SaddleUpPartner!
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Welp it happened, I shot a pretty nice 10 point….but I never found it. He was standing probably 15 yards away and I hunt pretty high up. He had no clue I was there, standing slightly quartering to me. I put the shot on his vitals and let it rip. Below is an example of the angle the deer was standing at with a red dot of where my pin was. This IS NOT the buck I shot. Found my arrow, covered in blood one blade deployed and two blades up, found drips of blood, splotches of blood and then drips again. Dried up over 250 yards from the shot location. He went onto the neighbors property and the blood dried up. Never found him. Judging by my shot placement, I would have thought I was good but I’ve been wrong before. My lessons learned so far are switch to fixed blades and go heavy arrow set up. My other lesson is maybe ever so slightly moving my shot placement more forward than I was. Thoughts?