Originally Posted by
SteveBNy
No - he searched 6 hours the next day after backing out on a questionable hit - did the right thing.
Several jumped him on the other thread WITHOUT reading the whole post.
Excuse me but, maybe you should go back and read the entire post yourself! If you had read it as you claim others have not, then maybe you would see why he was originally being "jumped on"! This is what he originally posted, the part in caps is what he went back and added after editing his post the day after because people were telling him, including myself to get back out and look for that deer which is exactly what should have happened with the info from the original post!!! Maybe you should check your facts before accusing others of something you don't know about. Also to the OP, what do you expect with what you had originally posted?! You said you wounded a deer and stopped tracking after only 40 yards,you damn right people are going to jump on you for that! One more thing, it appears you just assume you only got 3" of penetration just because it was a shoulder shot? How do you know how much penetration you got? I myself have made and seen many shoulder shots with plenty of penetration to kill including one I made a few years back on a doe that ended up going about 100 yards. Just curious as to where the penetration numbers are coming from since this appears to be your basis for giving up the search. This was his original post followed by what he added the next day...
Hunted a piece of property tonight that the lady doesnt like rifle hunting. So i brought my bow up started out nice it was snowing saw 5 does rite away then all of a sudden a 5 point appeard. He walked within range I took the shot and got him in the shoulder so i got 3 inches of penetration I heard the pop wen the arrow hit and my heart just sunk. If youv read my past posts this season is adding up to be the most frustrating season of my life. I followed his blood in the snow for 40 yrds and retreated cause it got dark.
This is what he added the following day...
I WENT BACK THIS MORNING AND SEARCHED FOR 6 HOURS AND FOUND NOTHING
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Last edited by scribbler444; Yesterday at 01:22 PM.