Doe down!
10-19-2008, 06:31 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: TN
Posts: 2,089
RE: Doe down!
I shot this doe 40 yards from my treestand coming down a hill broadside. The shot was further back than I knew at the time, so I started tracking her after an hour not knowing that my shot was further back than I would have liked. After 30 minutes of searching I couldn't find my arrow or a blood trail. I called my dad and explained the situation to him and he said ask the neighbors if they would help me track my deer. They did! I showed Darrel, (my neighbor) where I shot my doe and where I last saw her. We spread out to where I last saw her and about 100 yards from there we spooked her up from bedding down. We went to where the she was bedding down and there was blood everywhere! We decide to continue tracking her in an attempt to bleed her out. We tracked her for 5 hours and were amazed that this deer could still continue to run after loosing so much blood!
We lost the blood trail at the edge of a big pasture. Darrel saw the deer stagger up from bedding down at the edge of the wood line and start walking away. Now the deer could only go three ways. Up a steep mountain, (Which we didn't think it had the strength to do because the whole time we were tracking it, it was always going down hill.) into the pasture where there wasn't much cover, or follow the fence line. We searched up the mountain for 30 minutes then I walked the fence line for about 200 yards before we decided to head back home.
When my dad got home I explained where we last found blood and where Darrel last saw my deer near the fence line. We dove into the pasture where the doe was last seen and began searching again. My dad said he would search the mountain side of the fence and I would search the pasture for my deer. There were little tree lines all throughout the pasture with a little pond in the middle of the field. I first looked by the pond for my deer but found nothing. I then decided to go help my dad search the mountain for my deer. On the way up to the mountain I decided to walk into a thick little treeline that ran from the woods all the way to about 40 yards from the pond. As soon as I stepped into the treeline my deer jumped up 5 feet from me and ran a short distance before collapsing. I nocked an arrow and gave her a finishing shot. I called my dad on the walkie talkie and told him that I found my deer! The whole track job with my dad lasted no more than 5 minutes... Versus the 5 hours we were tracking her in the morning!
We lost the blood trail at the edge of a big pasture. Darrel saw the deer stagger up from bedding down at the edge of the wood line and start walking away. Now the deer could only go three ways. Up a steep mountain, (Which we didn't think it had the strength to do because the whole time we were tracking it, it was always going down hill.) into the pasture where there wasn't much cover, or follow the fence line. We searched up the mountain for 30 minutes then I walked the fence line for about 200 yards before we decided to head back home.
When my dad got home I explained where we last found blood and where Darrel last saw my deer near the fence line. We dove into the pasture where the doe was last seen and began searching again. My dad said he would search the mountain side of the fence and I would search the pasture for my deer. There were little tree lines all throughout the pasture with a little pond in the middle of the field. I first looked by the pond for my deer but found nothing. I then decided to go help my dad search the mountain for my deer. On the way up to the mountain I decided to walk into a thick little treeline that ran from the woods all the way to about 40 yards from the pond. As soon as I stepped into the treeline my deer jumped up 5 feet from me and ran a short distance before collapsing. I nocked an arrow and gave her a finishing shot. I called my dad on the walkie talkie and told him that I found my deer! The whole track job with my dad lasted no more than 5 minutes... Versus the 5 hours we were tracking her in the morning!
10-19-2008, 10:03 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: oxford county, maine
Posts: 2,206
RE: Doe down!
my season hasnt even started yet bud. relax lol i probably wont squeeze off till the last possible second anyway so it will be nail biting for ya if your gettin nervous already lol.
congrats on the deer bud
congrats on the deer bud
