Originally Posted by
Short Track Hunter
I shot a deer low in the brisket 1 year. Plenty of blood. Blood on the asphalt pavement where it ran across the road to the next county. I tracked this deer all afternoon, and then again the next morning. The last drop of blood I saw was on the pavement. Then it just vanished.
I even went to the home depot & brought loppers to get through the laurel. I cut down brush, another guy helped me on his hands & knees. I was bummed out for 2 weeks. Big mature doe....
That is the reason I gave up Bow hunting for Deer. Trailed one through about a mile of Chaparral (I may be exaggerating a bit) felt like two miles, mostly on my hands and knees. It was morning and getting hot quick, the trip back dragging that sucker three feet at a time took hours, I about had a heart attack.