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Live from the saddle 2022

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DelaWhere_Arrow said:
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No exit, nock end broke off and 13” of arrow with broadhead jiggled around in his lungs and liver until he died.
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Thanks!

Ran quick calculations. At that angle, your exit would’ve been about 4” lower than entry, assuming no deflection. You hit exactly where I’d want to hit.

Lessons learned for folks wondering where to shoot and when to track:

- Aim there at that distance and height.
- if you don’t see or hear the deer go down on that hit, and it’s cold enough to have snow on the ground, assume not a perfect double lung/heart shot and act accordingly, because there’s no downside to doing so.
 
thedutchtouch said:
Yeah buddy! Man that's a great buck and a wonderful end to the story! Congrats and strong work keeping after it/making smart decisions to back out! Where was he in relation to bed where you bumped him?
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Thanks! He was 80-100 yards from jumped bed, about 30 yds from last blood where I had a hunch he might have gone. Just needed the daylight I guess. He was in a bed he’s used many times before. Fresh rub next to it and shavings on his horns, have to assume he made that right before he came to my tree or right before he bedded finally to die.
 
kyler1945 said:
Thanks!

Ran quick calculations. At that angle, your exit would’ve been about 4” lower than entry, assuming no deflection. You hit exactly where I’d want to hit.

Lessons learned for folks wondering where to shoot and when to track:

- Aim there at that distance and height.
- if you don’t see or hear the deer go down on that hit, and it’s cold enough to have snow on the ground, assume not a perfect double lung/heart shot and act accordingly, because there’s no downside to doing so.
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Thanks man, this is awesome! I really appreciate you taking the time to indulge this stuff. when you are confident in your shot but not in the blood it always makes for a stressful situation but it was critical to have good help from you all as well as my tracking partners who can temper the shooter’s nerves and keep intelligent strategy flowing.
 
kyler1945 said:
Thanks!

Ran quick calculations. At that angle, your exit would’ve been about 4” lower than entry, assuming no deflection. You hit exactly where I’d want to hit.

Lessons learned for folks wondering where to shoot and when to track:

- Aim there at that distance and height.
- if you don’t see or hear the deer go down on that hit, and it’s cold enough to have snow on the ground, assume not a perfect double lung/heart shot and act accordingly, because there’s no downside to doing so.
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One more lesson:

The higher you get in a tree, the smaller your margin for error gets for cutting all the way across a deer’s chest cavity. The difference in a single lung hit, and getting both, with whole head in the second lung, is something like 1-1.5” at that height and angle. The closer that deer is, the smaller that margin for error becomes.

Lots of advantages of being at 0-15’ in a tree.
 
kyler1945 said:
One more lesson:

The higher you get in a tree, the smaller your margin for error gets for cutting all the way across a deer’s chest cavity. The difference in a single lung hit, and getting both, with whole head in the second lung, is something like 1-1.5” at that height and angle. The closer that deer is, the smaller that margin for error becomes.

Lots of advantages of being at 0-15’ in a tree.
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I agree. It was both the highest angled and the farthest shot I’ve ever taken at a deer, so those things were on my mind and I am seriously contemplating moving 3 to 4 feet lower in each of my trees
 
DB4x4 said:
So how far was he from where you gave up last night? Did you follow blood, find him via grid search, or with a dog?

Was it cold enough last night that he's salvageable?
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He was probably less than 30 yards from where we found the last flood last night. We must have walked another half mile or more passed him, but we also walked right past him. We followed blood on the first two tracks, then this morning I literally followed a hunch. Looked where I thought he would likely go towards a downhill creek crossing, where I know dear move and bed. I saw a rock that looked to be a little too light brown to be a real rock, and sure enough they were antlers attached. We walked right by him several times. It was in the 40s last night, so I am presently headed to the butcher to find out if he is salvageable.
PS: my iPhone dictation hates my accent.
 
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BTaylor said:
Congrats on a great deer!! Great example of doing the right things from shot to full recovery.
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Thank you! Unfortunately, the temperature was too warm last night and the meat was completely spoiled. I am not stressed about that part too much, because I feel grateful and lucky to have found the deer at all, and I will still get an awesome euro mount and a well-earned story, but venison is the main reason I hunt so I will definitely feel the freezer deficit.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
Thank you! Unfortunately, the temperature was too warm last night and the meat was completely spoiled. I am not stressed about that part too much, because I feel grateful and lucky to have found the deer at all, and I will still get an awesome euro mount and a well-earned story, but venison is the main reason I hunt so I will definitely feel the freezer deficit.
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Ah that's too bad. Thanks for sharing all the details, yer teaching us newbies a lot, though still can't make a sandwich outta that.
 
First sit in well over a month, and likely the last of the season. West wind, but it’s a little more southwest than I’d like at the moment; creek about 100 yards to the north. I jumped a couple bedded there this summer while walking the creek. Followed fresh tracks back in toward the transition where I think they’re bedding in the thick stuff in front of me near the creek. No deer yet this year, so I’m hoping to fill the freezer!
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mike.podolan said:
First sit in well over a month, and likely the last of the season. West wind, but it’s a little more southwest than I’d like at the moment; creek about 100 yards to the north. I jumped a couple bedded there this summer while walking the creek. Followed fresh tracks back in toward the transition where I think they’re bedding in the thick stuff in front of me near the creek. No deer yet this year, so I’m hoping to fill the freezer!
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Get you a slobbering brute of a buck! Or a big ass nanny.
 
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