He is still alive!!...... after goofed up archery shot

[hunter74079]

Well if some of you remeber I was excited to have this huge buck on my property this year and previously posted about him. Our bow season here in Oklahoma starts Oct 1st through Jan 15th. I shot my doe Oct 3rd with the new rage broadheads and she only went 40 yds before being DRT(dead right there). I changed after using muzzys for several years and the rage worked as advertised on the doe. On Oct 4th I was back out in the treestand looking for this big boy. I was expecting the deer to come in from one way and concentrating hard on that area. About 15 min before dark a happen to glance over my right shoudler and see this buck walking behind my treeestand where I didnt expect him to come from. It was deep in the woods and I had ranged all the trees. I drew my bow back and stopped him with a soft grunt. I thought in my mind he was 30 yards so I released an arrow. The shot went high on his back and he darted off quickly. After waiting about 30 minutes I got down and checked my arrow. The arrow only had about 6 to 7 inches of blood on it and the 2 blade rage was broke off with the o ring and insert still screwed in. I knew it was a bad shot so I imediately walked straight out of the woods. I waited till the next morning approx 12 hours till I went back. I picked up a quick blood trail and it was easy to track. I tracked it approx 800 to 900 yards before it dried up. I considered still alive but had it in the back of my mind he was dead somewhere. I looked for buzzards and crows for the next week and never saw any. After watching this buck all summer it was like losing a family member. LOL I was ready to sell all my hunting stuff and quit. After realizing this was stupid I got back out there and I am at it again. After checking my cameras Friday I was very shocked to see this buck back eating corn again! You can see where the messed up shot hit high on his back. I was 20 ft up and after ranging it again was only 24 yds. He showed back up on camera under the same tree I shot him in approx 15 days later. I have got approx 250 pictures of him since Aug on several different cameras.

Please tell me what you think. I am not blaming any broadhead or mechanical error just got excited and to quick of a shot. Thanks for the replies in advance.

[sandilands]

He looks to healthy to me.... I hope you get another shot at him

[nchawkeye]

I'm not following what happened to the head, can you post up a pic???

[Rhody Hunter]

nice deer . looks like you might have got it just over the spine. looks like he is recovering well.good luck finding him again and getting that kill shot

[hillrunner]

That buck is a stud! Back in 03 I put the exact same hit on a 130 inch 8. A little less than a week later I ended up killing that buck from a different stand( rut was on). I hope you have the same luck!

[NCBloodtrailer]

I did the same thing to a buck last year on Oct 28th. My arrow went right through his backstraps and I had a bloodtrail that carried on for quite a while. About 2 1/2 weeks later I saw him from stand and got video of him and his wound looked just about the same as your buck. Looked healthy to me, just as this one does. Goodluck

[bigtim6656]

Glad to see i am not the only one who did something very similer. Glad he is ok for now atleast. I still wonder if the young doe i wounded is alive. I will till i see her.

[halfbakedi420]

well ya better get him this year cause chances are the trama will reduce his antler size next year!

[early in]

Wow, is all I can say! I would have been sick after missing that bad boy. He's a hoss of a buck. Great pics by the way. Good luck getting a second chance at him.

[Phil from Maine]

Good luck at getting another chance at him.. Hopefully it was just a nick oh him and the blades broke off when the arrow hit the ground.. I hope you get him if he allows another chance..