8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

While bow hunting on Sunday, October 29, for my first season using a cross bow, I had a 8 point buck rubbing a small tree immediately over my right shoulder. He was aggressively rubbing which gave me the opportunity to turn sharply for the shot. I had to make two separate, strained, turns to get in position and never thought I would be able to even get a chance given the moves I had to make. To my surprise, he was still rubbing like crazy and I took the shot. I made the hit and in my excitement, and inexperience, I only waited a few minutes before climbing down from my stand. Once my husband arrived, we tracked him for about 2 hours following what was a good blood trail. We finally gave up for the night and like a kid on Christmas morning, I got up early the next morning and drug my husband back out to help me track more. The two of us, and a friend we called in for additional help, searched again for about 3 hours. We lost the blood trail and were forced to give up. For the next few days I was desperate to find the buck as it would be my first ... but no luck. To our surprise, ten days later, the buck has appeared at our feeder -- arrow sticking out and all and was eating corn. The fletchings are still in good shape and we can only assume the arrow is stuck in a rib or bone and he cannot reach it. Thanks to the trail camera I at least know he did not die in the woods and my first potential mount was lost forever!

I have tried (SEVERAL times) to post the photo ... keeps saying file is too large but it's only 32KB ... any suggestions??

RE: lost 8pt buck - found him eating 10 days later with arrow sticking out!
 

Go to Photobucket and open and account, you can resize photos and post them here. IT is FREE. Upload your pictures to Photobucket, then use them to host your pictures to upload to web sites. It's the easiest way.

RE: lost 8pt buck - found him eating 10 days later with arrow sticking out!
 

Wow.
That's really something being able to see proof that he's still out there.

Good luck taking him down soon.
Can't wait to see the pic.

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please please please post the pics im dying to see it. not often you hear of a deer with the arrow still in it and ive never seen a pic of one.

RE: lost 8pt buck - found him eating 10 days later with arrow sticking out!
 

Here's a pic of one...

RE: lost 8pt buck - found him eating 10 days later with arrow sticking out!
 

thats one tough deer

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

Now that is one tough deer!

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welcome to the forum and that;s one tough deer. That looks like a aft lung shot are a liver shot should have been dead!!

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Thats a good picture,but he will probably set up infection and not make it..In rifle season last year i seen a fat little buck eating acorns and noticed something sticking out of his throat ,it was an arrow shaft and the hole had been walered out as big as a softball,and white puss was dripping off of it .So i put him down but when i got to him the infection was so bad and smelled like nothing i have ever seen i was not gona be eating that deer so i took his horns and left the rest.PS the wound looked to be a month old.so if you get a chance to finish your deer even if its with a rifle it needs to be done.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

How long are your bolts, how much of the bolt is in him. What poundage are you shooting. You should have gotten more penetration than that. Ribs are not that hard to bust thru.

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I have shot high like that and had them live but it was always a pass through shot.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

Take him out during the rifle season.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

I think the buck pic that greg posted is NOT the lady that started the threads post buck. Correct?

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

i don't think that is the one she shot either.... but i do want to see the other pic of hers...

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

wild

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Yeah, the pic Greg posted is not the same buck. Look at the date on the pic. Whoever shot that deer had a good shot on him though.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

Deer never cease to amaze.

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Yea, if he doesnt remove it and even then, hes lible to die from infection. Especially when the winter hits hard.

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How can a deer live through a shot like that? It may be a bit further back, but still should've gotten liver and the deer should be laying somewhere dead. Even a paunch shot - and it doesn't appear to be that far back - would have eventually killed this deer. He's a touch one

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

looks like a good shot.....nice buck get him next time

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id think that deer was dead if i saw my arrow hit there. i cant believe that deer is still walking around.

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My grandfather owned a butchershop and to supplement income did many deer upwards of 75-100 per year. I can't tell you how many broadheads parts of arrows slugs we found in deer that were in excellent shape and completely healed. We found a part of a branch in one old bucks gut that was as wide as a humans arm no ill effects were shown on the outside except the scare on the hide. Trust me gramps would get so ticked when he hit those broadheads they sure do a number on the hobart meat saw, . those blades aren't cheap. Its also amazing 1 buck a rather large fellow had probably 6-7 what appeared to be 22 bullets lodged just under the hide between skull and hide 1 had partially cracked the skull all were older like beginning of bow season old but hunter said he showed no ill affects as he was acting normally the morning he had shot him in shotgun season. In conclusion some may die of infection but with cooler temps in the fall lack of flys etc more heal than you think!

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Why he must be half cat with 9 lives...now down to 8....lol....i dont know what to say, and i thought things like this only happened to me lol, maybe you can catch him again and try another arrow...lol.....wish ya luck...also thanks for posting this....

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That is a nice looking buck and I sure hope someone will get him soon!:(

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This pic was shown on another bowhunting site last year, along with 2 or 3 other pics of the same buck at the same bait pile. The pics are clearly photoshopped. This was the best pic out of the group. The other pics that were shown even had different colored fletchings.
If this buck really had an arrow stuck there, he wouldn't be eating at a bait pile.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

Sorry man, but that's my pic, no photoshopping! The pic is real.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

Sorry Greg. I thought you were posting the pic for the person that started this thread. I do know for a fact that this was posted on another site last year though. I'll see if I can find it.

RE: 8pt I 'shot' but he's walking around w/arrow
 

that picture made the rounds last year, so if its yours, it isn't the lady that started this thread.

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how can it live? man i would be pretty upset.