Thread: Does gunshot clear a area in the bush

from my experience I would not expect any deer to hang around in the immediate area for at least a day . It I think depends on hunting pressure as mentioned by beanie also. but would not be surprised if any animals not in the immediate area when shot was taken , over the next ridge for example and couldn't pin point the shot location or felt unthreatened by it , perhaps moved through the area . As an example there was a spot we used to hunt fallow . One area specifically you were virtually guaranteed to see an animal . One morning we shot a fallow out of a small group . The next morning the spot was empty . But 500 mtr away over a small ridge were plenty of deer still . The next morning again there were deer back in the original spot as well as over the ridge .
On another occasion in same general area we shot a fallow from a ridge top across a gully around 340 mtrs distance , just below the top of the next ridge . It jumped up several times and ended up dropping on top of that ridgeline. Whilst gutting the animal where it fell we spotted a group of around 11 fallow slowly moving through the bush on the next hillside not more than 200 mtrs
away . They did not appear to be spooked or threatened and were in no obvious hurry to vacate the area .
This is just an example of some of my experiences and others may have differing opinions though .