HELP!! Wounded deer
11-04-2009, 06:04 PM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Iowa
Posts: 452
We had the same problem about two weeks ago, using the new rage 2 inch expandables. Holy cow did it put a hole in him, but with that hole came everything else, ended up plugging the hole on the exit side.
Just be prepared to put in some time on him tomorrow and good luck! The hit sounds like a dead deer. Get some pics up for us when you find him!
Just be prepared to put in some time on him tomorrow and good luck! The hit sounds like a dead deer. Get some pics up for us when you find him!
11-05-2009, 03:51 AM
#13
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 54
That's a dead deer. Sometimes it will take longer for blood from a deer hit high to bleed. Make sure to look up on brush and not just on the ground. Just look hard and mark your trail. It is very easy to get turned around and forget where you have walked when your head is to the ground. I take a roll of toilet paper when tracking deer. I hang it in tree branches as I walk when I find blood. It helps me keep track where I have been and where the blood is. It also makes your back trail very visible. Good luck! You will find him.
11-05-2009, 05:50 AM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 252
I got a doe early this season from about the same height/distance. Same thing, very very little blood and I was using the rage 2 blade. I was lucky enough to see the trail she ran on so I followed and didn't find blood for a good 40yds. She lay dead about 60 yards away, and the only blood was the last 20. The exit wound was huge but plugged up with all of the insides. I actually had to cut from the hole down when field dressing to get everything out because so much was on the outside of the hole. I got 2 other deer this year with the rage and both went no more than 40 yds and fell within eyesight, i think those steep angles are a sure way to plug the hole with Rage
11-05-2009, 03:35 PM
#17
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 30
Well, I spent all morning looking for the deer with no luck. I combed every inch of the woods and didn't find hair, blood, tracks, or anything. I really feel awful, but without a blood trail I'm pretty much fishing in the dark. I'm not going to give up yet, and its been cold so I'm going to look again tomorrow morning.
11-05-2009, 05:39 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Hudson, Wisconsin
Posts: 128
The buck in the picture traveled .77 miles (GPS tracked) before it died. There was no blood at all for a 1/2 mile where it crossed a cow and a horse pasture. I shot it at 7 yards and unfortuntely my arrow went exactly where I placed my 20 yard pin...low. With the aid of the GPS and the tracks function on I was able to see areas that I might have missed.
Good luck finding your deer. kl
Good luck finding your deer. kl
