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Originally Posted by Squatter
I did say "all-but knocked down". The hart clears Bombur, but the shock of it makes him lose his balance. However, it's possible that it was rather an unfit hart, which would make it slower and easier for Thorin to shoot in a hurry.
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This may be getting OT, but it seems unlikely that a wild hart, particularly one living in so inhospitable an environment as Mirkwood, would have much opportunity to become fat and unfit. Is it possible, then, that the beast was in fact a tame one, a member of a herd of pampered, overfed deer kept by the Wood Elves and released whenever the King and his courtiers felt like playing at "hunting"?