Need advice asap
11-10-2009, 07:02 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Need advice asap
Ok so this happened to me a few days ago and now it has happened again. I shot a gorgeous 8 point 40 minutes before dark hit it right behind the should 4 inches above his stomach. The arrow is still in the deer and I found a blood trail that was small but still noticable. There were droplets into a CRP field then to a woodline. We walked 100 yards looking and searching then just left considering its darkout and it would be like finding a needle in a hay stack and plus to let the deer bed if not dead yet and bleed out. My guess is that its bleeding a whole lot internally. What do you guys think? the blood was bright red but minimal
Last edited by scribbler444; 11-10-2009 at 07:11 PM.
11-10-2009, 07:06 PM
#2
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 25
Might have hit nothing. There is a small spot in there that deer will survive sorry if I am bursting your bubble. you guys did the right thing by backing out. I would wake up about sunrise and go out to where you last saw blood and start tracking. You might find him.
11-10-2009, 07:10 PM
#4
Fork Horn
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thank you I mean the arrow is still in there to so its boucing arround as he ran off and as he beds down im sure its still cutting up inside there. fingers crossed I find him in the morning he sure was a dandy and to top it off i grunted him in
11-10-2009, 07:57 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minnesota
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Shot sounds a bit low and probably enough to warrant a little worry.
You did a very wise thing and quit after only a 100 yards. I once made a long shot on one of my best bucks and searched for only about 40 yards and quit. Came back later that evening with a friend and after an exhausting walk looking for him... 6 yards!... we were hauling him off. LOL! Hopefully your search will be similar.
Good luck and stay positive.
iSnipe
You did a very wise thing and quit after only a 100 yards. I once made a long shot on one of my best bucks and searched for only about 40 yards and quit. Came back later that evening with a friend and after an exhausting walk looking for him... 6 yards!... we were hauling him off. LOL! Hopefully your search will be similar.
Good luck and stay positive.
iSnipe
11-10-2009, 08:16 PM
#7
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Wyoming
Posts: 30
Hey, this year my husband shot a huge bull elk right through the lungs. It ran off after the shot and did not leave one spot of blood. We looked everywhere! We circled back to where he shot it and started looking around instead of down for blood and the bull was with in 30 yards of where he shot him. He had only bled about 4 inches down his body from the entrance wound. When we cut into him, he was completely filled with internal blood. So don't give up! I have seen it go both ways....found some, lost some, but don't give up. Good luck!!!
