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HELP Just single lunged a buck

I have some time to take a look I will send the pics we can dissect them. Lots of Lessons Learned on this one for me. So I measured the arrow 11 in of penetration. The Broadhead and arrow shaft took a beating and as you can see it never hit heavy bone the scapula it just hit the rib and it actually missed the rib on the exit side and yes it did have an exit remember I said at some point in the thread that it seemed like the blood was coming from the right side but that couldn't be but it was I still can't find hole in the skin I'm sure I'll find it when I skin him out but he had an exit wound just big enough to let those droplets of Blood Out. on the entry side his fur was clean so there was no blood coming from the high entry wound if there wasn't any blood coming from the very small exit wound there would have been no blood sign at all. I lost the whole hindquarter both sides. I'm thinking about going back there and trying to shoot me a coyote. I want to thank everybody for your support. I would like to continue a discussion about Arrow penetration and I would like to reiterate the fact that if I had had my leg straps from my mantis secured the weak side shot which was made so difficult because the Saddle road up into my rib cage as I turned would have just been a standard weak- side shot. My thoughts about the beating that the arrow shaft took are that there is so much energy expended to deploy that Broadhead it's sent a lot of force back into the arrow shaft in the future I will that Force for penetration.
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ThePennsylvanian said:
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!!
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I have to disagree about double lunged deer. My buck made it 200+ yards. As I watched him from the stand, until I lost him, I thought "oh boy, that deer looks like nothings wrong", even though I heard & saw a good solid hit. Turns out, where I lost sight of him was where he went down. Also when I got down & saw all the blood in the snow where he was standing, and how the blood trail got significantly better the further he went, I couldn't believe he made it as far as he did. They have an amazing will to survive.
 
Kurt said:
I have some time to take a look I will send the pics we can dissect them. Lots of Lessons Learned on this one for me. So I measured the arrow 11 in of penetration. The Broadhead and arrow shaft took a beating and as you can see it never hit heavy bone the scapula it just hit the rib and it actually missed the rib on the exit side and yes it did have an exit remember I said at some point in the thread that it seemed like the blood was coming from the right side but that couldn't be but it was I still can't find hole in the skin I'm sure I'll find it when I skin him out but he had an exit wound just big enough to let those droplets of Blood Out. on the entry side his fur was clean so there was no blood coming from the high entry wound if there wasn't any blood coming from the very small exit wound there would have been no blood sign at all. I lost the whole hindquarter both sides. I'm thinking about going back there and trying to shoot me a coyote. I want to thank everybody for your support. I would like to continue a discussion about Arrow penetration and I would like to reiterate the fact that if I had had my leg straps from my mantis secured the weak side shot which was made so difficult because the Saddle road up into my rib cage as I turned would have just been a standard weak- side shot. My thoughts about the beating that the arrow shaft took are that there is so much energy expended to deploy that Broadhead it's sent a lot of force back into the arrow shaft in the future I will that Force for penetration.
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Congrats on a great deer.
 
Fantastic shot! Did the right thing by waiting. Sorry the dogs got to him. That’s bow hunting sometimes.

Thanks for sharing - I learned a lot
 
What broadhead and any more thoughts on why you didn't get a full pass through?
 
I made almost the exact same shot, but the deer was quite a bit closer (more like 4 yards). I DID get a pass through with a 3 blade expandable. How far total was the track?
 

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I knew you'd find him today, great looking buck too congrats Kurt!. Did I read it right that you found him 20 yds from the point you stopped tracking last night? I said he'd be within 50 yds... Enjoy this experience with it's highs and lows and successful outcome, it's the reason we do this!
Congrats again!!
 
Glad you were able to recover him. Nice buck. Good and bad that you learn a lot from "misplaced" shots. You immediately figure out everything you're doing wrong or could've done better.

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