Lost a deer for the first time
Contributors to this thread:Massachusetts
From: bjstcrusn
13-Nov-17
Blood trail
And the deer after it's shot
Blood trail
And the deer after it's shot
Had a 20 yard shot on a big body buck Saturday. I thought it was a perfect shot with a clean pass through. I was wrong got about 8 inch penetration and tons of blood with bubbles. I waited about 1 1/2 hours before i got out of the stand and what i thought was a slam dunk turned into a 2 day search. Had great blood fot 80 yards then 4 drops to nothing. I'm hoping it pulled through and not dead somewhere. Worst part was I managed to get the deer to stop after I shot him and instead of putting another arrow in him I started to take pictures and text my buddies about the buck I just shot. I felt great about the shot so putting another arrow in him never crossed my mind. Lesson learned when giving the opportunity to fling another arrow do It! Anyone think he is dead or alive?
From: bjstcrusn
13-Nov-17
From: bjstcrusn
13-Nov-17
Don't know why my pictures are sideways
From: Bowhunter7
13-Nov-17
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From: bjstcrusn
13-Nov-17
if you look at the picture of the deer you can see what i believe is blood dripping off or starting to coagulate
From: bigwoodsbucks22
13-Nov-17
Sounds like a 1 lung shot. They can live a long time on 1 lung but will die. I think that deer is dead. time to get some friends and start searching that whole area for him.
From: BruceP
13-Nov-17
If you have "tons of blood with bubbles" that deer is dead somewhere.
From: bjstcrusn
13-Nov-17
shot it at 630 am sat got out of the tree at 8 looked but realized blood stopped went back after breakfast with a buddy. stopped for lunch went back in with 3 of us looked till dark. grabbed 2 more fresh bodies an looked for 3 hours yesterday.Nothing!!! sucks.
From: Will
13-Nov-17
Tough one... I cant see the pic well enough to have a sense of the shot. Bigwoods points sound good... But it's a tough one.
From: Moons22
13-Nov-17
I agree probably top of one lung. Gotta grid search
From: Moons22
13-Nov-17
Thickets, tall grass, swampy wet lands. Keep us posted and good lucj
From: Pi
13-Nov-17
Yep, That's a one lung shot. He will most likely die but not until he walks a mile. If you know his path or bedding area then keep looking . As usual , if all else fails , head to water .
From: DeanMan
13-Nov-17
Deer can go a long ways on 1 lung especially a big deer. I agree with the one lung being the case here. That deer is dead in my opinion. Keep searching.
From: spike78
13-Nov-17
Not to pour salt but another mechanical with poor penetration?
From: VtTransplant
13-Nov-17
It’s been over 48 hours so if it is dead the birds would have found it by now. Follow the sounds from crows and I’m willing to bet you will find the body or what is left of it. I had a similar thing happen about 10 years ago and I found the head about a mile away from my last blood. A murder of crows led me right to it.
From: bjstcrusn
14-Nov-17
Thanks for the input guys. Gonna go back up and listen for crows while I'm walking around.
From: H20huntr
14-Nov-17
Same exact thing happened to me 6 years ago. My Palmer buck of a lifetime crossed the street after the shot. I spent 2 days looking and had to quit because my eyes were hazy and starting to see things. My thoughts were that a scumbag saw it bleeding crossing the road and nabbed it. Good luck to you, some great advice already given from others!
