I did it again.

Had a Nice buck come in this morning at 8:00. He is at least a 6 point. Walked right through one of my shooting lanes. I had plenty of time to draw and wait. I froze him, quartering away, checked the shot and let it go.

I guess I waited too long. Just as my arrow went, he stepped and I hit him square in the hip. He ran off with my bright arrow sticking out of him. He probably went to the next county.

I am home now letting him lay down, I HOPE. I plan to go back out about 2:00 and look for him.

This is the third time this year. The first was too far forward, the second too low.

Maybe I will wait till rifle season and see what I can screw up then.

Sorry everyone, I just had to vent my frustration.

ram--don't give up ust yet. The ham is a blood rich area and the femoral artery runs right through the middle of hit -- about where you said you hit. Friends of mine and I have made the same hit you made -- by accident of course -- and all had fairly easy recoveries. Giving him time was a good thing to do. I won't be surprised if you find him this afternoon. Of course you should never pick the ham as a aiming spot, but hits there often result in recovered deer. Keep us posted of what you find.

Oh Gee. Good luck looking for him. curious how far was he ???

He was only t 20 yards. My arrow went in almost up to the wrap, and I shoot a 31" arrow.

Well, good luck. Stay with it and let us know how it turns out.

He as at 20 yrds and you hit him in the RUMP?

Must have moved pretty fast or your bow is SLOW

He must have jumped...not stepped. BUT, either way, the hip can be very deadly. If you buried it in that far it got them both. Chances are he'll bleed out quite quickly. Blood can be very spotty in the beginning but he's a hurtin puppy. I doubt he will make it over 200-250 yards if you truly centered the hams. It's going to be messy to clean the meat. I did one like that once and watched him try to run across a peanut field. By the time he got to the far side he was like a drunk trying to put one foot in front of the other. As soon as his head reached the far woodline(200 yards away) he stopped and flopped and never kicked again. My arrow was hanging out both sides too. After the first few hops the peanuts looked like someone had painted them red. The last 50 yards was blood free for the most part.

My friend hit a big buck in the hip last year , we trialed it for prolly 300 yards with excellent blood , then all of a sudden , nothing . I dunno what happened , someone saw the buck cross a field into that thicket about 100 yards past that , and that buck had a hard hit right into the hip , burried into the fletching from about 20 yards , and he never found the buck , searched for 3 days and nothing never was seen or heard from again!

Sorry to hear about the tough breaks lately this season Ram96.
I hope you recover your deer and confidence soon.
Keep us posted please.

Dude I hate to jump your case but something is not right. You either don't practice much or your making poor choices. A bad shot can happen to anyone but when it happens this much in one year you need to look at yourself and ask some questons. I hope your not like some people I know who pick up their bow and head out to the woods without ever shooting an arrow. I hope you get things lined out and have a good year. Good luck.