Recovery help asap
10-06-2008, 06:40 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Recovery help asap
This months "Bow Hunter magazine has a story about recovering deer and the author found his buck will the aid of his GPS by using the tracking feature while he searched after several hours he looked at the screen to see where he had not searched,thats where he found the deer.
10-06-2008, 06:54 AM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
RE: Recovery help asap
I would try again to locate a blood trail. Ingood light you can see things you'll miss with a flashlight. If that is not successful, I would then plan a very systemmatic search, like walking a grid within 300 yds of the last place he was seen or heard. Break it down into manageable blocks or search units and just keep at it. If that doesn't work, then broaden the search area.
In general, look in the thickest cover, and also spots where the bedded deer could watch his backtrail, such as a knoll. Wounded deer will often go to water, so ditches, creeks and ponds should be checked. Don't overlook little bits of cover in open areas. Deer will hide in th eopen sometimes, because they can see when something is following them.
I found a deerItracked for about 300 ydsin the middle ofa small field, where a large rock prevented the farmer from cutting the hay. Eventually a few shrubs and weeds grew up around the rock. That 15' x 15' spot of cover was where that deer wanted to be.
That deer should be dead and recoverable, so stay at it.
In general, look in the thickest cover, and also spots where the bedded deer could watch his backtrail, such as a knoll. Wounded deer will often go to water, so ditches, creeks and ponds should be checked. Don't overlook little bits of cover in open areas. Deer will hide in th eopen sometimes, because they can see when something is following them.
I found a deerItracked for about 300 ydsin the middle ofa small field, where a large rock prevented the farmer from cutting the hay. Eventually a few shrubs and weeds grew up around the rock. That 15' x 15' spot of cover was where that deer wanted to be.
That deer should be dead and recoverable, so stay at it.
10-06-2008, 08:01 AM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
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RE: Recovery help asap
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
Deer shot in the stomach and intestines do not usually jump kick and take off like that. I don't think you hit quite as far back as you may think. I think you probably got the liver mostly. I don't understand though, how you got a pass through, but the deer carried the arrow 20 yards?
Hard hit deer typically take the path of least resistance. Last night, I helped a friend track a gut shot deer (so I found out later... got some bad intel from him initially) and that deer went into a ditch we had to slide down in, and then went back up a place I wouldn't expect a healthy deer to normally travel. The deer laid up in the creek... if you didn't bump him... a liver shot deer will usually bolt like you described, and lay up inside 80 yards. If you don't fool with them, they will usually die in less than an hour. If you bump them, they can and will go several hundred yards. I would look in that ravine and other low lying areas... blowdowns etc..... there is an excellant chance the deer did not travel far, and bedded up and will be dead in short order.
Deer shot in the stomach and intestines do not usually jump kick and take off like that. I don't think you hit quite as far back as you may think. I think you probably got the liver mostly. I don't understand though, how you got a pass through, but the deer carried the arrow 20 yards?
Hard hit deer typically take the path of least resistance. Last night, I helped a friend track a gut shot deer (so I found out later... got some bad intel from him initially) and that deer went into a ditch we had to slide down in, and then went back up a place I wouldn't expect a healthy deer to normally travel. The deer laid up in the creek... if you didn't bump him... a liver shot deer will usually bolt like you described, and lay up inside 80 yards. If you don't fool with them, they will usually die in less than an hour. If you bump them, they can and will go several hundred yards. I would look in that ravine and other low lying areas... blowdowns etc..... there is an excellant chance the deer did not travel far, and bedded up and will be dead in short order.
10-06-2008, 03:16 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
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RE: Recovery help asap
Liver shot deer need 4-6 hours on the ground. Hitting the liver will cause INTERNAL Hemorrhage. The deer should bed down within a few hundred yards. Also I firmly believe the deer will take the path of least resistance IF it is not jumped. After that its hard to tell. I just recovered a liver shot deer and I took out 1 lung. The deer ran about 500 yards AFTER I jumped him. Get a buddy and one of you stay on blood, the other make large circles and you'll find him. Dont give up
10-06-2008, 05:29 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ELK GROVE CA USA
Posts: 1,251
RE: Recovery help asap
ORIGINAL: PABrent
Liver shot deer need 4-6 hours on the ground. Hitting the liver will cause INTERNAL Hemorrhage. The deer should bed down within a few hundred yards. Also I firmly believe the deer will take the path of least resistance IF it is not jumped. After that its hard to tell. I just recovered a liver shot deer and I took out 1 lung. The deer ran about 500 yards AFTER I jumped him. Get a buddy and one of you stay on blood, the other make large circles and you'll find him. Dont give up
Liver shot deer need 4-6 hours on the ground. Hitting the liver will cause INTERNAL Hemorrhage. The deer should bed down within a few hundred yards. Also I firmly believe the deer will take the path of least resistance IF it is not jumped. After that its hard to tell. I just recovered a liver shot deer and I took out 1 lung. The deer ran about 500 yards AFTER I jumped him. Get a buddy and one of you stay on blood, the other make large circles and you'll find him. Dont give up
buttom line do the norm and check downhill and path of least resistance,... then check the none norm