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Originally Posted by 2 Lunger (Post 3686078)

If you hit him you should find blood. If you went between the shoulder blade and the spine you got lungs. If you look at the anatomy of a deer the top of the longs connects with a lining to the spine. There is no "void". There is some clue out there at the point of impact. You have to find it. The last buck I shot I found exactly 2 drops of blood in a 150 yards. I went off of tracks and other clues and found him piled up. You can do it. Go find him.

I agree on finding blood. Even if he's not bleeding out from the hole, he should be bleeding out through his mouth if I got any lungs. Trust me I searched and searched for that initial spot of blood and could not find any, before we started our grid search. Do you know of a good website for deer anatomy? I've found a few but nothing that great.

Trust me this is eating me up inside. Seems to be all I think about every day from the time I get up to the time I go to sleep. My family and friends know how hard-core I am but they still don't understand it.

I'm going to head out again this weekend to look for him. I won't be sitting in a stand again till I feel like I have done all I can. I realize that the meat will be spoiled of course, but I need to have that piece of mind, and to be able to know where I for sure hit him so I can learn from this experience.