Single lung shot-Update from deer shot 10/27
10-28-2008, 02:48 PM
#41
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Single lung shot
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Has anyone ever hit a deer in the backstraps and seen it alive later on? How did the deer react?
Has anyone ever hit a deer in the backstraps and seen it alive later on? How did the deer react?
About 200 yards into the trail the blood started to get hard to follow. I had to do circles from the last blood just tofind the next drop....He ended up doing amakinglarge cut back (semi U turn)to a large field edge. From there I lost the blood trail becuse the grasses had some type of red tint in it... I spent 2 moredays looking for the deer on my hands and knees crawling through thebest cover in the area. Never found him, or any more blood.
Exactlyone week later I was hunting the same stand and saw him again.In my case, I think he jumped the string on me and I hit him high - causing a flesh wound...I watched him in my bino's and I did see him turn his head and lick his shoulder area - but I couldn't see any visablewound. He seemed to be moving fine.
10-28-2008, 03:30 PM
#42
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Single lung shot
Similar to SouthDakota,
I hit a 6 point from a high angle in the backstrap or where the ribs start. THe arrow was sticking out about half way.Similar experience with blood trail - a lot at first and got excited and trailed too early.
About a week later, I was scouting a ditch crossing about 100 yards from where I shot the deer and I found a big blob of fairly fresh coagulated blood from where it jumped the ditch. Can't be sure it was the same deer, but likely, and made me feel a hair better.
I hit a 6 point from a high angle in the backstrap or where the ribs start. THe arrow was sticking out about half way.Similar experience with blood trail - a lot at first and got excited and trailed too early.
About a week later, I was scouting a ditch crossing about 100 yards from where I shot the deer and I found a big blob of fairly fresh coagulated blood from where it jumped the ditch. Can't be sure it was the same deer, but likely, and made me feel a hair better.
11-12-2008, 04:34 PM
#43
Spike
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Greensboro, NC
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RE: Single lung shot-Update from deer shot 10/27
I am elated (to say the least) that I saw the buck I shot on 10/27 tonight. Examine this video and you can see the wound high on his left side (the exit side). Anyways, he didn't offer me a shot but I did get this short video of him. I must have gone above the spine and right through the back straps.
http://s402.photobucket.com/albums/p...oundedBuck.flv
wow, sorry the video is so grainy, i went in to watch it and it is hard to see...I have slowed it down but still hard to see due to the grainyness.
http://s402.photobucket.com/albums/p...oundedBuck.flv
wow, sorry the video is so grainy, i went in to watch it and it is hard to see...I have slowed it down but still hard to see due to the grainyness.
