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Got in the stand at about 3:00 pm tonight. I sat for a half hour then decided to hit the calls. I hit the can a few times with a couple grunts mixed in. Not 45 seconds later a 4 point came out of nowhere. Now I havn't been seeing many deer this year, plus I'm not really a trophy hunter, I hunt to put meat on the table for my family. So I decided to take a shot at this buck once it came into my window. It entered my window and I let out a small grunt to get him to stop, once it stopped I let the arrow fly. The arrow didnt hit where I had hoped it would. It hit about halfway back, maybe the rear of the rib cage and right in the middle as far as up and down goes. As soon as the arrow hit him he kind of stumbled for a split second then took off till I couldnt see him anymore. I sat in the stand for another half hour, then I got down and walked the opposit way then what the deer went, and went home. I think I made the right decision to wait till morning to even atempt to look for him.
Do you think this may have been a lethal shot?

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that's the safest thing to do on a suspect hit.....would be interested to know what the arrow looks like.

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You did the right thing by backing off. Did you mark the spot where you hit it as well as where you last saw it? Whats with the arrow? Blood/slime/greenish? Any blood? The fact that is stumbled may mean a sudden blood loss but then again who knows? Good luck man, get some good help.

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As far as the arrow goes, its still with the deer the last I saw it. It only penetrated about half the length of the arrow. The way it was busting through the woods, the arrow could have been causing more damage to the organs as it was banging against the trees..

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You mayhave gotten a good liver hit and the deer made its death run. I have watched a many of then blow out fast then start the wobbling and leg stumbling and pile up within 100 yds.

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Good job backing out. That's the most critical thing on gut shot deer. He should be out for the count. Let us know the status tomorrow after you find him!

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My dad hit a great quartering away shot on his doe, it deflected off a rib and went to the back leg, the arrow never came out. It did TONS of damage because the broadhead almost sawed through the legbone because it was exiting there, and the inside of the arrow was poking around because of the leg moving. That doe didnt go 70 yards before we found her and only tracked an hour later. Good luck and check in the morning. It wouldnt hurt to have someone else help!

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Yea I called my dad up and he offered to help me in the am.

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good luck in the morning bro....if he was crashing.....that's a very good sign. let us know how you make out. you did the right thing. if in doubt....back out. even if it was a good hit...he'll be there in the am. if a poor hit...that's the best thing to do. get some sleep and you and your dad will get him in the morning.

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Hey Thomas, what B-head was your dad using?

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Also forgot to post on the deer. If you hit him right in the middle there is a good chance you hit liver. You did the best thing that is the hardest thing for hunters to do by leaving the area. Go out in the morning with your bow and be as quite as you can and look for the trail and try tracking him. You may jump him up and get a shot off at him if he is not dead. If you hit the liver he is a dead deer and will bleed out by morning, if you gut shot him it may take one or two days, but don't give up and look real good and keep your eyes open ahead of you in case he jumps up. Also, how far away was he? I have never heard of a CB not getting a complete pass through except for bone shots, also what is your bow?

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It was a 20 yard shot with a Horton legend 150 with 100 grain Nap spitfire b-head. With the same xbow I had a pass through at 17 yards on a doe last year , but with a muzzy 4 blade. Maybe the blades didnt expand correctly or it hit a rib.

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It was a 125 gr. thunder out of a 2219 xx75 aluminum and a horton legend 150

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I have complete confidence in those Spitfires pwrsrtk350. Even if the BH just entered 3 inches into the buck, it opened up and started cutting. You WILL find him and way to go by backing out and letting the monster die. Good sportsmanship there.
BBO

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Well it was far from a monster but he sure will be tasty. It was a small 5 point that I recovered after about 10 minutes of looking this morning. He ran about 150 yards and dropped. First place I went is where I saw him last that night, and there he was. He had been dead since lastnight but I wasnt sure so I still feel I made the right call. The bad news is a coyote decided he wanted a rear quarter of the deer. But atleast I will get some meat out of him. I spent the rest of the day helping out a guy look for his deer, which was never recovered. I decided to help him since he drug mine out with his 4-wheeler. Well I got another tag to fill so I'm going to spend the week looking for another. BTW the batteries in my camera were dead but I did manage to take a couple with my phone, but its kinda tricky to put on the computer I guess.

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Congrats on finding your deer. Going over night is hard to do but around here it is easy to do because there are not many yotes around here. Here is the link HNI Justin posted and is easy to fallow and use. I use the other host method and use photobucket.com and there site is easy to set up an account on, and its free. Congrats again and get us some pics!

http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=1735212

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congrats on finding your deer,great job and good luck in the future!:)

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Congrats on recovering yer Buck. What internal organs did you take out with yer shot?

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It actually nicked the very rear of 1 lung. Aperrently it was just enough.
It hit a little higher then I origionally thought. It looked centered from the stand.

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good job on recovering that deer. way to go.

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Glad to see where you hit and what you hit, thanks. Can't go fer without air.

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Congrats on the deer! I'm glad you found him!

My hunting buddy was joking about likeing the gut shot. If you can get out of the woods without pushing the deer, then just come back the next morning and pick em up. He was joking of course, but a gut shot can be easily found if we don't mess it up by pushing the deer.

The key is to error on the side of caution.

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Congratulations on the deer and making the right decision in the first place!