Thread: How deer react to gunshots?

Suppressors are for shooters that are rotten shots and don't want to hurt the animals hearing....yet deaf deer would be easier to sneak up onto....and OP, 'when there is lead in the air there is hope'

I generally shoot with a suppressed rifle these days, recently I shot 4 deer inside the bush edge on a creek, I doubt I’d have got them all with an unsuppressed rifle. Deer are used to hearing branches breaking, rock slides, etc I don’t think a shot bothers them too much

@flyingpillock, there’s a saying; you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take

Thanks for all the replies team, definitely sounds like it’s not game over for an area if shots fired.
As for running shots, I appreciate the sentiment but for me it’s just not worth the risk of just wounding it with a chancer, just my view on it and happy to have an empty freezer by not taking those shots.

Seems the old wisdom of an unsuppressed rifle shot ruining the whole valley for the rest of the day is debunked then

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

Seems the old wisdom of an unsuppressed rifle shot ruining the whole valley for the rest of the day is debunked then

no not necessarily - number of factors involved as well - the wind - how much smell went up - was there dog smell as well - smoke from campfire - human activity - and then bugger me some deer will not have noticed - so go figure - me well try not to do any of the above just in case I believe its just wise hunting practice - and a certain person on here saying suppressors are for rotten shots well ya have a purdy mouth - they make better shots out of all of us - and when you are 75 plus and the dinner bell goes you might just hear it - or its cold dinner for you

Originally Posted by gimp

Typically I find they fall over, leaking substantially

Au contraire,
the ones I shoot at inevitably fuck off while giving me the finger.

Originally Posted by gimp

Typically I find they fall over, leaking substantially

Not all the time if you trying head shots with a 223.

Ouch ….. what was that noise …. I feel a little woosey ….wobble wobble….. might lay down for a bit