Just out of curiousity how many of you have ..... ?
 

wounded a deer before or never found a deer you shoot? if so how many times has this happen to you?

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Happened to me last year...just that one time....arrow hit a branch and caused a flesh wound on the deer....I was crushed last year but that buck has been seen since and appears to be in great shape.

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Thankfully I have not had it happen yet. (Knock on wood!)

RE: Just out of curiousity how many of you have ..... ?
 

After 24 years of hunting, I' ve lost four deer. (OUCH!!!!) One due to not being able to access private property the deer ran onto, two for bad shots because of branches I didn' t see or whatever, and one because of alien invasion.

It sucks, but it is part of hunting. Shot placement isn' t always a guarantee. Deer will live a long time on one lung for example.

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I' ve lost one deer!! The absolute worst feeling in the world.
I shot a nice 7 pointer at 22 yards. The arrow went a touch left of my mark and hit the shoulder blade. I saw it sticking out of him as he ran off. My stomach sank to my feet. I waited 4 hours and started to track it. I was hoping maybe it deflected and caught some vitals. Had good blood for a long way then lost the trail after about 5 hours of tracking. I called the DEC to give me a number of a pro tracker/bloodhound. He came out immediately and the dog(amazingly) picked up the trail again and followed it for awhile longer til she lost it. Went back the next day and walked up and down the creek banks and swamps. Nothing!! Had to call it off after 2 days of tracking.
17 days later a 7 pointer comes by with a blood stain on his left shoulder. 20 yards away on the same exact path!! This time I did it right. Double lunged it and he ran about 30 yards and expired. Sweet justice.

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I lost the first one I ever shot with a slug gun ........ I was much younger, less experienced, and think it was a leg hit ...... lost the blood trail, hopefully it healed and survived. If anything, that lost deer really changed my ways, because I am now " extra careful" before releasing an arrow or pulling a trigger. I pass up a lot of shots that I would have likely taken when I was younger.

RE: Just out of curiousity how many of you have ..... ?
 

Twice in my hunting career of 20 years have I wounded and not recovered a deer.

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luckly it has only happened once to me. actually happened while hunting with my shotgun. It is absolutely the worst feeling in the world. I spent the better part of a week looking for that deer to no avail. I know damn well that I killed the deer but lost blood (I' m guessing because there wasn' t any left in the the deer it bleed so much) after about 100 yards. It still bothers me when I think about it. Worst of all I know it was good shot placement. $#!^ HAPPENS! I just hope never again.:(

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Yep,

Twice in my career, bot really high points, but definetly learning experiences!

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5 years ago I lost a doe. I still regret that one. I should have never took that shot. It just seemed so perfect. 25 yrds. Just 25 yards.[:' (]

Good Hunting