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hit a buck kinda high tonight like 4 inch off the top of the deer but it was only about 7 yards out what are the chances of catching one lung? and how long will the deer take to die? i decided to wait until tom morning real early to go out.

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Were you shooting from a treestand? Did you look for your arrow or find blood? You may have caught the aortic artery if you were lucky. You did the right thing to wait until the morning. Good luck!

BTW: how big was the buck?

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yea shooting form a stand... my arrow didnt shoot all the way thru the feathers were the only part that didnt go in.. anice 6 pointer im pretty excited haha

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I would say wake up in the morning and go get him. Im a little puzzled as to why the arrow didnt pass thru completely? Other opinons?

Dont forget the pics!

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the high tempfor tomrrowis supposed to be in thelow 50's and the low is suposed to be in the 30's.About how long does it take for athe meat to go bad on a deer in this temp? it gets light around 7am but i have clas at 9:30 what and get done at 12. that doesnt give me much time to track but will the meat be bad if i go back out at 12 after class?

sorry for all the questions!

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oh yea forgot to mention haha i hit a tree on the way out of my hunting spot becasue i was looking over at some deer! cracked my winshield and screwed up my tire. If i dont find this deer ill be pretty darn upset =/

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Good luck Dude.:( Not a good vital shot between the lungs and backbone. A high shot as that will produce very little blood making trailing very difficult. There may even be a possibility that the wound may fester over and heal. See if youcan get a dog while the scent is fresh would be a good possibility also. That type of shot is a very tough find, but do everything you possibly can do to find it ASAP.

Bobby

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You'll be fine on the temp Here in Oregon Its 90 deg. during our bow season and about 50 at night I just gut and skin as soon as possible and I have hung meat in the shade in game bags for two days in 70 Plus and not had one go bad yet. Take some Hydrogen poroxide in a spray bottle with you in the morning it'll fome up when it hits blood. Good luck

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good luck

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Well if you hit him high, you must have hit him ABOVE the spine, otherwise you would have either spined him, or double lunged him. If you were high enoug in the tree and the deer was only 7 yrds out, its possible you could have caught one lung on the other side, but thats not likely. Last time I hit a deer high about the spine my feathers were sticking out just like yours and there was NOT a drop of blood.

Get out and look, and good luck. Hope you find him.

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I'd think that deer is still walking around with a flesh wound.jmho.

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Let us know how it went. The meat should be fine I would think. Smell it and see ...if you recover the deer GOOD LUCK.

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7 yds away, and you were in a tree, your entrance hole should be high. You'll most likely have gotten the near lung and all the blood vessels coming out of the top of the heart. Should have gave it an hour and picked up your deer last night. I don't see why you won't have him found before your 1st class

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when i was in high school, i hit a big six point high. my dad and i trailed it the next morning for 6 hours. there was no blood until he ran up next to a tree and snapped the arrow of. from then on, there was some blood. just enough to follow the trail. never found him. my dad's buddy say the same deer 2 weeks later in a field. the only reason we knew it was him, was because his rack was bleach white. hope you find him.

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get right out there at first light and search.bring help if you can.miss class if you need(or go in late)be ethical and try to find the deer.dont just quit you owe it to the deer.its called being a responsible hunter.good luck and keep us posted

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Wonder if he found it?

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no such luck, looked up and down for over 4 hourswith 2 buddies no blood casue it ended up raining last night i did end up finding my arrow 60 yards from my tree. i guess you win some and you lose some (literaly). I spend all year working hard for opertunitys like this and yet something always goes wrong. Ill give it a week of thought and ALOT of practice becasue im not going to give up that easy. thanks for all your advice. ill get one on here shortly with a story and pics dont worry

thanks,
-Brian

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I was hoping he was in the bag. Better luck next time!

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skip class!!!!
i had to do that last year cuz i was worried about coyotes getting to it first.
good luck and make sure you let us know n get some pictures.