Fatal Mistake
10-31-2009, 08:50 PM
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
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Fatal Mistake
Well I decided to hunt this evening,at about 5:30 pm I was looking out the window of my blind and here comes what appears to be a decent sized doe I draw back and wait for the deer to step in to my shooting lane and release the arrow making a complete pass thru at 10 yards I thought it was all great and a succesful hunt so I sat until dark and left the woods for around 2 hours and came back in and looked for blood found good blood where I shot the deer but because I made the complete pass there wasnt much blood after that holes sealed up,I found the deer 35 or so yards away what I thought was a doe turned out to be a button buck no more the 75 pounds 
11-01-2009, 01:20 AM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 280
I wouldn't call that fatal, those button bucks are tough to see. shooting any deer with your bow is a major accomplishment. Many hunters on this forum eat tag soup. Don't beat yourself up on this one - honor the deers life and enjoy the wonderful meat!
11-01-2009, 04:52 AM
#4
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Fulton county,IL
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Im not going to beat myself up about it but would of liked to have seen him grow up to a big buck but everything happend so fast and being hungry for some deer meat didnt help the situation,but I will deal with it and enjoy the meat as far as the complete pass thru goes what happen in my case is i made a good shot but because the holes was straight across the blood didnt drain out it filled up in the chest which didnt matter to me I knew it wasnt going far.Thanks
11-01-2009, 05:02 AM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Tioga, Pa
Posts: 454
It was a fatal mistake alright......for the deer. Don't worry about it. Sometimes the size of a deer is hard to judge if they are alone. Plus, I imagine it would be extremely difficult to see the nubs of a button buck at ground level.
