shawsheen

I shot this nice deer at 130 yards. I was in a tree stand up about 17'. He bucked up and trotted off. I found blood right were I hit him. Waited about 20 minutes and went looking with 2 other guys and could not find him. I thought it was a lung shot. Can anyone tell me where I hit this deer from these pics. The blood trail ended after about 25 feet. The blood was bright red and was thick almost jelly like. I thought for sure it would be no more than 100 yards in. We walked and scanned an area of about 400 yards and found nothing.

Wingbone

Looks like oxygenated lung blood to me.

shawsheen

that’s what I thought. Unfortunately I was at a hunting lodge on my last day. I was hoping the guides would put a dog on the trail but they said it wasn’t worth doing. Said there wasn’t enough blood and a dog would take a couple days to get out there. I was and still am very disappointed. He was a awesome buck.

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That's a muscle hit. No froth in the blood so it isn't lung blood. Not dark enough to be arterial. Probably won't kill the deer unless it gets infected.

Ridge Runner

that frothy blood tells me the deer died, practice tracking!

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I have looked at the pics several times. I see no froth, point it out to me.

BOWHUNTERCOP

poor judgement call on the guide's part

Bright thick blood like this is a good indication of a heart shot

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heart blood would be darker. That real red blood is a muscle hit not a chest hit