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ill keep it short for now, at 5:30 i shot a bruiser buck. I was 15 feet up he was about 27 yrds, quartering away, i hit just behind the shoulder a bit high, not spine high though. is this high lung, what should i expect in terms of time to die and a blood trail. I need to mention he just turnted and walked away, the arrow burried to the fletching. pleas give info

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what do you have a computer in the tree with you , this was posted 29 minutes after you shot ??????

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give him time.....to be safe.............how did he act when he took off...

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bob, just notice the clock on the forum is an hour off, time here is eastern

the deer kind of jumped, trotted off for a few steps then just walked away

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A lot is speculation as to exact shot placement, angle etc so it's hard to say what might or might not be hit.....

One things for certain, if you buried to the fletching, unless you shot a moose it's sticking out the far side. That's good especially considering you said the hit was high and your shot angle was fairly flat by being only 15 ft up and the target 30 yards away. (Assuming same level of ground for you and the deer at the shot) A high entry with no exit is not fun for blood trailing......2 holes are better than 1 and I would expect 2 in your case.

How tight to he shoulder the shot actually was on a quartering shot and how hard the angle itself was prior to the shot is critical as to expect a double lung shot and a quick recovery.

If it was me?........I'd wait until tomorrow. It'll be plenty cold enough and the UNCERTAINTY would keep me from persuing.
I'd rather the odds of finding him in the morning at first place he laid down, rather than chance jumping him to the 2nd place that you can't find.

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Sounds like the NO MANS Zone, which is between the spine and the lungs. And depending on the angle of the quatering away shot, that might have been too close to the shoulder.

But by the sound of the hit, you probably clipped the lungs, 1 at least.

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If ya jump you can kiss him goodbye unless you have alot of time on yer hands to do grid searching or a real good trail dog. Good luck on finding him and don't give up.

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Hard to say, your kind of spotty with the information. Either way keep us posted, and best of luck finding him.

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How long did you watch him before he got out of sight? If you watched him longer than 30 seconds than I would hold off until morning. A deer that is double lunged normally won't last longer than 1/2 a minute. I bet you clipped a lung and maybe hit an artery, who knows, hope you find him, keep us posted.

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wvdeerhunter22 first of all I would say that you did the right thing by backing out, and I would definetly wait till morning. Your deer is laying somewhere, I would say from experiece with that type of shot, he wont go further than 250 yds, if you got threw the other side, that is a great thing. Tracking will be easier. However I have seen a few deer hit in that area that just seemed to escape us, mainly because of lack of blood, and also because the arrow never went threw and hit the shoulder on the other side with that shot. I sure hope you can find him, good luck and keep us posted.

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Go in the morning for sure.....Enjoy trying to sleep tonight.:(

You will find him in his bed if you don't push him.

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Agree, go first thing in the morning, call in sick, whatever, but be patient and be super persistant and thorough...the odd of it paying off are very high in my opinion. I've tracked a few with friends etc. and thought they were lost but just never gave up and aweful glad i didn't...now i can't imagine giving up without a huge amount of effort. Those arrows are just deadly.

B

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Hopefully you're out there right now. Good Luck and don't give up.

In my experience, the only deer that walk away are those that are hit further back than the vitals. If you got out of there quickly, didn't disturb anything, and the arrow was well into him, he'll stay close. It is all up to you now.

Greg

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Was his tail down when he ran/walked away? Kick his back legs? Did he look hurt when he was walking away?

Eitherway it's the next morning. Hope to hear a good story later this morning.

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WELL????

By krikey man, its past lunch...whats going on? Hopefully your just celebrating and showing it off about now and you'll remember us soon?

Good luck.

B

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Still waiting

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Hello!!!!

Keep us posted, man! Did you find him?

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Hello.....hello.......goodness i feel its 12:00 prom night and i'm waiting by the phone for my teenage daughter to call home:D:D

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Doesn't look good. But I hope he's busy butchering and wrapping.

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busy skinning? HOLA???

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Must be the computer cords dont go that far into the woods!!!;);)

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What's the word??

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well, dont know what to say, this is a first and it hurts, but its over. I know none of you can know for sure but i give my word i feel that i did everything i could, but the deer is lost. I cant explain it. He left a great blood trail for a while, nice and bright, some small bubbles, not froth though. Gave him till the next day like suggested. He went for a creek, and i was hope ful even though the creek is 700 yrd or so from where i shot, never lost blood, he crossed the creek and headed up a very steep hill toward another farm. All the way at the top of the hill i found the arrow, bloody from end to end, blood trail stopped about 10 yrds later as he went into another field. i started a grid search and covered the whole other farm, woods and field. i dont konw what else to say, i was confident in the shot, but obviously i went wrong somwhere. thanks for the concern all.

TG

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. borrow a beagle

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Does not seem likely that he would stop bleeding right after losing the arrow. I would not give up..............dabow

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I would have to agree, i would keep looking.

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I have a similar story, the deer only went 80 yards after losing the arrow, but here it is.......

My buddy shot a good 130" 8 point last year with his bow at 20 yards. He was concerned as soon as the arrow left the bow. The string caught his face net and caused him to hit high on the buck. It made a loud crack and stuck only 4 inches into the deer in the spine area. The deer took off like a freighttrain towards the river. I told him I was confident the deer is dead b/c the lungs go all the way up to the spine,and he should have gotten atleast one lung. He kept on disagreeing with me, saying the arrow hit the spine and stopped and he is probably going to live. I was not very convinced in his theory. We went out about 4 hours after he shot the deer, we found good blood for about 50 yards, the only thing was there were no bubbles, just bright red blood. We had to get on hands and kness for the next 30 yards. At about 80 yards the arrow fell out. After that we couldn't find one drop of blood. We looked and looked, nothing. He went out the next day and looked and did circles to no avail. We couldn't understand why it would quit bleeding as soon as the arrow fell out, it should be the other way asround. For the next 2 or 3 weeks he kept trying to convince me that this deer was still alive, I was not convinced, I was confident it was dead somewhere. About 3 weeks later rifle season was opened and his dad shot that same deer 100 yards from the stand my buddy shot him. It was the same deer for sure, it had a wound exactly were he described and it was already healing over. The weirdest things happen, you can never predict the whitetail. I caught hell from my buddy from there on out for saying he was dead, where in reality, he wasn't. Sorry for the long story, just had to chime in. Your story just reminded me of this one.

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Oh, by the way, I am not saying this deer is still alive, I am just saying it is possible. I still would not give up on finding him just yet. Go out and check for buzzards or any other sign. Good luck.

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Keep looking for sure!!!