BooneAndCrockett

Thanks for posting this it really helps!

uncle matt

Uh oh. Time for some more practice huh?

As far as was it 25 yards?30 yards?35 yards? I always wantsome sort of positive natural range markers like a weed patch or specific branch in my shooting lanes. But of course those are not always readily available. So then I tie gift wrapping ribbon on branches or even surveying sticks to assure correct yardage calculations at 20/25/30 yards.

Good luck and ......... "Wack 'em good so you ain't gotta track 'em good!"

cowboy4513

I have shot plenty of deer i dont need more practice i have never had this problem thats why asked if anyone had any experience with this

uncle matt

Misses donot make thuds.Is your arrow maybe sticking in a tree trunk?

cowboy4513

i know what hitting a tree sounds like it was a hollow noise and since there where no trees behind him, so dont be a smart ass im asking for help and feedbackthats why i jumped on the forums and asked for feedbackfrom other hunters

deepwoodsdrifter

There isnt any reason to be calling names. You came on and asked for opinions and uncle matt gave you one. In all the other forums im in you wouldnt last long acting like that.

cowboy4513

cmon man you dont think that it was disrespectful to tell ask me the way he did by quoting me then asking if it was in a tree trunk, cmon that just reaks of sarcasm if it wasnt i apoligize if not i stand by what i said

Windwalker7

How did the deer run after the second shot/

Tail tucked?

Hunched up or normal?

fast or slow?

nctaxi

Shot a doe yesterday, I knew it was a good hit, shoulder. She bled very, and I mean very little, for the first 75 yards. It was all I could do to track her, and I have killed a lot of deer, but she was the first that didn't bleed good. At least at first, after 75 yrds it looked like someone exploded, blood everywhere, 20 yrds farther there she was. I have shot deer that didn't appear to react, at all, then the boiler started unloading.
cowboy - I know things sound sarcastic sometimes on the computer but they are trying to help. Go back and microscope search. Find leaves turned, look for specs of blood, etc. If you missed, and if you hit, FIND YOUR ARROW. The arrow tells it all. If you missed, it should be there, if you hit and had pass through, it should be there. If you hit the deer and the arrow didn't pass through, find the arrow. I know this sounds like I am harking on finding the arrow, cause I am. If you can't find anything start calling your friends and get a grid search started. If for nothing else, just to find the arrow, but someone will find blood if you hit it. Hoep it helps

cowboy4513

thank you very much nctaxi and windwalker it ran fast not hunched up and tail was up thats why i think i missed and the area that i was at it is very grassy and i had the wrong colored fletchings for it so im going to have to go in the morning with a metal detector, and i went out tonight to look again and i thought i saw the same buck but i could have been mistaken because most of the gentecis out there are all the same.