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If anyone remembers these photos form last year.....they show a similar shot placement wound on a doe I hit on a hard quartering shot. I found the deer dead, over a week later.....and not from this wound. She'd gotten caught up in a pasture fence. She was not dead the day before these photos were taken. I hunted that spot the day before.

It won't make you feel any better about injuring her.....but if you hit her where you say you did.....you should know she'll probably be fine.

ALL we can do is try our best.......shoot ethical shots....and give it our ALL on our recovery efforts. We can't....and shouldn't be EXPECTED to do any more. All we can give them is our respect and our "all" in our recovery efforts. That's what we owe them.

I hope you get to see her again.....in better circumstances than mine. I KNOW (in my heart) I didn't kill this deer. I still think about the shot, though....and I had no limb to attribute mine to.

Get back on the horse, Jenna. You're a good little huntress.

How I found her......



Close-up of the wound.

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Get thru the mourning and sadnessthat comes from wounding adeer then put it out of your mind the best you can and get back in the stand. We've been there before too, some more than once.

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hey chick i hope ur feeling better today i know u was really up set yesturday when we couldnt find her i thought for sure my self that once i got there we would find her cuz 4eyes are better than 2but it happens u know all u got to do is give me a ring an we can go back out an look some more i believe that she is still alive i talk to a few ppl last nightan they saidshe might be alivean she will heal toso get back out there an getremember an time u needhelp getting one out or tracking one call me i will be there

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Very well said all i can say is i cant believe you guys with the negative post i was there with her looking for that deer we looked an looked for blood started trying to find tracks an fall them an then we just started walking around hoping to see her laying there yall needto show a lil more compassion i seen how cruched she was she put her dam time in looking for that deer so cut her some slack my grandpa all ways used to say if u cant say anything nice dont say nothing at all just makes me so mad that a hunter truns to her hunting brothers an sisters for help an compassion an u show her that kinda love makes me sick best thing i think for u rude poster to do is when u read something like this just pass it up an go find someone else to pick on i am sure i will have a post something like this this year maybe not the same thing an if u wanna come be negative to me then come on i will have a few choice words for u seams to me like some of u like to think ur better than others an thats bad we all need to stick together an help one another out i try to be a man of very few words so to end this i will just say to the ones that want to be crackers to ppl that post post like these just go on dont say anything to them because they are all ready hurt the dont need u to come make them feel any lower than what they all ready feel an to all of u that are being very recpectful to her an showing her the compassion we should show her an u know who uare I THANK YOUVERY MUCHi guess there are some good people still left in this world

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I just want to say thanks to everyone with the positive encouragement. I was and still am pretty worked up about it.

Readin your alls postive words has helped me alot.

:)THANKS TO EVERYONE!:)

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;)Your welcome!!

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Hi Jenna - I just saw this.

I don't think I could say it any better than several already have... so I will not even try!

Keep you chin up!

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I had a rocky start to my deer hunting career, I injured and lost two deer with a shotgun in consecutive years and was really getiing discouraged. But rather than giving up I spent more time a the range, saved for better equipment and did more pre-season scouting. I let my failures become a motivator and last year (my 4th year hunting) I took an 8 pointer 16 inch spread with a bow and ten pointer with a rifle. People make mistakes all you can do is learn from them and let it make you a better hunter. get back out there and good luck!

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Most have said it, but I'll say it again. Everyone looses a deer, if you haven't then you're just plain lucky. Deer are pretty resilliant animals. I've seen countless deer taken during the firearm season with arrows broken off in there shoulders, broadheads even still in them. With how high that hit was and with the Velocity taken off by the branch. I wouldn't worry. If you but in your best effort then you have nothing to worry about. It happens in hunting. Get back in the stand and good luck! Im sure your next one will be a clean kill!

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Stick with it. I shot my first deer at 11 years old with 40 pounds. Stay in that 20 yard range...and arrow placement...placement...placement...thats where its at. 40 - 80 pounds...thats where its at.

Brian