Discuss Interactive Bloodtrail 26
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: Deer_Slugger
08-Dec-08
Lol i thought you were gonna throw a curveball first question as always, so i picked no shot. Ended up being wrong and now i do have a headache from getting pissed at my self
From: evilarrows of famine
08-Dec-08
yeah, me too. I picked A because C didn't look like enough angle to be from the "treestand" they said they were in.
wasn't much of a trick question I guess.
I hope I didnt give the answer away...
From: BrettU
08-Dec-08
I love the "choose your shot based on actual photo, don't compensate for camera."
Followed by:
-Disregard the leaves as they weren't seen from the shooters angle.
I guess it really is going to be a headache edition. LOL
From: tundrajumper
09-Dec-08
the deer looks small and i won't shoot a fawn. I'll take the zero, thank you
From: kellyharris
09-Dec-08
Ok first question and this is starting to give me a headache. Why wouldnt it have been the letter ? (I chose)
From: mack_trucks_usa
09-Dec-08
Looks like C would have been all shoulder blade. So, I would've aimed a little higher and taken A. That's just me I guess.
From: nijimasu
09-Dec-08
DAMMIT! I had a perfect score on the last one, and have already goose-egged on this one.
Here we go!
From: ar troy
09-Dec-08
Pat,
Thanks for the challenge. I'm sure there is a lot of work and planning that goes into each one. Just part of the reason this is the best bowhunting site on the web.
From: switchback07
09-Dec-08
I can't get past question 1, I answered c, and thats all the further I can go
From: Scotty
09-Dec-08
Switchback,
Ya gotta stay tuned, we get a new question each day. Hang in there.
I picked wrong too. Oh well, didn’t like any so picked none.
From: non-typical
09-Dec-08
i chose C because the rest of them didnt look right to me. i also agree that it was a smaller deer but thats not the point of the game. IMO
From: travis@work
09-Dec-08
C to me looks a little low at that steep of an angle...i`m guessing why Pat is calling it a headache is because it`s a single lung hit and the deer lives at least 8 hours after the shot. I had a doe live 12 hours on a one lung hit and it took another arrow to finish her off...looked like the perfect hit to me at the time...100 yards into the trail I knew something was wrong so I backed out..
From: bill brown
09-Dec-08
I agree with the guys who liked A better than C. If it's a nightmare trail, maybe it is the one lung hit I thought was likely shooting at C. I C is the shot, the angle is not as severe as it looked to me.
From: John Scifres
09-Dec-08
Mmmm fawns. I aced her.
From: Man of Stihl
09-Dec-08
Question 1 is a no brainer.
From: kellyharris
09-Dec-08
has anyone seen my number 2 pencil??
From: steve
09-Dec-08
I got one right !!
From: chief400
09-Dec-08
chief400's Link
Think exit not entrance. This may be a lung and back of heart shot. One lung for sure. Look at the pictures I have attached. Just my 2cents
From: Jim/Tx
09-Dec-08
Smoked her :)
From: Killer J
09-Dec-08
I would have shot it in the head, just kidding. C was the obvious choice just because I think it was exposed enough to get your arrow in.
From: 12yards
09-Dec-08
Why is it that I never agree on your shot placement. I got it right, but I would have picked the average of the three for my shot.
From: Bx3
09-Dec-08
Chief are you using your pictures as evidence that it should or should not be letter C?
From: GAFFER1
09-Dec-08
I'm with 12yards, I would have shot the average of the three points. My choice got me zippo.
From: elmer
09-Dec-08
thanks for the freebie to start!
From: Meat Grinder
09-Dec-08
No more Interactive Bloodtrail Challenges for me. After question number 2 (shot placement) on IBC 25, I'm done. It's just not fun to make what I consider a sound judgement based on the information and direction given, and then get zinged. But Good Luck to all you hardy souls who keep playing.
From: Snook384
09-Dec-08
truley it has to do with angle. I have learned this the hard way but mostley with hogs.
From: pipe
09-Dec-08
you got me. I discussed with my son to confirm a clear miss and not once did I remember to carefully consider the question. This is so fun...I love it!
From: wiredcowboy
09-Dec-08
as the old bar song goes "there is a five dollar charge for whining" Pat is collecting the money.
From: initialwound
09-Dec-08
damn....i gotta learn to read the whole question
From: leftybearfan
09-Dec-08
"Looks like C would have been all shoulder blade. So, I would've aimed a little higher and taken A. That's just me I guess."
It may just be me, but C looks to be nowhere near the shoulder blade. B seems to be right about the spot that the shoulder bones turn back (the point of the < ) and A would be nearer the actual blade.
From: nijimasu
10-Dec-08
awesome. two zeros. I even thought about exactly what Pat gave as the reason I screwed up. Then didn't listen to myself. Come to think of it- I've screwed up in the field by not listening to myself more often than not. I guess I am learning something here.
From: GregE
10-Dec-08
The Video is not playing for me.....
From: Boone@work
10-Dec-08
It could only be "C", A is too high!
From: Silenthunter
10-Dec-08
9pts. out of 18....I guess I should pay closer attention to the question.
From: Silenthunter
10-Dec-08
9pts. out of 18....I guess I should pay closer attention to the question.
From: X2Lungbuster
10-Dec-08
RTFQ, RTFQ (Read The Friggin Question)....Doh!!
From: DRR324
10-Dec-08
Well call me "sucker" for question 2.....it's like the ACT test all over- just read the question and answer it.... nice one Pat.
From: chief400
10-Dec-08
argggggggghhhhhhhhhh.......... Read the question and answer it. Pretty simple but NO I messed up and missed it.
From: ajb438
10-Dec-08
yep same here i was even goin to pick the right answer on question 2 but instead went with the obvious choice
From: Buckstopper
10-Dec-08
Note to self - read the freaking question!
From: Man of Stihl
10-Dec-08
Another nobrainer
From: kellyharris
10-Dec-08
on question one I still would have shoot B its a dead deer within 40 yards with my 70 lbs bow and awesome Buzzcut croadheads!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: switchback07
10-Dec-08
Wow, pure trickory, headache edition for sure....
From: hunting dad
10-Dec-08
What a way to start off the day. Try to out think the obvious. Bring on the next clue.
From: Bx3
10-Dec-08
Ohhh Pat you're so tricky tricky! But you didn't fool me... yet.
From: chief400
10-Dec-08
Bx3 just thought I would give a visual for why I chose C. Not to point anyone in any direction. Just discussion.
From: ruger109
10-Dec-08
Man, I looked at that thing twenty times, thinking HE MISSED, why is it a bloodtrail chalendge, then I reread the question and got it right!!!
You being SNEAKY!!!!!!
From: Bullshooter
10-Dec-08
Guys,
Are y'all giving away the answers? What if someone reads the discussion first and then answers the question?
Then again, the discussion is just confusing things so far.
From: Bx3
10-Dec-08
Gotcha! I thought you were trying to say C was wrong and then show pictures that would be evidence for C. I like that link. Good pics.
From: Big J
10-Dec-08
dirty move Pat, dirty move. I like the way that you think!!!!
From: mudfoot
10-Dec-08
Right up there with Monty Python, Holy Grail -- "What is the weight of an unlaiden swallow?"
From: KSNimrod
10-Dec-08
Kind of like asking, "If you're hunting 18 feet up in a tree and a deer is 32 yards away, how far will your binoculars fall before hitting the ground." :-)
From: DClark
10-Dec-08
you got me
From: steve
10-Dec-08
2 for 2 but you almost got me on the last one .
From: Bownut
10-Dec-08
READ THE QUESTION....BOY I GOOFED!!
From: hoyt1191
10-Dec-08
watch the video and then answer the question.. got me. Did anyone hear "miss" on the video..... I was wrong again zero for two on this one. Now that you have us thinking... what is next?
From: x-man
10-Dec-08
Got me on #2
I over thought it. Didn't think 6 was enough for a min. so I went with miss.
12 hrs min. is what I always thought.
From: nijimasu
10-Dec-08
at least # 3 is easy.
From: Fabow
11-Dec-08
I dont know about 3 being easy or obvious I didnt like any letter, an average of a,b and c, o.k. but c looks like you could miss left lung its still fun
From: ruger109
11-Dec-08
Man I usually do poorly on these things, I'm batting 1000 so far!!!!
From: kellyharris
11-Dec-08
OK I am done with this thing. Pat you say there are tricks you ask for the best shot and You do not say anywhere that your photo of the deer are to be used. You say of the four from the 4 choices below what is the best shot? I still say it is A I agree shoot for the exit hole and if you chose A you have a left lung and a heart shot and the exit hole bleediing through the main shoulder muscle. WIth shot A that deer will not travel 40 yards! Just my thoughts! Does anyone have any aspirin??
From: Bullshooter
11-Dec-08
Hey, it's working!
I got a headache!
From: Seminole
11-Dec-08
Question 3 was definitely an "opinion" even though I got partial credit. I would split the distance on what was my definition of a perfect shot. C to me was not the "perfect" shot. If you waited until the deer was broadside then you would have had the "perfect" shot. KellyHarris: Will Advil do?
From: chief400
11-Dec-08
Partial points are better than none I guess. This one could get interesting since we have not even shot the deer yet!!!!!!
From: dihardhunter
11-Dec-08
I'm figured on D. The deer has already been shot at, by the time it tries to duck your arrow, you wind up back at C and booyah. Come on Pat, I thought we were supposed to be outthinking ourselves!
From: kellyharris
11-Dec-08
I still dont know how A didnt give any points? Its quartering away it is obviously left lung and heart? Am I wrong. I had this same shot on my buck this year but quartering to me. Oh well after 80+ deer kills what do I know?
Seminole - I think a morhine pump may be needed ;<)
From: Bx3
11-Dec-08
I was between B and C. B would be a heart shot. C would hit back lung/liver on the left and lung on the right. I would opt for the heart shot but I can see how C works. Personally I would pick the point directly between the 2 and about an inch higher. Actually, screw that! After looking at it again I would still say B was the best available!
From: kshunter
11-Dec-08
I got it right but IMO the virtual deer isn't at as much of an angle as the real dear. Headache edition i was assuming the front two shots, i believe they're A and B, would hit the tree. just my thoughts
From: Solocam1
11-Dec-08
I totally disagree with the answer for #3. If you pick C, you hit liver and far lung. You may even hit the top of the stomache. B should be the answer because look at the far front leg. With B you're in line with the heart and will hit at least the left lung. May hit bottom of far lung which will give a great blood trail.
From: Dr.BroadheadDisaster
11-Dec-08
I agree that from the 3D model if you put the arrow right on B it'll go right through the bottom of the heart which would kill the deer quickly. But if you miss B just a little low you miss vitals completely, so why aim for that spot when aiming a little higher puts your arrow dead center in the vitals (upper heart/lung area) and missing a little either way still results in a kill. C in the 3d model looks slightly further back then I would aim, but when you look at the picture of the actual deer you can see there's a tree to contend with. A and B require you to aim just inches from that tree with the risk of sticking the arrow in the tree. Why risk that when C is a safe shot that puts your arrow through all kinds of vitals (liver, lungs, maybe some stomach...).
From: kellyharris
11-Dec-08
Yeh but listen to Pat's question he doesnt say go by the camera angle he says from 4 choices below. So with the illustration there is no tree. I followed his orders and got a freakin headache
From: bill brown
11-Dec-08
I keep losing points by hitting the submit button before I select my choice. Is anybody else this clumsy?
From: Dr.BroadheadDisaster
11-Dec-08
Yeah that "go by the 3D model" part is a little confusing. I just assumed that if he just wanted you to go by the model there's no need for the actual photo. Pat probably could have worded that a little differently if he knew there'd be confusion, or maybe I'm confused and you're not supposed to look at the photo and all my logic from my last response is wrong..who knows! its all fun
From: BirdBoy
11-Dec-08
Did anyone else see Pat's name in the top 200? It looks like he has gotten a few wrong himself.
From: BirdBoy
11-Dec-08
I figured that, but it still seems pretty funny!
From: Killer J
11-Dec-08
Isn't every heart shot a shallow shot?? I picked B and would still pick it because C looks like it could still result in a gut shot. This isn't so much a headache as it is a criteria based on opinions.
From: SERBIANSHARK
11-Dec-08
Is it possible to ace two btc's in a row...lol
From: x-man
11-Dec-08
I just hope Pat didn't actually aim at "C", because thats' not the correct aiming point. It may be the best of the four, but not ideal for sure.
From: [email protected]
11-Dec-08
3 for 3 ...
I LOVED the second question Pat !!!!! :)
From: chief400
11-Dec-08
Yeah, back on track. But to far behind to make the top 200. Neat setup for your kid to watch you, KUDO's on taking her out. She looked pretty excited for you.
From: JERSEY BOB
11-Dec-08
I'll agree with an ache, but head aint' where I was thinking.....
I got #1 OK
#2 was a trick question..Pat ALWAYS gets me on them....As we used to say on tests in the Navy---RTFQ...read the er...um...FULL question...
#3--sorry, I disagree on this one...I think B is the right answer. C may be the "right place" but B gives you more margin for error if your shot is deflected (HINT--LIKE THE ONE JUST BEFORE THIS ONE!!!!) OR the deer moves.
#4--refer to #2. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I got 9 points.
BTW--you've got some great kids! Thanks for sharing your family time with us.
From: leftybearfan
11-Dec-08
4 for 4 so far....I'm sure that will end soon.
That smile on your little girl's face is priceless.
From: pipe
11-Dec-08
I did pay attention to the video. Of course one waits 30 minutes but I paid attention to your daughter's imitation of the deer crashing down with her head movement, indicating you saw the deer go down. Or that's what I thought I saw as I listened ti and watched the video. She is so cute, her genuine reactions. This is fun. I missed the question of course but this is fun.
From: Rich
12-Dec-08
I loved your daughter's reaction. Several years ago I arrowed a deer in presence of my son & another with my daughter. Watching your video brought back those great memories, thanks Pat, Rich (NYB)
From: Jimbo
12-Dec-08
LOL... Zap! I feel like I just lost at Simon Says!
From: non-typical
12-Dec-08
4 for 4 hehe!
From: DRR324
12-Dec-08
I was looking for a "between b and C" shot- but nope.... the tree made me choose the correct answer.
From: 12yards
12-Dec-08
I would have started down the tree right after the shot on that one. But I know Pat always says to wait 30 minutes. So I got it right. First time I've gotten this far with 100%! Whoooopppeeeee!
From: kellyharris
12-Dec-08
WOW I got one right!! I guess I am only about as good as 50% of all hunters out there since I am 2 out of 4 Now the big question am I in the top 50% or the bottom 50% LOL
From: Whipplebuck
12-Dec-08
WOW looks like she sure enjoyed her time up in the tree with Dad thats great real hard to keep them quite when they get that excited..
From: Bob H in NH
12-Dec-08
Hey Pat, kid question, how do you get them up in the tree? I see the harness ( well done ), but how do they get there? Climber or climbing sticks?? BTW, she's adorable!
got the answer right, only after watching the video, now I see where the headache part might come in!
From: fuzzy
12-Dec-08
so far I'm golden! dunno where the headaches are, but this has been the easiest so far for me!
From: Elk Hunter
12-Dec-08
#2 got me! Dang!
From: [email protected]
12-Dec-08
:)
4 for 4
We'll see how long it lasts, I'm sure you'll get me sooner or later ...
Good Shooting
Mike
From: Elk Hunter
12-Dec-08
Question 5 is just wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not fair!!!!!!!!!!!!
From: chief400
12-Dec-08
Your killing me............. RTFQ and answer it. It's just that simple. Just wish I would RTFQ and answer it and not second guess myself. This is a blast. I can't figure out the actress your daughter looks like but she looks just like her (the actress) when she was little.
From: Pat Jr.
12-Dec-08
Chief400,
ET maybe?
From: Stekewood
12-Dec-08
Hey Pat, When do the hard questions start? LOL
From: JERSEY BOB
12-Dec-08
I just aced #5. That tells me I'm getting set up for a sucker punch...
From: leftybearfan
12-Dec-08
Was stuck between two answers on #5.....I guessed wrong :-(
ET maybe?
Since she's your sis, you can get away with that :-)
From: tjp
12-Dec-08
Q 5 is dirty pool!!!!!
From: chief400
12-Dec-08
Drew Barrymore.................
From: hardkill
12-Dec-08
You Suck!!! or I Suck!!! not sure which?
From: Ryanw
12-Dec-08
lol@ question 5 got me,
From: spitfire01
12-Dec-08
Question 5 just ain't right!!!
Dohhhhhh!
From: ELFKING
12-Dec-08
this is stupid. The question about how long you wait is not always 6 hours. I have had deer lay down in plain sight; in easy range after a gut hit. Why not shoot again? There are tons of other situations that lead to not waiting; including heavy snow falling; seeing the deer in a spot where a stalk can be easy to make- coyote presence- and really; in this case the deer was not shot- so the last answer is correct based on its wording.
What is gained by us by the trickery of Pats questions when it relates to bloodtrails?
OK his daughter is cute as a button- and it was fun to see her reaction and stuff... but did this interactive bloodtrail serve us in any way? Not yet.
my score may suck... this interactive blood trail sucks even more.
From: JERSEY BOB
12-Dec-08
Well...guess WHO is getting coal this Christmas???!!
SOME elves just wake up on the wrong side of the tree, I guess.....
Pat Jr.--that was cold. You really are her brother.
From: seeany
13-Dec-08
I know it's against the rules but I'd be "whining" if it wasn't for that Priceless smile.
From: Man of Stihl
13-Dec-08
Chief400, How about Drew Barrymore in "Firestarter"?
From: mrelite
13-Dec-08
That's the last one I answer fast! can't say why so as not to give it away but definetly mind games
From: nehunter
13-Dec-08
I thought it looked familiar? All 9's for me.
From: Canteathorns
13-Dec-08
I think Q5 is absolutely rediculous. How is that of any educational value?lol. I bet if someone else made that question up Pat would miss it himself.
From: ELFKING
13-Dec-08
the real smart people read this discussion; then go to make their answers.
From: Stekewood
13-Dec-08
The real smart people see this for what it is. A game, nothing more, nothing less.
From: TD
13-Dec-08
I hear cackling laughter coming up from the bowels of Pat's dungeon...
It's a game. If you cheat you get what you deserve, nothin'. If you win it's worth every penny.
From: elmer
14-Dec-08
ok I officially suck!!! I guess I don't know my blood splatter pattern.
I guess I"m lucky all my animals I've shot have been found following the blood trail since I can't follow a splatter pattern.
From: nijimasu
14-Dec-08
Whew! 6 is at least easy. I could read the splatter easy enough, but hard for me to think the deer could go very far squirting like that.
From: Archer-D
14-Dec-08
Yeah, I bet he took out the "stomach, center of liver, entire right lung" ;-)
From: TradHunter
14-Dec-08
I think this was one of the easier challenges
From: hardkill
14-Dec-08
Ok, so I missed a couple, but that's my fault for not listening to the directions. But all in all this is alot of fun. Keep it up Pat!!! and Guys... Don't take it so serious
From: leftybearfan
15-Dec-08
I am officially an idiot. Found the deer, sitting here looking right at it.....and still hit the wrong stinking letter.
From: mulehorn
15-Dec-08
No way,I see a bedded deer in front of the tree in C and its not dead. Bad hit!
From: kellyharris
15-Dec-08
Ok I got clue 7 correct and luckily I am at work I completely shutdown the network trying to expand this picture to find it??? Just Joking. But I did need to save the picture and blow it up to make sure. You could definatly see where the deer had run but to see it was hard.
From: [email protected]
15-Dec-08
Well, there went that, these things are hell on a guy that's color blind in red and green .... :)
From: fuzzy
15-Dec-08
so far I am seven for seven! best I've ever done on one! :-)
From: GregE
15-Dec-08
One of the few 'find the deer' photos that actually shows useful detail. Great pic, Yeah!!
G
From: hntnfool
15-Dec-08
who's gotten them all right? Other than the amazing Fuzzy. Not Me.
From: fuzzy
15-Dec-08
OK pat, this kills! First one I've EVER gotten this far on with all 9's! give us the last clue!
From: piton
15-Dec-08
#7 is driving me crazy, i think I'm going to go blind if I try to look any harder. Relaxing my vision doesn't help either. I can see the trail but no dang deer!!
From: piton
15-Dec-08
OK, I couldn't take it anymore so I guessed and got it wrong. Then, I read the correct answer and went back and STILL cant see the deer. I think you're going to have to put a arrow on this picture pointing to the deer for me to see it Pat (seriously, I'd love to see that deer). Did you burry it in the leafs? All the images look the same to me.
From: Duke
15-Dec-08
After #5 it became dumb... Changing colors? Great learning device? Come on.
From: greenmountain
15-Dec-08
If i had listened to my inner voice I may have had one wrong but I wouldn't have missed question 1. The shot is a little low for my taste but still the best of the options. Better luck next time. Bob
From: hardkill
15-Dec-08
I've decided to take up knitting
From: kellyharris
15-Dec-08
HAS ANYONE ELSE FELT LIKE GETTING A FLOGGING WOULD BE LESS PAINFUL??
From: moe
15-Dec-08
I had to ask my nine year old son to find the deer. I really had a hard time seeing it.
From: Snickless
15-Dec-08
long time looker first time responder man i stink at this challenge but really enjoy it cant wait till next one
From: EJG
15-Dec-08
stumbled at the finish line - i'm a choke artist
From: LongbowBob
15-Dec-08
I have trouble believing your autopsy.
LBB
From: Man of Stihl
15-Dec-08
Yeah baby! Perfect score! Pat, I agree with all your answers LOL
From: chief400
15-Dec-08
Very fun (again), keep it up.
From: hardkill
15-Dec-08
Pat I hate you, I will use your likeness for target practice, I will curse your name till the end of days....... When is the next one?????
From: dempsterhunter
16-Dec-08
I have never hunted whitetail before or hunted out of a tree stand so I am happy with my answers.
From: Boone@work
16-Dec-08
Pat, please explain the arrow after this is over, i'm confused!
From: Greatwhitehunter
16-Dec-08
That was a good challenge. I wanna do another one.
From: kellyharris
16-Dec-08
I AM A FREAKING IDIOT is what I have learned from this thing. I sure hope Pat doesnt put up an IQ test. If I tested on that like I did herre I would probably score around a 30
From: AllTheRage
16-Dec-08
autopsy is done on humans, necropsy is done on animals
From: X2Lungbuster
16-Dec-08
If I throw out the 2 questions where I should of RTFQ (read the friggin question) I would of had a perfect score! It was fun! So with that said, bring on the next challenge!
From: fuzzy
16-Dec-08
ack! pulled a three on the last clue! just KNEW there was stomach involved in that hit!
Pat, aer you sure you know what a deer stomach looks like? ;-)
From: txbowdoc
16-Dec-08
I have never gotten them all right before. I usually don't even get most of them right. Maybe I should only play when it is a headache edition!
From: hntnfool
16-Dec-08
thanks for the game Pat.I had a blast
From: milnrick
16-Dec-08
Pat, good challenge. Thanks for putting it on.
From: Lad
16-Dec-08
Crap! My nose is bleeding from banging it on my desk!!!
From: piton
16-Dec-08
Thanks for the challenge Pat, that is amazing that that shot didn't get the stomach, not saying I don't believe you in the least, just find it amazing and unlikely. Maybe she has a REALLY small stomach. I would love for someone to PM me a picture of the deer in the woods with a arrow pointing to it because for the life of me, I cant see it.
From: GregE
16-Dec-08
Click on the 'Enlarge picture' link just below the zone pic. Even my old eyes can make out the ears. 8^)
G
From: tech1
16-Dec-08
That was the best challenge yet.
From: Bucks_n_Gobblers
16-Dec-08
LMAO....this is too fun! number too pat was awesome - got me!
From: LongbowBob
16-Dec-08
Didn't call you a liar, Pat, I just said I had trouble believing your autopsy.
LBB
From: mulehorn
16-Dec-08
Finally! The carnage is over! Not the kill, MY SCORE! Thanks Pat.
From: Snickless
16-Dec-08
hey pat would like to welcome you to indiana to hunt we got does comin out our ears where i live
From: Nock1
25-Jan-09
A perfect shot......the second time !
From: Cacman
29-Jun-09
This is the first time I've ever gotten a perfect score doing these things. 8-)
From: D00rgunner
25-Oct-09
This is a joke, changing hue in photoshop to obtain lung shot look. Get a life
From: fuzzy
26-Oct-09
huh?
