Originally Posted by
Valentine
Archers are made on the archery practice range.
I still don't know why shooters who miss use blood drops.
They could be looking for a whole deer laying there. Or don't use a compass to find a deer that is suppose to be laying 50 or 100 yards from getting shot. Of course, you have to make a good shot to do that.
Guess most know they made a poor shot and no deer is going to be found close by.
Another perfectly no sense answer. Just this past firearm season I shot a doe that was spooky, knew I was there in the pop up blind. I shot her at 71yds with my scoped .460 pistol with a 225grn Horn Flex-Tip at 1975fps with a slightly high, behind the shoulder shot, from shooting sticks while sitting down, saw the exit hole as she turned towards the woods. She jumped straight up and took off with the one next to her. Never went in a straight line at all. Zig zagged the whole way. No compass help there!!! It was 10 mins before end of shooting time. Several large lung clots at impact area, dwindled to drops within 10yds. Lost blood trail before she hit the timber 20yds away. Got dark and was quite cold. Went home and came back in the AM with back up. She was 75yds inside the timber, bottom of hill in wet lands. Lung/heart area blown to just red water.