Wounded deer questions.....
11-12-2015 | 07:04 AM
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Spike
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I wish my phone would let me post a pic. It would show the shot placement a lot better than I can explain it but I will try. The ball entered the ribs hitting the back of the liver and the front of the stomach. Any further back and I would have missed the liver all together. A few inches to the left and I would have got the back of the lungs. Where the deer stood there was hair and lots of very dark (almost purple) blood with small pieces of purple flesh in it (I assumed liver). The blood trail started from there and was very steady and easy to follow for the first 100 yards (ish) until I jumped the deer and backed out. The blood was a very dark red and not the bright red you see with a heart shot or the pinkish blood you see with a lung shot. Because I backed out that night even if I had not been able to pick the trail back up with some grid searches (even though I was in a very dense thicket) I would have found the deer. My biggest bow buck was shot at a lasered 57 yards and I had very similar results (that was the first and last time I've shot over 40 yards, I was young and dumb). I wish I could post pics. I took pics of the deer of course but also the blood trail but I hope my explanation can help someone someday. I knew I'd find the deer but after a sleepless night of second guessing I had begun to doubt everything. Patience is key when the shot is not ideal.
11-12-2015 | 09:12 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Allegan, MI
I wish my phone would let me post a pic. It would show the shot placement a lot better than I can explain it but I will try. The ball entered the ribs hitting the back of the liver and the front of the stomach. Any further back and I would have missed the liver all together. A few inches to the left and I would have got the back of the lungs. Where the deer stood there was hair and lots of very dark (almost purple) blood with small pieces of purple flesh in it (I assumed liver). The blood trail started from there and was very steady and easy to follow for the first 100 yards (ish) until I jumped the deer and backed out. The blood was a very dark red and not the bright red you see with a heart shot or the pinkish blood you see with a lung shot. Because I backed out that night even if I had not been able to pick the trail back up with some grid searches (even though I was in a very dense thicket) I would have found the deer. My biggest bow buck was shot at a lasered 57 yards and I had very similar results (that was the first and last time I've shot over 40 yards, I was young and dumb). I wish I could post pics. I took pics of the deer of course but also the blood trail but I hope my explanation can help someone someday. I knew I'd find the deer but after a sleepless night of second guessing I had begun to doubt everything. Patience is key when the shot is not ideal.
11-12-2015 | 10:41 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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From: Allegan, MI
Here are his pictures of the dark blood where the deer was standing at the shot along with the blood trail and two random pictures of the buck. It was definitely dark blood indicating that liver hit and you can see where the buck was hit a little too far back because of the shot angle.
Last edited by Topgun 3006; 11-12-2015 at 10:52 AM.
