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The waiting game....
- Thread starter Vtbow
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I'd say you shot low - prolly below vitals in the brisket - based on sign.....But that's just a guess on my part based on the pics only....
Found an ok blood trail that actually got better. Then a few singlendrips, then. Nothing. Got 200 yards of trail. Im headed out with my coon hound(whose not trained and 13 years old) tonseenifnhe picks up on anything, bit I think it was a backstrap shot and not fatal....
I had a similar shot last weekend. High at 10 yards. No blood, good blood, no blood again. Actually saw what I'm 99% certain was the doe I shot running on a ridge with 2 other does a couple of hours later. She looked fine.
Bad news is it sounds like a meat hit and no recovery. Good news is deer generally survive those hits.
Really hope I'm wrong and you find him.
Good luck @Vtbow. I have a story about a back strap shot to help ease your mind a bit. 25 or so years ago I hit one high and didn't recover it. Two years later I shot a nice 8 point in the same area. Got him home and skinned him and thought I'd been robbed . . . He only had one back strap. I couldn't figure it out. Took me almost a full 24 hrs before I remembered the deer from 2 years earlier. I went out and inspected the inside of the hide closer and sure enough there was the distinctive scar from the 5 blade razors I used then. The deer was fine in every other aspect. That muscle had just atrophied away. I must have severed nerves feeding it.
THP had that buck Zach hit high right over the vitals. Then Greg got him few weeks later with a muzzle loader. There amazing animals. Built to survive that's for sure.
I hope you find him. If not I hope you cross paths again. Hope he's not easy yote food.
I hope you find him. If not I hope you cross paths again. Hope he's not easy yote food.
Went back out with the dog...total of 220yrds on the gps of blood trail the nada. I found the 200 yards earlier dog found the 20 extra and some more hair. Trail crossed a logging road where there had been a big flock of turkeys tearing it up....dognlost it there.
I did what I could. Thanks for everyone's input. Conclusion is high hit. Probably backstrap pass through. There were random blood spatters, bit mostly just tiny drops 1/4 the size of an altoid.
Surrounded by posted land i covered as much as I could without pissing people off.....99% sure the deer is alive, sign st didn't show like a dead deer....I waited 1.5 hrs before starting to track and no bed spot in that 200yards....
Crap.
I did what I could. Thanks for everyone's input. Conclusion is high hit. Probably backstrap pass through. There were random blood spatters, bit mostly just tiny drops 1/4 the size of an altoid.
Surrounded by posted land i covered as much as I could without pissing people off.....99% sure the deer is alive, sign st didn't show like a dead deer....I waited 1.5 hrs before starting to track and no bed spot in that 200yards....
Crap.
I know the feeling. I feel for you. I was pulling for you and thought there was a chance...
Thanks...next one i will hit with the 300win mag. It should.