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Old 11-13-2007 | 11:43 AM
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Father Forkhorn
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You need to go back to the spot where you saw it beaded down and look for a blood trail. You didn't mention this at all in your post. When I say look for a blood trail I mean any ounce of blood means you need to track that deer.
A friendly addition to bigpapa's excellent remarks: Even not finding blood doesn't mean you should quit--they may not bleed much. The bleeding may be mostly internal. Follow the deer in the direction it ran. If there's no blood, clipped hair, or other evidence of a hit, search everywhere you can--especially heavy cover nearby. I've found them by simply going in the path of least resistance from the point I last saw them--they tend to end up downhill in my experience. Be alert and be ready to shoot in case it's not expired. It may jump up and you need to be ready to finish it off.

A pair of binoculars is useful. keep scanning the cover around you, whether with binocs or without.
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