In his bedroom - UPDATE (help)

[Jagger0502]

Looks promising and good blood. Like others have said. Don’t rush things, you have all day. Good luck! I am excited to see pictures of him when you find him. To waste some time go back up the tree and replay the whole thing. Where he was and where you last saw him. Mark those spots so you can get a general heading and even go thru some areal maps and mark a line so you can see where he might end up (all things to simply waste time and get the excitement down until you go in to track.)

 

[woodsdog2]

That is very interesting I'm wondering if it hit that front "knuckle' as it went through and the deer was moving and snapped the shaft just behind the broadhead and insert as it was moving to leave... its front leg broke the arrrow??

 

[kbetts]

Me either.. so much for the epoxy job. Unless arrow hit something on the way out

I started writing the same thing. First for me.

 

[CooterBrown]

Hope you find him. I just lived thru the waiting game myself, so I know how you feel except my buck wasn't as nice as this one. And I had never seen the buck before.

 

[neonomad]

Following.

 

[BackSpasm]

Man I want a full breakdown of what happens! This is awesome

 

[hokiehunter373]

Good luck. The broadhead and insert make me super nervous but the blood and description looks good.

 

[WISCO]

AWESOME ! Pumped to see pictures and read the full write up.

 

[thedutchtouch]

Not gonna lie, this is the third time I've checked in lol. Hope you find him!

 

[Nicholasjahnke]

I bet your arrow went all the way through and the broadhead got caught on something as he ran and pulled out.

 

[DroptineKrazy]

That buck has gotta be dead. I shot one in the arse once and the arrow was buried to the nock. Tracked that buck down only to find him dead 75 yards away with no arrow in him. It was bugging me so the next day I went back to the spot and trailed him again in daylight. He had pulled the arrow completely out and I found it bent in a C shape(aluminum arrows back then). It was 10 or more feet off to the side of the blood trail.

 

[Chrighton]

You've got to like it when a plan comes together. I hope you find him! Good luck!

 

[Jimmyfunk60]

In for the hero pics


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[RMcDonald7]

Good luck! I killed this 133" 2 years ago in URBAN.

 

[BackSpasm]

Sooooo....

 

[bigcat93]

Bad news as of now.. Met the dog tracker and we followed pretty steady blood the size of a quarter or bigger for 100 yards which stopped in the direction of another road and the dog couldn’t pick it up again. Tried to grid a bit, plan on going back tomorrow. The other picture is where we followed blood, shot from the northern blue stand T

 

[bigcat93]

Going back tomorrow morning before work to grid the rest of that field across the street. Maybe I hit him high only through muscle? Just doesn’t make sense that I haven’t found the arrow shaft. ‍

 

[Blacksmith]

Me either.. so much for the epoxy job. Unless arrow hit something on the way out

While tracking a friend's buck I came across his broadhead unscrewed from the shaft lying in the trail. Must have unscrewed from hitting brush. Not the same as yours but interesting.

 

[thedutchtouch]

@bigcat93 you left a few street names in your first photo. I was able to find your spot pretty easily. Not going to burn it but you may want to take another look at the pic. Hope you still turn him up or see him alive again. Edit: since I saw a bit more on Google maps, I'd suggest possibly search all along the brook/stream and water in the southwest of that park as well. The whole deer go to water when they are hurting/dying thing.

 

[BackSpasm]

I am surprised the dog lost it so fast. I wonder if its the urban environment that threw it off. It seems like if I was that deer and I was hit back further than you thought I would try to circle and get back to that main block of woods to the north of your stand or else try to cut into that woodline that leads into the park south of the main road. You can also drive and walk those roads and look for any crossing blood on the other roads, especially where those tree lines hit the roads. I wouldn't wait for tomorrow to do that. Too many people around to bump across that buck and either freak-out or claim it as their own.

Edit: if you cant find blood anywhere he crossed the road after walking them, my money is that he looped back on his own trail and moved back to the north of your stand