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Old 12-22-2010, 01:26 PM
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i shot a buck just above his shoulder through his neck as he was walking away. i pulled the shot high for some reason. i feel terrible about it. its the first time ive wounded a nice buck. the blood trail was real good at first and then got to small drops. has anyone ever hit a deer here and do you think he will survive. i spent hours on two separate occasions looking with no luck. this was late nov before the snow.
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Old 12-23-2010, 04:33 AM
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SOunds like a muscle shot. more than likely he will be fine. What color was the blood?
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by MISwampDog
SOunds like a muscle shot. more than likely he will be fine. What color was the blood?
the blood was bright red
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Old 12-23-2010, 01:13 PM
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the deer is surely dead now.
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Old 12-23-2010, 02:55 PM
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If the hit was above the spine he probably lost a good bit of blood but not enough to kill em. wounds clot fast on deer, he probably went a ways, laid down for a while, then began his recovery.
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Old 12-23-2010, 03:25 PM
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He most likely will live if he was not starving for blood flow to the brain.
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Old 12-23-2010, 04:27 PM
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Bright red, probably dead.
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Old 12-24-2010, 05:02 PM
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I say odds are he will live .If it was me I would have looked till I knew.Sometimes that has taken me more than 14 days .I have lost a lot of sleep over bad hits in my 35 years of hunting.
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Old 12-25-2010, 06:41 AM
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Same Here!!

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Originally Posted by headhunter353
I say odds are he will live .If it was me I would have looked till I knew.Sometimes that has taken me more than 14 days .I have lost a lot of sleep over bad hits in my 35 years of hunting.
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Old 12-25-2010, 08:15 PM
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I lost a huge elk to a white out . After the shot I stood there for 5 min. and couldn't see my own tracks ,10 min. later you could not see 5 feet away.He was buried under 20" of snow never to be found.My guts filling sour thinking about this subject.
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