I feel dumb right now
10-28-2002 | 06:53 AM
#12
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Monroe Iowa USA
RE: I feel dumb right now
White hair is a low hit. A deer has only white hair on it's belly. legs or chest. If you have white hair it's not a good hit. Things will happen some time that we all feel bad about but, thats life. We also learn from are misstakes and a good bowhunter will correct them himself and move on.
Bowdon
Bowdon
10-28-2002 | 07:41 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Montgomery IL USA
RE: I feel dumb right now
NYBOWHUNTER11 makes an EXCELLENT point about treelines.
Opening day of WI archery season last year I liver shot a doe. Not a hit I like or try for, but a very lethal one none the less. Back out, give it 4 hours, then come back and get your deer. No problem.
Well, some tresspassers came through about 30 minutes after the shot, and right in the bedding area that the doe headed for. We had a little discussion, they left, and I hoped like heck she was already dead.
Came back about 3 hours later and started tracking. Found a good trail, and where she HAD bedded down, right at the corner of the property. 200 acres of corn on one side and 20 acres of CRP on the other, and a row of trees inbetween. No blood, no sign of the deer anywhere.
We searched both fields that night, and the entire next day. Still no deer. On the third day we decided to walk the treeline, all the way down. Found her tucked under a bunch of brush about 150 yards from where she had previously bedded.
Lost two days of hunting and some meat, but I don't think I was ever happier to find a deer in my life.
JRW
Opening day of WI archery season last year I liver shot a doe. Not a hit I like or try for, but a very lethal one none the less. Back out, give it 4 hours, then come back and get your deer. No problem.
Well, some tresspassers came through about 30 minutes after the shot, and right in the bedding area that the doe headed for. We had a little discussion, they left, and I hoped like heck she was already dead.
Came back about 3 hours later and started tracking. Found a good trail, and where she HAD bedded down, right at the corner of the property. 200 acres of corn on one side and 20 acres of CRP on the other, and a row of trees inbetween. No blood, no sign of the deer anywhere.
We searched both fields that night, and the entire next day. Still no deer. On the third day we decided to walk the treeline, all the way down. Found her tucked under a bunch of brush about 150 yards from where she had previously bedded.
Lost two days of hunting and some meat, but I don't think I was ever happier to find a deer in my life.
JRW
