RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

I have to say it sounds like you all made evry effort except the one Charlie brought up, it may be worth a try, the worst that could happen is he would say no.

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

He' s proably related to the kid that shot the 12 pt.[&:]:D

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

I can say I' ve been lucky enough not to lose a deer while bow hunting but I lost a nice buck a few years back on opening day of firearm season. I hit him hard with a 10ga. slug and he dropped in his tracks. He laid there about 15 seconds kicking a little then sprang to his feet and was gone in two bounds. I was dumbfounded. It was fairly late in the afternoon so we gave him about 45min and started tracking. There was enough blood where I hit him that I was amazed he got up. Long story short. I spend 3 long days looking for that deer. I was pretty upset as that was the first deer I had ever lost. Sometimes no matter how bad you want it, it isn' t meant to be. You can' t just give up. Tell you friend that it happens to the best of us. If he' s tuned his bow and did everything possible to insure this wouldn' t happen then he can' t be faulted. It dosn' t make it any easier but this is a time for a bit of fortitude. He' ll be okay just get him back in the woods.

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

curious how the deer would' ve been able to move enough at 17 yards on an arrow going 270 fps. have your friend take a look at the bow and find a way to make it more quiet. the deer must' ve heard something that caused her to lerch forward.

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

Willie,

I watched a video in slow motion one day that had a deer at 20 yds and a bow shooting over 250fps. The deer was facing left when the arrow was released and was facing right before the arrow made impact.

I would not have believed it if I had not seen it. Deer can move way faster than the 300 fps that a bow can shoot.

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

This sounds as if the deer was gutshot and " exited" out the rear quarter. The watery blood would indicate rumen/intestinal fluid. The bright blood would indicate muscle. Probably getting bubbles from expelled air out of the digestive track.

Also assumed based on the " hit back and high" scenario. Assuming he was in a tree, smacking the rear quarter probably left the arrow in the deer with a high entrance wound. Unless you hit the dorsal aorta running along the spine, there will be little blood. But with the watery blood and a back hit, the deer is down & done, especially if your friend was shooting at a downward angle.

S&R

RE: 2 Wounded Deer
 

Hey guys,

We know his second doe is dead, and that is what is killing him. The doe had been a little jittery. We watched her get up out of her bed and start heading up a trail leading out the other side of the thicket. Well, something up there spooked her, she jumped up and turned around. She walked out to the shooting lane and looked more relaxed so he figured that it would be a good shot. She must not have been entirely relaxed, I' ll bet that is one reason why she ducked so much.

The landowner of the posted property is a HUGE HUGE HUGE anti-hunter. We have had problems with her in the past. Several years ago, we were hunting on the farmers property that allows us to hunt, and she saw my dad and I sitting on a powerline. Well, she decided to " take her dogs for a walk" through the woods. Well, she actually helped us. She jumped up a nice 8 point that came past and my dad shot it. Well, she heard the shot and came over onto the farmers property and started telling my dad that " he killed her deer" She said that it was illegal for him to have killed it because it had come from her property. Well, my dad laughed and told her that he would call the cops if she wanted to discuss it with them. Well, she finally left ticked off.

We had another experience where a guy hunting with us shot a deer on his property which is across the road from her field. The doe ran across the road and piled up in her field. Well, we had to call the Game Commission and they escourted him onto the field to get the deer. Well, she came out flipping and threatening all of us, but, she couldn' t do anything at all.

If we would have asked her, she would have said no, simple as that. People have had the same thing happen and she has refused them permission. The lady is a complete and total moron.