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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5450167" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>About the only time I've seen a doe not blow is when she can't, such as a hole in her diaphragm and/or lacerated lung. Snorting is a deer's alarm mechanism. They do it whenever there's imminent danger. When they're hit in the lung they don't have the capacity to blow, and a heart shot requires going through lung, so if this deer was snorting I can only assume she wasn't hit in the vitals. Doesn't mean she won't die .... eventually. It only means her diaphragm wasn't punctured. </p><p></p><p>Considering there was no blood and none on the arrow, it could mean she was hit in the gut. Not all gut hits will have stinky half digested food and bile. There are three chambers of the gut and the first would be full of saliva, and possibly water if she had recently had a drink. Unfortunately that'll be fatal but it'll take a day to kill her via blood poisoning/sepsis. I don't know that's what you got, but that would be my best guess. Watch for buzzards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5450167, member: 20583"] About the only time I've seen a doe not blow is when she can't, such as a hole in her diaphragm and/or lacerated lung. Snorting is a deer's alarm mechanism. They do it whenever there's imminent danger. When they're hit in the lung they don't have the capacity to blow, and a heart shot requires going through lung, so if this deer was snorting I can only assume she wasn't hit in the vitals. Doesn't mean she won't die .... eventually. It only means her diaphragm wasn't punctured. Considering there was no blood and none on the arrow, it could mean she was hit in the gut. Not all gut hits will have stinky half digested food and bile. There are three chambers of the gut and the first would be full of saliva, and possibly water if she had recently had a drink. Unfortunately that'll be fatal but it'll take a day to kill her via blood poisoning/sepsis. I don't know that's what you got, but that would be my best guess. Watch for buzzards. [/QUOTE]
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