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Old 12-02-2005 | 08:55 AM
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Default Question on a shot earlier this year?

Opening day bow season in PA found me in an old tree stand that I had a shot a buck out of a few years ago. At like 7:30, a nice 6 point buck passed by my stand and i drew on him at like 15 yards but couldn't get him to stop. He walked off and worked a tree just out of my sight. 10 minutes later i caught movement out of the corner of my eye and he was about 35 yards away. Another hunter have gotten up to take a piss and jumped the buck back to me. I ranged a huge tree he would pass by at 34. I didn't check whether it was 34 yards or meters. It ended up being 34 meters which equals 37 yards. I am very confident out to 40 yards and it was a clearing with no branches or anything in the way. I grunted and stopped in broadside exactly next to the tree. i took aim and let her fly. i thought that i had missed the buck but waited about 1.5 hours and went down to find the arrow. When i found it, all i found was a small patch of white hair and the air looked like it was covered in fat....not a drop of blood on the arrow, not a drop of blood found. i went back, had lunch and went to look for the deer at 2 pm. Ijust zig zaged the area where he ran after the shot but nothing..........so my question is do you think this deer will live? Where did that arrow hit? i thought that i missed him so i am guessing extremely low below the chest, just enough to make it through the hide....what do you think? thanks
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