks like a Grim Reaper expandable... sad for sure. I wouldnt jump to any conclusions that the hunter was shooting for the head. It could be a bad shot or she string jumped the shot or even a hard quartering away shot and she spun. Sad definately... id fill an either sex tag just to put her out of her misery.
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Thats not good!!!
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gcox98
I'm thinking that someone wants to give us a bad name. The arrow looks to perfect, not a scatch on it. About every deer I've shot snaps the arrow in have as soon as they run though the brush. Just my 2 cent worth.
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southwind
Was my brother in law hunting around there? lol

Talk about a sinus headache!

I don't believe it is a fake.
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StickFlicker
It does seem pretty surprising that the exit hole wouldn't have more damage than that. I was with a friend that made a similar shot through the nose of a nice 6 point elk. It turned out that his string broke (release cut the string in the days before string loops) at release and the arrow went wild. The bull kept shaking his head trying to get the arrow out, but not running away. I had already killed my bull, so we didn't have another bow and all we could do is sit there and watch....
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sneekeepete
Stickflicker that is crazy!!! Unfortunate for you guys that you had to watch helplessly as that happened. It's the nature of the beast though sometimes things just don't go perfect.
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CodeRED
If its fake or not, seeing this kind of thing is ridiculous. Irresponsible hunters shouldn't even be allowed to look at wildlife IMO. Ive been following a thread about wounded ethics and this one takes the cake... Wonder if the idiot who flung this arrow ever thought about an arrow sticking out of their own head.
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I really had doubts on what I've seen on the photo. It was truly a real one!
It was kind of a strange picture of the situation of the poor deer which have been shoot out by an arrow within his head. This seems to be a miserable situation for the poor deer.
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StickFlicker
I was with a friend hunting elk one time when I very nice 6 x 6 bull presented a good shot for him. I had already taken my bull, so didn't have a bow and was just tagging along but about 20 yards away. He drew, and while I watched the bull, the arrow went through the bull's muzzle and was sticking out both sides, a little like the photo. The bull just stood there shaking his head to try to get the arrow out, but didn't immediately run away. I signaled to my friend to shoot him again, but then he held up his bow so I could see that the string broke when he released, causing the arrow to go wild and hit the bull in the nose. Without a second bow, we just had to sit and stare at the bull while he tried to get the arrow to shake out. You just never know. There could be a perfectly, but unfortunate, reason for that arrow other than a slob hunter.
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primal215
"killerbee" wrote:that stinks!
just a thought: [ although i hate when people question every picture to get posted...]
but to me that broadhead looks like a Wasp Jackhammer- expandable. i have seen these used and they make a huge exit hole. i've also never seen one of them not expand. that exit hole looks no bigger than the shaft of the arrow, is there any way it is a fake picture? there should be a huge wound we should be able to see.
i hope it is cuz that would suck runnin around with that sticking out in your way. :>/
I'm with you man, I hate to question a picture somebody posted but there is no damage from the broadhead and it is way to clean for it to be real. My guess is some tree hugging computer nerd doctored it up, but if it is real then I hope that this bad shot was a accident.
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AGCHAWK
I do too Brian, but we get a bit gun shy when every other one is "shopped" somehow.

However, I think this one is authentic. As you know, I snoop a lot of these out and am fairly familiar with the process and what to look for. It's rare that you get pics from two different angles that are photoshopped, let alone two that keep the arrow and the same angle and the lighting correct in both.

The second reason I feel they are authentic is the fact that we also have a zoomed in shot...and the arrow size, placement, shadows, etc are all consistant.

If it is indeed a series of photoshopped pics then they have to be some of the better work that I've ran across.

Again, just my two cents.
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bc.pse
thats sad!
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