Dead or not
#1
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seymour IN
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Dead or not
I went over to check the neighbor to see if he had been seeing anything yesterday afternoon. He was just coming in from hunting. So he still had his gun. We were talking and here comes a buck running by and it stops and takes a poo and then looks at us. He raises up and boooom. The buck does a supper high backleg kick. I said you hit him but give him an hour at least just to be sure. He didnt want to do that. So I went with him and we found blood right away in the snow. Found 20 30 drops the whole way along the deer tracks. About 200 yards in we found where he bedded and there was a pool of blood, The size of a volleyball. Again lets pull out and wait No he is dead. OK. We are following the blood and it is getting harder to see even in the snow. We hear on take off about 30 yards in front of us. He finally says lets give him some time. When it was bedded I looked and the blood look to be a far back shot. No lungs or heart. Maybe liver I was thinking it was a dark red. Question is, is it dead or could it make it if the shot did not kill it. I know the neighbor but I dont know him, know him we just talk during hunting season so I wont know until next weekend or later if he is working if he found it.
#6
RE: Dead or not
It's a shameyour buddidn't follow your advice. You probably would have found him dead in the first bed the next morning. He should have expired eventually but if you lost a blood trail it could be tough. I've had heart shot deer do the donkey-kick and die within a minute of the shot, but this season I also shot a big doe in the shoulder who did the donkey-kick and ended up going almost ahalf-mile before another member of our party put her down, so you can't always view the high kick as a sure kill.
#10
Typical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Seymour IN
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RE: Dead or not
Thats one problem its 20 degrees out right now. Its bad it is a deer but it was a buck I had seen several times during the year. A high racked 8 with an 18 inch spread I would say.