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HELP Just single lunged a buck

As I was watching the video I was thinking I was behind the scapula. So I went to some pics of some bucks standing broadside. The scapula does come back pretty far back at the point up high. I may have could caught the scapula which could account for the crappy penetration. I also went back to the picture with the grid overlay and would say 8 B.
 
I'm waiting for my wife to come home and then I think I'll drive down the road and take a listen. maybe get to the ridge overlooking and put out some dirty laundry. I can't imagine him heading up that steep ridge, but it would be telling if he did, but not in a good way. I want him hit to hard to want to climb.
 
Well that went badly. I trailed only about 60 yds after the arrow, so maybe 150 yds total. that took about an hour and a half. The blood sign is super sparse, and the leaf litter is so thick and dry I couldn't hardly make out his tracks. At some point it almost seemed like the blood was coming off the right side. I figure it was rolling down the side and coming off the belly. The worse part and the place I turned back was he started uphill. I was kind of hoping that he'd be hit hard enough he wouldn't be able to go uphill. I definitely hit something hard. The tip was bent and the broadhead was shoved back into the shaft enough to split the shaft a 1/4 in. I don't get it. If I shot through the scapula I would think the shaft would break off and not pull out. I wonder if it didn't skid off the scapula. It wasn't sticking out high as he ran off as I remember. I'll pick it up first thing in the morning. I'll let ya'll know the outcome. Thanks again everyone.
 
Best of luck man! You are proving your mettle with this one. Fingers crossed and prayers sent for your finding the deer dead and intact
 
Pictures of the blood?

Was the arrow sticking out at roughly the same angle of penetration, or higher or lower angle?

Did he fall when you shot, or just immediately start running? Any stumble?
 
Kurt said:
Well that went badly. I trailed only about 60 yds after the arrow, so maybe 150 yds total. that took about an hour and a half. The blood sign is super sparse, and the leaf litter is so thick and dry I couldn't hardly make out his tracks. At some point it almost seemed like the blood was coming off the right side. I figure it was rolling down the side and coming off the belly. The worse part and the place I turned back was he started uphill. I was kind of hoping that he'd be hit hard enough he wouldn't be able to go uphill. I definitely hit something hard. The tip was bent and the broadhead was shoved back into the shaft enough to split the shaft a 1/4 in. I don't get it. If I shot through the scapula I would think the shaft would break off and not pull out. I wonder if it didn't skid off the scapula. It wasn't sticking out high as he ran off as I remember. I'll pick it up first thing in the morning. I'll let ya'll know the outcome. Thanks again everyone.
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Good luck this morning!
 
kyler1945 said:
Pictures of the blood?

Was the arrow sticking out at roughly the same angle of penetration, or higher or lower angle?

Did he fall when you shot, or just immediately start running? Any stumble?
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When he immediately took off I'd say it was sticking up fairly high,it was as he turned away I could see how poor the penetration was, but as he covered that first 40-50 yds I thought it was lower because I remember thinking as he freight trained through the low brush and low pine saplings that he might snap the arrow off. he was headed out to the south, and he did not fall or stumble. I watched the lighted nock as he turned west and kind of headed back the way he came in from. He made it out of sight over a small ridge, I settled my knees back down onto the tree and listened, I didn't hear anything. I sat for 30 min and then prepped to get out of the tree, got down and headed out in the opposite direction. At that point it was getting dark. I went back to the tree after 2 hrs and found a little blood at the hit and very little blood that short distance he headed south, at that point I just cut across to the last place I saw him before he went out of sight that's when I could see the nock glowing another 40 yds over the ridge. I didn't take pics of the blood last night. It was sparse, still bright red but starting to dry. I looked close at the larger drops hoping to see some indication of bubbles but nothing.
 
Have you ever checked out the deer cast app on it there’s a portion that to can move a cross air to where you think you hit then it will tell you what part of vitals you should have hit
 
JakeHalteman2 said:
Have you ever checked out the deer cast app on it there’s a portion that to can move a cross air to where you think you hit then it will tell you what part of vitals you should have hit
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I don't know of such a thing, how do I find it?
 
Man good luck this morning. Look at the arrow real good and see if you really got 10 inches of penetration. That arrow stuck in 10 inches and him running with it would have demolished his insides.
 
Man this thread is intense. Good luck @Kurt !

I was thinking as I read that you caught shoulder. Do you remember the sound? Was it a crack? Also I don’t think you said what lb draw you are Pulling? I’m interested because I shoot a similar set up with 65 lbs and I can’t believe you didn’t get more penetration at 15 yards.

Now let’s see pics of this buck!!
 
The first lesson relearned regardless of the desperate feeling that you have to go after them at night on a marginal hit absolutely wait until morning that was good advice that many of you gave that I did not follow I don't believe I did any damage last night but it's so much easier following his Trail this morning I have pics one picture with a leaf there's bubbles in that blood
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Kurt said:
I like that train of thought.
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Just a note. A double lung deer is not running 150-200 yards. It was good to wait til morning. With no exit wound, blood will be minimal if at all. If hes fatally hit, he'd be running into the wind, and eventually start going downhill regardless of wind. A one long deer can survive, though I'd imagine its seldom, but possible. When you back at, look for tracks where already found blood, then start looking for the way brush was played over as he ran through it. No blood tracking is as easy as with blood, but it can be done if you pay attention to the details where you did have blood. He probably isnt going to go to the thickest possible cover, if you hit him fatally hell bed up in cover that wont make it impossible to get away from danger. Good luck, hope you find him today!!
 
Well good morning boys I was so close last night 20 yards it looked like he was starting to go uphill so I called it a night to come back this morning he cut back south because it was downhill in this little trough between two ridges I found him unfortunately last night the coyotes found him to. I'm sitting here a little heartbroken this morning I'm very grateful that I found him I appreciate all your input very very much I cannot say thank you to you all enough but thank you thank you thank you
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