live or dead
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 88
live or dead
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.
#5
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.
#9
#10
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 80
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.