With a trail like that he was probably only a few feet away from where ya stopped. We want pictures and a full story when you find him! Good Luck!

Good luck finding him,

Is it just me or does that blood look really dark?....I am thinking he was at more of an angle than you thought, or the arrow deflected back....caught one lung then the liver, gutson the way out?....regardless he is dead, now find him.

You won't necessarily get that from a single lung.

From the pic of the spray on the sampling though (and well past it), it sure seems like something major was hit. Coulddefinitely be a major vessel.

I'd expect a recovery.

Good news we did find him not far from where we quit lastnight. Even better news, there was nothing left of his heart???Its like it exploded. Never seen anything like that with a bow. It was slightly quartered away. I have never seen blood spray out of a deer like this one upon the shot. it was like taking a canof paint and dropping onto the ground from 100 feet up. I will post pics of him tonight. Heres the kicker, this buck only has 4 or 5teeth left on the bottom and absolutely no teeth on the top. How could this buck even have survived?? We are guessing 5 1/2 - 6 1/2 years old maybe older and going down hill quick.. Wont know for sure till we totally pull the jaw. We havent put him on the scale yet but were guessing 160-165 lbs. This is the same buck I have been trying to take out of the heard for quite sometime, how I know this is because he has a large amount of white on one hoof, the others are all dark.

Deer don't have top teeth, except in the back.
Congrats on finding him.

yea thats what i meant the top back, i slid my fingers all the way back and around, there are no top teeth. [&:]

Great work on the buck, cant wait to see the pics.

congrats!

congrats can't wait to see the pics of him