Advice on shot placement.
Question for everyone here. I shot a buck tonight and since it was so close to dark I backed out and am going to look in the morning. I am about 20 feet up and the deer was quartering slightly away at about 13 yards. I shoot a 3 blade rage. The shot looked to hit just behind the shoulder and a bit high....No full penetration. As soon as I hit him, he took off with his tail down and ran across the field (about 100 yards) into a pine stand. As he was running away I could see about half the arrow or maybe a little more sticking out of the entry side. As he entered the pine stand I may have heard him fall over but I'm not 100% sure.
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If you didn't hit shoulder bone it sounds like you got at least one lung and maybe two depending on how deep and how wide the deer is. I'm gona bet since you didn't push him you will find him in that pine thicket at first light. We want pics!
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BTW, tail down is a good sign.
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Sounds fairly promising based on the info given. Good Luck in the morning.
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I bet hes laying just inside the pines. Ive knocked two in the dirt this year so far with the rage heads. I am a believer thus far. Both of mine were within 100 yards of the shot. Good lluck tomorrow.
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Thanks for sharing. It's great
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Originally Posted by sprintflyer
(Post 3684988)
If you didn't hit shoulder bone it sounds like you got at least one lung and maybe two depending on how deep and how wide the deer is. I'm gona bet since you didn't push him you will find him in that pine thicket at first light. We want pics!
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Originally Posted by Patrick Eubanks
(Post 3684995)
I bet hes laying just inside the pines. Ive knocked two in the dirt this year so far with the rage heads. I am a believer thus far. Both of mine were within 100 yards of the shot. Good lluck tomorrow.
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If it was a lung shot with no full penatration blood will be running up through his mouth and nose. Being dark it would be hard to find but
in light you will see it. |
No blood? Sometimes with a high hit you won't get much blood on the ground for several yards. Don't push him! Give it till morning. If you got one lung it most likley is fatal but not unheard of to go couple hundred yards. If you find blood it should be brite red and full of bubbles if it's a lung hit. Bubbles will be gone by morning and blood a little darker. Real dark and foul smelling is a gut hit but if it was quartering away and just behind the shoulder he's hit in the lung(s). Read the after the shot in Bowhunting forum if you haven't done so yet. Get ready for the longest sleepless night of your life. I had to back out once overnight but found him withing 75 yards of where I shot. Good luck and don't give up till you find him or are 101 percent sure it's a clean miss. Like I said, Dont push and he won't go far.
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