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10-29-2008, 12:18 PM
#72
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 1,559
RE: Shot one tonight.....
Hey DT, I have been so unlucky to have hit two deer in my life in the shoulder knuckle. I found both arrows within 50 yard of POI. Both times I had less than 1 1/2" of penetration. If that is where you hit him at, you should be able to find the arrow fairly easily. Also, if that is where you hit him at, he will be fine. However, I am a little concerned that you were not able to find the arrow. It would lead me to believe that you did not hit him in the shoulder knuckle and that the arrow is either still in him or is laying on the grounded where he bedded. I don't know what your timber looks like, but I think it would be worth the effort and retracing your steps again. Good luck and I hope the outcome is favorable.
10-29-2008, 12:21 PM
#73
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Laurel Highlands, PA
Posts: 130
RE: Shot one tonight.....
ORIGINAL: FOP23
The back pedal I am witnessing over the last 7 pages is similar to the one I read about the guy that was going to sabotage a treestand for trespassers. Who posted that one again?
The back pedal I am witnessing over the last 7 pages is similar to the one I read about the guy that was going to sabotage a treestand for trespassers. Who posted that one again?
10-29-2008, 12:28 PM
#75
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Hughesville, PA
Posts: 2,590
RE: Shot one tonight.....
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
I know, Kicking, I know.
I plan on heading back later. It just sucks that I cant bring help here. The landowner doesnt allow me to bring others on this property. I can bring ONE guy and he cant make it until after work- DARK !
I really hope that he is ok, but nothing adds up-
If I hit him in the shoulder- I should have found the arrow.
If I hit him where I thought that I did- I should have found HIM
If I did gut shoot him, he should have been dead by the morning or at least I would have found blood from last night, after the rain.
I'm puzzled. Call it lack of experience, but I dont know what else to do. I walked those woods TWICE...Like a hound, too.
[>:]
I know, Kicking, I know.
I plan on heading back later. It just sucks that I cant bring help here. The landowner doesnt allow me to bring others on this property. I can bring ONE guy and he cant make it until after work- DARK !
I really hope that he is ok, but nothing adds up-
If I hit him in the shoulder- I should have found the arrow.
If I hit him where I thought that I did- I should have found HIM
If I did gut shoot him, he should have been dead by the morning or at least I would have found blood from last night, after the rain.
I'm puzzled. Call it lack of experience, but I dont know what else to do. I walked those woods TWICE...Like a hound, too.
[>:]
10-29-2008, 12:41 PM
#79
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: TX Panhandle
Posts: 620
RE: Shot one tonight.....
I hit one in the shoulder knuckle last year. Got him again on trailcam three weeks later, he was okay. I heard it crack, loud, when it hit. But then again I was fairly close and the woods were very calm. I took my son and my father the next morning, we searched very hard, and I never so much as found the arrow. I don't know what else to tell you, good luck.
10-29-2008, 12:48 PM
#80
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: maine
Posts: 506
RE: Shot one tonight.....
What the hell were you doing bowhunting in a pouring rain anyway? we all know rain washes blood away. The more you post the more I wonder. 
I know some of you are having fun ripping on DT, but that statement doesn't seem to make alot of sense.