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Old 11-03-2004 | 08:17 AM
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Handles
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Default Hit One, Tracking, NEED INPUT

Estimated 19" inside spread, 10 point with at least one drop tine
28 yd. shot, broadside, treestand aprox 16ft. high.
Arrow entered on right side, about 4" back from shoulder and 2" higher than center. DID NOT get full penetration but 29" arrow was burried to the flechtching.

Buck ran for about 40 yards then slowed to a walk, he went over the hill and I lost sight (80 yards total).
I gave him an hour and a half, started tracking, good bright red blood with bubbles (lung). Got over the hill and he started stumbling, some very thick bright red globs, but starting to see some darker blood. Jumped a deer but couldn't see it, blood trail followed that deer. Gave it an additional two hours, picked up the trail again, we are now about 300 yards from where he was shot. Still good blood, not little drops but "splashes" every few feet, less lung blood. Traveled another 100 yards on a side hill, he then made a sharp right turn down hill and quickly looped back up hill. his path makes a "P" (turn the P on its side so the loopy part points down) I lost the trail where the loop met back to the original, too dark but the blood was still fairly easy to follow. I'm afraid he went back on his own trail and then vered off somewhere. Besides saying "good luck and keep looking" Does anyone have any advise? Fairly open woods in this area with a few deadfalls, a small brushy pond at the bottom of the hill, a larger more open pond over the top of the hill about 3/4 mile away. Anyone ever use a dog to follow blood? I will get out there about 1:30 today at the earliest.
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