Tale of woe lost deer, help
A tale of woe, Opening day for deer in Oregon today and I was out bright and early with lots of bow practice under my belt To keep this short I heard some deer about 70 yards or so behind me and moved along a quiet dirt path towards the apparent crossing. It is really thick here less than 20 yards mostly. The deer worked their way down hill to me and one presents a broad side at 10 yards with a small bit of brush close to her and about 7 yards from me. I am surprised to get my bow up aimed and let fly thunk I hit a tree about 6 feet out and 2 feet to the right of the aim path. I’m thinking what the *** and manage to fit another arrow and let fly, thunk another tree to the right. Looking at the bow I notice the left of 3 arrow guides silencer rubber tube is about off and apparently guiding my arrow severely to the right. I push it back on and the deer is still looking at me broadside at 10 yards which amazes me. I shoot again and the deer moves off. Oh the rubber guide is now gone. The Blacktail deer snorts back from 30 yards or so, at which distance I can’t see her. Snorted ad longer and longer distances four more times. I say snort but it sounded like wheezing and I figured she was coughing up blood. Any way after 3 hours of trailing no arrow no blood and no sign. I used all the wood craft of 56 years and still no sign. Any thoughts? What about the snorting is this normal for blacktail? The snorting gave me a pretty straight line of travel to follow and I hit all the trail forks.