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RE: Tracking Tip?
I’m not so keen on marking the last place you saw the deer. I think a mental note is better. The deer could be bedded 10 yards from where you last saw it. I make lots of mental notes, though.....and inside 25yds....I think I can find the POI pretty easily (always have). I wouldn't mark the last place I saw the deer unless I KNEW I smoked it. Otherwise....I sneak out when I do get down....and come back later. Discerning the condition of the arrow always tells me how far I can proceed.....but I've gotten to where I back out every time unless I see the deer go down. |
RE: Tracking Tip?
Original: rybohunter I cannot disagree more with the first one. Sit there and don’t move. Gather as many mental markers as you can regarding impact & last place seen. Physically moving to those spots to mark them is dumb. ORIGINAL: GMMAT I’m not so keen on marking the last place you saw the deer. I think a mental note is better. The deer could be bedded 10 yards from where you last saw it. I make lots of mental notes, though.....and inside 25yds....I think I can find the POI pretty easily (always have). I wouldn't mark the last place I saw the deer unless I KNEW I smoked it. Otherwise....I sneak out when I do get down....and come back later. Discerning the condition of the arrow always tells me how far I can proceed.....but I've gotten to where I back out every time unless I see the deer go down. |
RE: Tracking Tip?
I usually go to where I shot right after the deer is out of sight, at check the spot/arrow if I feel I hit him. Then I'll get back in the tree and wait, or back out depending on the situation.
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RE: Tracking Tip?
Well, I sort of assumed that it was a "given" that your butt stays in your stand after the shot. That's just common sense. When I responded, I was talking about when you DO finally get down to check your arrow. I didn't see anywhere in the original post that said "immediately after the shot". I was reading while my daughter had her endoscopy yesterday and the article said that after you make the shot and the deer disappears out of sight, instead of waiting before tracking you should get down and put a marker at the spot where you hit the deer and then another marker at the spot you last saw the deer, and then wait. This will help keep you accurate when you start to track. |
RE: Tracking Tip?
ORIGINAL: GMMAT Well, I sort of assumed that it was a "given" that your butt stays in your stand after the shot. That's just common sense. When I responded, I was talking about when you DO finally get down to check your arrow. I didn't see anywhere in the original post that said "immediately after the shot". I was reading while my daughter had her endoscopy yesterday and the article said that after you make the shot and the deer disappears out of sight, instead of waiting before tracking you should get down and put a marker at the spot where you hit the deer and then another marker at the spot you last saw the deer, and then wait. This will help keep you accurate when you start to track. For me, no matter how well I think I "smoked" the deer, I still stay in my stand for at least a half hour. THEN I get down and mark the shot location and point my arrow in the direction the deer traveled. I always have to do this because I can't follow a blood trail by myself.[&o] |
RE: Tracking Tip?
For me, no matter how well I think I "smoked" the deer, I still stay in my stand for at least a half hour. THEN I get down and mark the shot location and point my arrow in the direction the deer traveled. |
RE: Tracking Tip?
I read that article in Field and Stream or Outdoor Life as well, and when I read "get down and mark the last spot you saw the deer", I immediately dismissed the article as hogwash.
I sit down and replay it over and over making mental notes as I do. There is always something you can use as a landmark as to where the deer was last seen...tree, branch, rock, etc. The field point arrow is an awesome tip though...I'm gonna put a field point in my pack tonight ;) |
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I agree with those that disagree with getting down immediately. That's very foolish for that to be printed as tracking tips. One could very well jump a deer that is just out of sight. Very bad tip.
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RE: Tracking Tip?
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer That's very foolish for that to be printed as tracking tips. One could very well jump a deer that is just out of sight. Very bad tip. |
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Heck, I have to sit in my stand for at least 1/2 an hour or I'll be shaking so badly I'll likely fall trying to climb down.:eek:
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