Shortest distance to recover your deer?
10-30-2007, 05:02 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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Shortest distance to recover your deer?
What's the shortest recovery you've ever had from point of impact to dead deer? I shot a big doe a few days ago that went22 yards from where my arrow was. It was a double lung and just nipped the heart. She didnt' really bolt out of there. She just hopped about 20 yards away , stopped, and fell over. She was actually in another shooting lane at that time and I could see the blood pumping out. Not sure if that was my shortest or not (with a bow), but it's the shortest I can remember in a long time.
10-30-2007, 05:09 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
my story is about the same as yours. double lunger, took everything off the top of the heart and passed right through..went 20 yards, stopped, looked around, tipped over dead. 21yd shot. i was surprised at the lack of a blood trail though...i tried back trailing to find my arrow. very sparse and only the last couple yards he went...but he was FULL inside...another second or 2 and it would been flowing like a river for sure..just never filled up to the holes...
i hope all my deer shot with a bow drop within sight...i dont like tracking deer, even if they are hit well.
i hope all my deer shot with a bow drop within sight...i dont like tracking deer, even if they are hit well.
10-30-2007, 05:09 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
I have had several drop where I shot them. My two most memerable was one time I had momma and her two little ones. I shot momma she dropped and the little ones stayed right there. I shot the first little one and he bolted with the other one right behind. About 5 mins later he came back so I shot him too.
Another time I had a little six point. I drilled him and he jumped when hit but then went right back to eating. He fell over about 30 secs or so later.
Another time I had a little six point. I drilled him and he jumped when hit but then went right back to eating. He fell over about 30 secs or so later.
10-30-2007, 05:16 AM
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RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
I shot a doe, last year at 7 yds. First shot literally pinned her to the ground. She went 0 yds. I ended up shooting her2 times in a short few seconds.
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10-30-2007, 05:22 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
Other than spine shots. 5 yds. It was a 10 yd shot, he went 5 yds sideways, i think he was about 12 yds from my tree when it was all said and done.
This was a perfect double lung, he just didn't run away at the shot.
This was a perfect double lung, he just didn't run away at the shot.
10-30-2007, 05:22 AM
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RE: Shortest distance to recover your deer?
About, 15 yards. The first one I ever killed w/ a bow, actually. I put a horrible shot on her, went in just above the spine and came out her back thigh. But I cut both the femoral artery and the one that runs down their back, and blood was squirting everwhere. She went down pretty fast.