I hear what you are saying, IBM. Honestly, if I had more time during the summer and a place to shoot, I probably would be shooting just for the fun of it - probably recurve though and not the compound.
ORIGINAL: IL_BOW_MAN
I can track a deer with no blood - have done it plenty of times successfuly in 24 years of hunting.
I didn't like this quote all that much. If you are tracking wounded animals with no blood, that indicates a poorly placed shot in my book. 99% of the animals I have seen hit through the boiler room leave more than enough blood to track.
Never said they were all deer that
I shot. And yes, shots go bad. To assume no blood means I placed a bad shot isn't that smart. No disrespect, IBM, but think about the factors we face afield during that critical moment - twig we didn't see, deer jumps the string, deer is startled by another factor we can not control - other deer, other people, other animals, etc... So my point is, a shot will go south no matter how accurate or precise your shooting level. That is part of hunting. Part of hunting - the biggest part to me - is learning how to track an animal regardless of the circumstance. Say the arrow lodged in the shoulder after blowing through both lungs. This deer will leave very little blood on the ground after 30-50 yards. But the deer is running dead and will pile up after 80-100 yards or so. You gonna stop looking after finding no blood after a short track? No. Just something to think about.
