So, I snuck out of work today at 3PM, went hunting. Zipper recurve in hand. Forgot my boots and went hunting in dress shoes. I got winded by a group of 5. Seen 10 more deer. Got winded again. I must have stink. Anyway this doe kept blowing and blowing. But stook 26-28yards away. She kept it up so I gave her something to huff and puff about. I saw the arrow disappear. Looked perfect. After a while found a red blood soaked arrow with 2 blade magnus. Never in my life have I tracked such a sparse blood trail. It took over 1 hour to move 50 yards. Got a buddy, and he went rambo just looking in the thicket. Good news is he found her 50 yards away. (100 yards total). Another good news is, perfect heart shot. Bad news is, why did my magnus leave such a poor trail???? I am talking hands and knees little spots every 5 yards. I have shot a few animals with em, and never had this bad of a trail. I am just shocked, complete heart passthru, no blood. Well, hopefully tenderloins is on the menu tomorrow night. Think I am going to try out the snuffers I have.
1st of all congratulation's Mark on the doe!! Nice shooting at 25 yards!! The holes had to plug up some with fat or something. I've saw 2 blade Magnus heads leave blood trails a blind man could follow and then the next not so much. I wouldn't worry about It.
I would think that, with a damaged heart, there would be a significantly fast loss of blood pressure. On a double lung I am thinking the residual blood pressure is what forces the animal to bleed a lot but, if there was a dramatic drop in blood pressure after a heart shot, there would be less blood "movement" so there would be less bleeding and less blood trail. Don't know if this is the case or not but it's my guess as to why not much of a blood trail.
I have heard that but never witnessed that. Makes sense. If you got no pump, then blood stays where it is in the body.
Heck yeah, great job! I am still trying to get my first trad kill. Heading out here shortly for an afternoon hunt.
Get after em Va. I am rootin for ya. Pick a spot. Pick it again, stare thru that spot like a laser beam.
Left work, forgot my boots. But hell or high water, I was hunting, (in a swampy area). I would have let her walk, but she stood 28 yards and blew and blew for 3 min. Then my mind started thinking about backstrap strogganoff, grilled backstraps, shoulder stew, and next thing I know an arrow flew from my bow.
Ha Yeah and my mouth is juicy from thinking about it. Ole tender meat hmmmmmm. OK I'm fat. Well that a boy teach the heifer not to blow at anybody else. haha
I see your paranois is working well. Answer is no and as I have written here many times, I support no political party and never have. In my view they are all equally vile.
