Lost buck
01-15-2009, 06:33 PM
#1
Boone & Crockett
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Lost buck
My grandson shot a big 8 point this afternoon with his new .270, broadside about 50 yards. Blood sprayed all over the place. Weblood trailed him,some good pink lung blood,thru a field and down into a creek bottom, crossed the creeks and up a hill where the blood stopped at the edge of a briar patch. We will be back out there in the morning and try and find him. He is just sick about it.........me too.
01-15-2009, 06:46 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Lost buck
Good luck! How's the temp down there? If its cool enough you might not loose much meat! I lost an 8 point this year, I found him the next morning and the only thinglost was the tenderloins! Luckily, it was cool and the 'yotes didn't find him before I did!
01-15-2009, 08:13 PM
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RE: Lost buck
gh you might not loose much meat! I lost an 8 point this year, I found him the next morning and the only thing lost was the tenderloins! Luckily, it was cool and the 'yotes didn't find him before I did!
Hopefully he can find his. I think losing them though is sometime we all go through at one point or another.
01-15-2009, 08:21 PM
#5
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RE: Lost buck
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
My grandson shot a big 8 point this afternoon with his new .270, broadside about 50 yards. Blood sprayed all over the place. Weblood trailed him,some good pink lung blood,thru a field and down into a creek bottom, crossed the creeks and up a hill where the blood stopped at the edge of a briar patch. We will be back out there in the morning and try and find him. He is just sick about it.........me too.
My grandson shot a big 8 point this afternoon with his new .270, broadside about 50 yards. Blood sprayed all over the place. Weblood trailed him,some good pink lung blood,thru a field and down into a creek bottom, crossed the creeks and up a hill where the blood stopped at the edge of a briar patch. We will be back out there in the morning and try and find him. He is just sick about it.........me too.
01-16-2009, 02:55 AM
#7
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RE: Lost buck
How many yards did you track him before you lost the blood, I have a feeling hes right there near by. also make sure he didnt double back on his own trail and cut off. I have had several deer do this. But follow the blood trail in the morning from where he hit the buck and keep an eye out.
01-16-2009, 05:30 AM
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RE: Lost buck
ORIGINAL: hometheaterman
I know how you feel. I've lost a few deer in my life. Just this year the day before hunting season ended I had a deer creep out to me and look around before coming into the field. He was about 35 yards from me and I shot him in the head and chest with my 12 gauge shotgun loaded with 000buckshot. I'm pretty sure I hit him good from the way he acted when I shot. He then turned and ran and I shot at the side of him but I'm not sure if I hit it or not. I found blood where I shot and also found blood in a few other spots but never could find the deer. Somone else had shot one earlier in the field next to where I was about 20 minutes earlier and said he knocked it down and it layed there for a few minutes but when he went to get it it jumped up and took off. We think it was the one I shot so more than likely it was already wounded. I looked and looked and had a buddy come help me look and we never did find it. I was pretty upset the whole day. I really just hate not finding a deer and just having wounded it. That's why I'm not crazy about shotguns as it seems to do that a lot. The next which was the last day of hunting season here I ended up shooting another doe this time with the rifle and it just fell over in it's tracks. Didn't move 2 feet from where I shot it. This made me feel a little better as I was happy to get another deer this season but I am still dissapointed I couldn't find that one.
Hopefully he can find his. I think losing them though is sometime we all go through at one point or another.
gh you might not loose much meat! I lost an 8 point this year, I found him the next morning and the only thing lost was the tenderloins! Luckily, it was cool and the 'yotes didn't find him before I did!
Hopefully he can find his. I think losing them though is sometime we all go through at one point or another.