Just shouldered a doe...will she live??
09-15-2009, 04:54 AM
#25
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 19,137
This is true, howver its pretty hot out today, and im sure the meet will spoil very quickly, so if I dont find her fairly soon the only think she'll be good for is her hide and ill get my earn a buck tag
09-15-2009, 10:50 AM
#27
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Okay guys im back! So just to verify, I did post on the other site however unforunatly i DID NOT find her 
I went out at about one that afternoon, and my self and 3 others searched till after dark. When I say we found nothing that is not an exaggeration! No arrow, not a drop of blood, and I mean I was on my hands and knees looking! From there we went to where I saw her enter the woodline, she jumped into a small grassy area of which there were 3 options for her. There is an old dirt roadway that heads towards the swamp. Naturally being it goes downhill and leads to water was my first choice, and no dice! Not a thing! No deer, no blood, and no arrow. The next choice was about 2 acres of THICK brush! So we spread out and covered every inch of it, towards the end we spooked a doe up, however we determined it was not her. The next option was a big grass field, and she wouldve had to turn pretty sharp to get in there. So we searched the surrounding woods and also got nothing. I also went back out this morning and searched some more and again nada.
So Im thinking she's a survivor, no blood, not great penetration, and no sign of her. My only question is how the hell did that arrow stay in her! As for the sound it made, it was kind of a loud cracking sound I'd say. Either way that my update and it sucks
I went out at about one that afternoon, and my self and 3 others searched till after dark. When I say we found nothing that is not an exaggeration! No arrow, not a drop of blood, and I mean I was on my hands and knees looking! From there we went to where I saw her enter the woodline, she jumped into a small grassy area of which there were 3 options for her. There is an old dirt roadway that heads towards the swamp. Naturally being it goes downhill and leads to water was my first choice, and no dice! Not a thing! No deer, no blood, and no arrow. The next choice was about 2 acres of THICK brush! So we spread out and covered every inch of it, towards the end we spooked a doe up, however we determined it was not her. The next option was a big grass field, and she wouldve had to turn pretty sharp to get in there. So we searched the surrounding woods and also got nothing. I also went back out this morning and searched some more and again nada.
So Im thinking she's a survivor, no blood, not great penetration, and no sign of her. My only question is how the hell did that arrow stay in her! As for the sound it made, it was kind of a loud cracking sound I'd say. Either way that my update and it sucks
09-15-2009, 11:20 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 5,425
Well...It sounds like you gave a good effort to find her...I always ask myself one question..."Would you take the shot again tomorrow if you had the chance?'' If you would, try to forget it and move on, if you wouldn't, you just learned something...
Experience comes from learning from failure...
I have a lot of experience in many areas...
Experience comes from learning from failure...
I have a lot of experience in many areas...
09-15-2009, 11:32 AM
#29
Spike
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Join Date: Feb 2009
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Well...It sounds like you gave a good effort to find her...I always ask myself one question..."Would you take the shot again tomorrow if you had the chance?'' If you would, try to forget it and move on, if you wouldn't, you just learned something...
Experience comes from learning from failure...
I have a lot of experience in many areas...
Experience comes from learning from failure...
I have a lot of experience in many areas...
Yes I would most definately take the shot again
. Bad shots happen sometimes, I make that shot 99 time out of 100, but that was the 1 time! It kinda has me rethinking the rages though, I know they arent meant to go through bone but at such close range and a lot of KE im still a little dissappointed..but you cant beat em with soft tissue shots!