hokiehunter373
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I should of let him win and shoot the dirt
- Thread starter colin.704
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update. after sleeping on it and analyzing the shot here's what I think. I had no blood or fluid on arrow. broadhead buried into a root so I couldn't retrieve it. I had 3in of fat film on 1 side of arrow at broadhead, and hair on ground but no blood there either. I shot over his spine, likely behind ribs. when he ran off he acted like nothing happened, but I saw something high on his right side, about the size of a baseball, first thought was he had a leaf stuck to him. next thought was I herniated his abdomen. I may of, and I may of just flapped his side good. I am hoping the latter, cause that won't kill him. he ran up a finger of the property that has thick cover, a small pond and a sewer line that has been mowed by the creek that runs the length of the finger. if he's dead, and I don't think he is, he'll be on that creek or at the pond, he's not leaving the property by the side he ran. I made the decision to walk the sewer line, scan the creek and see as much as I could using thermal, and not letting the dog cross creek as to not push him out. for tomorrow there is a pinch point that separates the finger from another 100 acres that I will set up on and walk the creek again. I made a bad call that I wish I could take back but that's not how it works, I feel like crap and been all in my feelings but I truly don't think the dude is dead.
hokiehunter373
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With all due respect, lots of ridiculous assumptions going on in this post and apparently the original. Did you actually let the dog track him? If the deers dead, he ain’t going anywhere, and the dog finds him. If he’s not dead, who cares about blowing him out, you owe it to the animal to do what you can to find him, make a follow up, or conclude he’s healthy. You worry about the rest after. If you initially assumed his guts were hanging out but now think it was nothing close to that why would you think you could pinpoint where he died at? Deer make all kinds of decisions we don’t understand. He could have been bumped by coyotes or even another buck this time of year and went somewhere else. People like to think deer go to water or the path of least resistance after poor shots and that’s not always true. You’ve got a dog available, use it and figure out what happened.
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I appreciate your opinion, but my hope is to get another shot in him. it's raining here and he ran up a 20-30acre finger that's about a 1/4mile long that has bedding, food and water. I got no movement on any cams today. I got from 12pm tomorrow until Sunday night to slowly work up it. if he's dead I can zig zag on my way out each day and find him. I'll have some high quality dog food ingredients and the head. but if he's alive I have a chance to finish it. running a dog up it might yield me a dead deer, but it will push him somewhere I can't find him again. there are big deer all over the place but this 1 is 1 I want to tag out on, and my best chance is to go slow
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It sounds like an interesting situation you found your self in. Please provide the full story so others can learn from it. Being caught a full draw has happened to many bowhunters. Don't beat yourself up too bad.
Well I was wrong. Was convinced I shot over him and raked his side, and that he was pushed up in that finger but still alive. My arrow being dry with just a 3inch film of fat on 1 side threw me off. apparently I must of hit him pretty good. shot him at 8am 2 days ago and found (well dog did) him at 11am today, so 50hrs later. this is what was left
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wow thats a shame.
at least they didnt eat the nose. get a skull mount now
Now I think he was dead that first day. If I would of gone 20yds farther directly the way I was going I would of found him. I was getting into bedding and had no blood, just walking in the direction he ran. I still walked right past him crossing a beaver dam, if it wasn't for the pup I wouldn't of found him. my mistake after all is said and done was not putting my dog on him the first day it appears. I still don't know where I hit him though, wasn't much left to tell me about the shot. I'm thankful I found him and that he wasn't running around wounded, that always bothers me. I guess I'll be looking into filming again. I used to run a tacticam but the vibration always obscured the shot.
yeah gonna try to have a setup next year
thanks for sharing, glad you found him even if it wasn't the way we were all hoping. did you shoot your other antlered deer for the season yet or no?
yeah I'm tagged out in NC, but bought an SC license a minute ago (I'm 5min from the line)