I think I just found my Halloween buck!
11-30-2008, 09:31 AM
#1
Dominant Buck
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I think I just found my Halloween buck!
OMG.....I told Duke I was gonna walk into an area I'd never been in, today......and I walked up on a dead buck, 8-pointer....wound on the right side....dead.
He looks like he's the one....but I'm a "little" perplexed by only ONE thing. He doesn't seem to have decomposed as much as I would think in a month. His eyes are gone....face is sunken.....and hes really deflated. But he's not eaten up by anything. I don't know what to think....unless he lived for a while until he expired.
I'm going to get him.....and as much as I hate it....I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
If it's him....I'm still sorry it's worked out this way....but I'll be happy that I can finally give him his proper due.
Look at this photo. White line is the blood trail after I shot him. I found him in the thicket right behind where I shot him. With where he'd gone on the blood trail....I never dreamed to look, there (see X where I found him).
He looks like he's the one....but I'm a "little" perplexed by only ONE thing. He doesn't seem to have decomposed as much as I would think in a month. His eyes are gone....face is sunken.....and hes really deflated. But he's not eaten up by anything. I don't know what to think....unless he lived for a while until he expired.
I'm going to get him.....and as much as I hate it....I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
If it's him....I'm still sorry it's worked out this way....but I'll be happy that I can finally give him his proper due.
Look at this photo. White line is the blood trail after I shot him. I found him in the thicket right behind where I shot him. With where he'd gone on the blood trail....I never dreamed to look, there (see X where I found him).
11-30-2008, 09:34 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Burke, VA (raised in MD)
Posts: 1,096
RE: I think I just found my Halloween buck!
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
There is no picture in thepost.
11-30-2008, 09:41 AM
#5
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: I think I just found my Halloween buck!
If it is him, he lived for a while and returned to his bedding area where you shot him. Is that possible? Also, if it is him, a description again of the shot and the actual impact etc...if you find your broadhead will be a learning tool. Interesting and there is two sides to look at, 1. I hope it's not him and the possibility of yours being alive and 2. It is him and you have some, although sad, closure.
I'll watch for updates.
I'll watch for updates.
11-30-2008, 09:47 AM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 204
RE: I think I just found my Halloween buck!
ORIGINAL: kwilson16
As disgusting as it sounds, I would have to know too.
There is no picture in thepost.
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
There is no picture in thepost.
...If not, bring gloves!
11-30-2008, 09:49 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
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RE: I think I just found my Halloween buck!
ORIGINAL: MEhuntalot
Have a metal detector to check for metal in him before you dig in?
...If not, bring gloves!
ORIGINAL: kwilson16
As disgusting as it sounds, I would have to know too.
There is no picture in thepost.
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
I'm gonna take a knife and see if my BH is inside.
There is no picture in thepost.
...If not, bring gloves!
