ORIGINAL: DubsOnD
I am hunting forthe first year w/ a long time friend of mine on some public land and he's never killed a deer w/ his bow but this year he had his first shot on a doe and shot her in the arse. He said that she was standing still at about 25 yards away and as soon as he saw brown in his peep he let it fly, he doesn't even remember seeing his pin. Needless to say the doe trotted off w/ his arrow flopping in her rear. My question to the board is, What do I do or suggest to him????? He feels bad, and I don't know if it is my place to tell him what to do or what I would even tell him if I did say something. Please help.
Did you try and recover the deer?? The femoral artery can drop a deer as fast as anything else........as bad a shot as it was there is still hope......she may even bed down due to the pain of having her hams pierced.......maybe allowing for a follow up stalk.
Can he shoot??...........if he is a dead eye shot and just freaked out then all you can tell him is he needs to control himself better. If he can't shoot worth a darn to begin with then he should not be shooting at 25 yards.
Only you and him know the answers to the above............and only you guys can decide if he is a capable hunter with a bow at this time. Maybe he just spazzed out.........and maybe he is a spaz.......you decide and be honest with him before he cripples a half dozen deer this year.
What was the recovery effort like?........obviously you guys didn't find her.