I found my buck 23 days later. I shot this buck on November 8, 2008 @ 2:30PM. We looked for this buck everyday for 3 weeks and the only thing we found was a small trace of blood where he was standing after the shot. Anyway I received a phone call on December 1, 2008 for the property owner. They were riding their horses on a trail not too far away from my ground blind and rode up on a buck in the trail. It was just lying there with its head down. They went over to it and it was dead. Come to find out it was the buck I had shot back in November. I shot the buck in the upper front legs. The deer appeared to have a bad infection from the shot and finally expired. I feel terrible that the buck had to sufferfor 23 daysbut then I am also relieved that we finally found this buck and I can now sleep at night.
He accually died in front of them so the meat was still good but I donated it. Here is a pic of him on the trail cam back in September of this year. He lost a bunch of weight during those 23 days.
23 Days Later A Delaware Buck Story
