I shot a buck at 23 yards using a hoyt power tec. He was perfectly broadside, but saw me drawback and froze with a tree/brances covering his vitals. He gave me the stare down for about 2 minutes (which seemed like forever) and then took one step back freeing the tree/branches from his midsection. When he took the step back he might have quartered himself to me but i am not sure. I took the shot and heard a loud WAP and saw the deer take off with the arrow in him, but there was not much penetration. The arrow fall out within the first 20 yards of his sprint. He ran about 50 yards stopped and then just slowly walked away not looking like he was hurt. My uncle them saw him a little while after this from a different stand, again about 50 yards away. He grunted at the buck i shot and the buck stopped and walked about two steps toward him and then just went on his way the other direction. I waited 2.5 hours and went back after dark. I found my arrow and it had broke off about 6-7 inches up the shaft. We found good blood right away and it was a nice blood trail for about a half mile. He never stopped for this entire time so we decided that we would let him go until the morning. We went back in the morning and found blood again, and trailed this for about 1/4 of a mile and still no stop for the deer. The blood eventually dwinddled down to pindrops and the buck went into some tall grass and we never found blood again.
I wanted to know your opinions on whether or not you think this buck is dead or if you think he is still alive.
I think i hit him right in the shoulder blade causing the arrow to deflect forward into the briskit muscle and this deer is still running. Please give me some insight.
I think you got one lung. Do I think he is dead? If it is only one lung, I'd say with about 70% certainy, yes. However, deer have been known to live with one lung. It certainly leaves them much more open to predators though with a blown out shoulder blade and one lung.
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Can I get some opinions?
