There’s blood. Hope you’re tracking!!! Update!!
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Any update on this?!
RinggoCy
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No good news. Followed blood for 4 hours Tuesday afternoon. Very slow going with mostly just drops to follow. No bright blood that I'm used to seeing from lung hits. No bubbles in anything. Never found an arrow, so maybe it was still in him but there's enough vegetation that we could've just missed it. Tracked him a little over 400 yards as the crow flies before losing blood Tuesday evening. In that distance he never bedded or stopped and stood anywhere for any significant amount of time from what I could tell. Not that that necessarily means anything, but I'd think he would've laid down at some point if he was hurting bad. I went back yesterday morning and walked the crick, the standing corn field nearest to where we lost blood, and as much of the cover in the crick bottom to the best of my ability but didn't find anything. What sucks is IF he is dead somewhere, I easily could have walked within 10 feet of him and not seen him... absolute jungle out there. Lots of leaves and green vegetation yet so it's hard to see any significant distance. Took 3 more cameras and put them up while I was out there hoping to maybe get a picture of him soon. At this point I'm praying it was above the spine and he recovers. Disgusted with myself for screwing it up and I hope he's alright. Would love to get another crack at him. I also asked the farmer that farms that ground to keep an eye out when combining corn. Would be great if they found him but more importantly so they don't eat him with the corn header or put an antler through a combine tire. I'd rather not end up with that bill, ha!
Background on this buck... this is the third year I've hunted him. Been a tall 8 pointer all three years, has always been the same size, and his rack has been almost exactly the same each year. He's got an absolute Clydesdale of a body. In addition to the obvious rack, he's got a notch in his left ear that makes him really easy to ID. I've never been one to name deer but my girlfriend told me a few weeks ago that this one needed a name and wanted to name him so I tasked her with coming up with a name. I'm a big Atlanta Braves fan and if you're a baseball person, you know they are playing the Houston Astros in the World Series right now. So since I'd like my Braves to kill the Astros over the next few days, she settled on Astro a few days ago hoping I'd kill him too, HA! Here's to Astro and the Astros both meeting their demise in the next couple weeks!
Shots above spine usually recover. Cold temps lesson the chance of infection. We have got 2nd shots on deer hit high before or seen them bounce right back. Probably a flesh wound & I hope you get your next crack at him!
bradley
triplebeam
I shot a buck last night it was a bit low and back had really decent blood trail. What threw me off was there were several pieces of fat like 2.5 inches wide by 6 to 8 inches long and about 1/4 inch thick literally hanging in the brush along the blood trail. I have never experienced this before. We found his first bed about 80 yards from spot I shot him. We followed blood this am for 200 + yards and found 3 beds with blood in them within 30 yards of each other, 4th bed had no blood then could not find another drop. What could this mean. Was the shot in no man's land or what? I have never seen that big of pieces of fat just hanging on brush before and I have shot lots of deer and been hunting for 25 plus years!
203ntyp
PMA Member
I had a similar situation this year with the exception of the strips of fat, beds close together then no blood. Never could find him. I shot a buck years ago with a 7mm mag and I couldn't believe the fat hanging all over brush and trees, some 5' up on branches, crazy scene! Hope you find him, good luck.
bradley
triplebeam
I never did find him I assume he survived.
Wildturkey 2
Active Member
It’s good too review even for us old farts. A good shot is right above the front leg years ago I thought that was a bad shot I thought the shoulder was right above the leg I was wrong sometimes I would hit to far back just trying to avoid that area that was really a good shot .
Son in law hit one D or E 4 area. What's been your experience with this. Tracked a few hundred yards. Darker blow. Was quartering away. Arrow did not pass through. THinks it was stopped by the far leg. Seemingly just missed heart and lung based on the blood. Darker blood. Was still bleeding 400 yards from shot. Rain came through and he lost trail but blood had pretty much stopped at that point anyways.
Wildturkey 2
Active Member
2-bucks
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If he hit where he thinks then should have died in under 400 yards. With a quarter away shot...if he git more forward than he thought then maybe one lung, which is normally lethal but a long track. But not normally dark blood. If he hit a little further back than he thought then he probably hit live and far side lung. More lethal but another long track but with dark blood. From your description I'm betting the dark blood is from the liver. If so the deer is dead.
Both shots I described above are best if you let the deer lay for many hours, like overnight. The rain makes it a bad scenario though cause you have to risk bumping it or risk the blood washing away. One of the reasons I hate bow hunting in the rain.
Both shots I described above are best if you let the deer lay for many hours, like overnight. The rain makes it a bad scenario though cause you have to risk bumping it or risk the blood washing away. One of the reasons I hate bow hunting in the rain.
203ntyp
PMA Member
Hit my target buck at 4:05 this afternoon. A little higher than I wanted, seemed to have entered between E & F and 1 & 2. The shot was 35 yards and heard the thump of the arrow penetrating and seen blood at the spot referenced above. The shot was fairly level since the field tapered uphill. He took off like a fight train into a 5-acre thicket, never heard a crash or found my shaft or blood so I backed out until tomorrow to search.
Any input to that shot placement?
Any input to that shot placement?
I've had good luck when I have unintentionally hit deer there. I always think oh no high & back, but the back of the lungs are up there. Usually a lot of blood though & a pass through. I think it's a good sign when they tear off. Backing out is a good idea though. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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I shot one 2 days ago f 2. Probably on the g side of f even. Full broadside pass through. Buck was dead within 70 yards. Used hybrid muzzy.
I waited silently in my stand for 45 minutes to an hour and then snuck out came back and found him right away about 3 hours after I shot him. He was stiff. I just didn't want to take a chance of getting him running because he took off about 20 yards and then was walking after I shot.
Sil never found his. Blood got worse and rain came through.
Good luck on your buck
Just have to hope the hit wasn't too high. 1 could be too high with the flatter trajectory. 2 should be ok. Would've been much better with a downward angle.(Captain obvious )
Bucksnbears
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My take on shot placement (arrowed). I've shot 213 deer myself and have been with quite a few others.
My average shot distance I'd say is 15 yards. My bows aren't " fast".
Even at close range, where I thought (seen) my arrow hit is OFTEN not the case.
A deer running with an arrow sticking out can magnify (error) on where we though we hit.
My average shot distance I'd say is 15 yards. My bows aren't " fast".
Even at close range, where I thought (seen) my arrow hit is OFTEN not the case.
A deer running with an arrow sticking out can magnify (error) on where we though we hit.
2-bucks
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I don't put a lot of faith in where people think they hit because just like you, I'm frequently off from.what I thought. Sometimes better Sometimes worse. Worst example was one I thought was perfect double lung but was a full on frontal shot in the neck. He spun 45 degrees to front on at the shot and I didn't notice him.turn at all!
Funny you mentioned this A buddy of mine shot and hit one a couple weeks ago thought he hit it behind the shoulder had good blood but thought just got one lung the buck shows back up on camera and has a healing wound in its neck. So he was quite a bit off from where he thought he hit it