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#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 277
Thanks for the tips and I will try them all. I am afraid of the coyotes too and as I was walking out of the woods that night I could hear them howling. I almost thought about camping out on the hillside listening for them that night. I did walk out there at about 3 AM and listened for a while but never hear them. Since the meat would be bad anyhow it's just an antler recovery now. I just hope they don't destroy the rack.
ALSO...Anyone know if the buzzards will find dead animals if it's in the woods or mainly just the fields??
Thanks again.
ALSO...Anyone know if the buzzards will find dead animals if it's in the woods or mainly just the fields??
Thanks again.
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location:
Posts: 2,186
DCFD - Unfortunately I am in SE Alabama! If I was up that way, I'd love to bring Mojo over for a try. I try to get him all the work he can stand. To give you an idea of what a good blood trailer can do, my pooch (Tex) tracked a gut shot buck some 1 1/2 +/- miles. The buck had been shot at about 1:30 p.m. We started in on the track at about 08:30 p.m. It had rained and sleeted all day, with 15-20 mph winds .... and was still sleeting hard when we headed out. We would have left it until morning but the shooter had to head back that night. The buck crossed the same shallow creek three times. We found it laying down in a firebreak a full section north from where it had been shot. Took Tex about 4 hours to find the deer. So some times, even in rainy conditions, the dog can keep the track going. Frankly I saw maybe three-four blood splatters on the ground and a few smears on the sides of sapplings the whole way. With out the pooch, no way we'd have recovered that deer.
Last year a good friend came by to see one morning about 10:00 a.m. Asked me if I'd bring Mojo (Tex passed 3 years ago) to track a massive buck he had arrowed the night before. It had rained off and on all night. The guy is a very accomplished hunter, but had lost the blood trail in the dark and rain. Took Mojo about 20 minutes.
I am not saying this to brag or to mean that in every case after rains can this be pulled off. But these two times it was.
Had any luck so far?
Last year a good friend came by to see one morning about 10:00 a.m. Asked me if I'd bring Mojo (Tex passed 3 years ago) to track a massive buck he had arrowed the night before. It had rained off and on all night. The guy is a very accomplished hunter, but had lost the blood trail in the dark and rain. Took Mojo about 20 minutes.
I am not saying this to brag or to mean that in every case after rains can this be pulled off. But these two times it was.
Had any luck so far?
#23
DCFD - Unfortunately I am in SE Alabama! If I was up that way, I'd love to bring Mojo over for a try. I try to get him all the work he can stand. To give you an idea of what a good blood trailer can do, my pooch (Tex) tracked a gut shot buck some 1 1/2 +/- miles. The buck had been shot at about 1:30 p.m. We started in on the track at about 08:30 p.m. It had rained and sleeted all day, with 15-20 mph winds .... and was still sleeting hard when we headed out. We would have left it until morning but the shooter had to head back that night. The buck crossed the same shallow creek three times. We found it laying down in a firebreak a full section north from where it had been shot. Took Tex about 4 hours to find the deer. So some times, even in rainy conditions, the dog can keep the track going. Frankly I saw maybe three-four blood splatters on the ground and a few smears on the sides of sapplings the whole way. With out the pooch, no way we'd have recovered that deer.
Last year a good friend came by to see one morning about 10:00 a.m. Asked me if I'd bring Mojo (Tex passed 3 years ago) to track a massive buck he had arrowed the night before. It had rained off and on all night. The guy is a very accomplished hunter, but had lost the blood trail in the dark and rain. Took Mojo about 20 minutes.
I am not saying this to brag or to mean that in every case after rains can this be pulled off. But these two times it was.
Had any luck so far?
Last year a good friend came by to see one morning about 10:00 a.m. Asked me if I'd bring Mojo (Tex passed 3 years ago) to track a massive buck he had arrowed the night before. It had rained off and on all night. The guy is a very accomplished hunter, but had lost the blood trail in the dark and rain. Took Mojo about 20 minutes.
I am not saying this to brag or to mean that in every case after rains can this be pulled off. But these two times it was.
Had any luck so far?
#26
Don't get down on yourself man.. More than likely if you haven't found him by now, he's still alive. I've gut shot 1 deer and tracked him and looked for him for a week and a half and never found him. Later that season i got a picture of him on trail cam doing well! good luck!
#27
I agree with Wisconbow, I put an arrow through my biggest deer ever 2 years ago. I searched for two days and never found him. About 50 yards from the shot I found about two softball size puddles of blood then nothing after that. I walked miles of CRP and even had a buddy come out with his dog and walk all the CRP. Unique thing was the area he ran into was surrounded by 6 foot fence with only a handful of areas where the fence was down. Never found him. From what I figured I hit him a litte far forward. Even found the arrow with 12 inches of Penetration with good blood on the arrow. Last year in October I was checking my cameras and there he was, one side slightly non typical as well. I was very happy he made it. You can even see what I believe to be a scar on his front shoulder/neck area.
All you can hope for now it that he made it. I have to say that I think he probably did. You did all you possibly can, more than a lot of people would have done. Don't beat yourself up too much, it's happened to everyone who has hunted enough.
All you can hope for now it that he made it. I have to say that I think he probably did. You did all you possibly can, more than a lot of people would have done. Don't beat yourself up too much, it's happened to everyone who has hunted enough.
#29
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Allenton Wis.
Posts: 186
They head for water. A shallow creek where he can lay down in a few inches of water. I followed a doe I shot ounce and found it drowning in water a bit too deep too keep her head up. It died in a few minutes.