Wed night I smacked a giant. This was the first time I actually heard a buck roar in the timber. It had me shook up like this was my first deer I had ever shot! Shooting hours ended at 5:12 and I shot this deer at 5:08. Hard to see my arrow hit him so close to dark with it being cloudy and I was in the bottoms. Could see the deer perfectly and felt real comfortable with my shot. 20 yards. Anyway, he ran off with his tail down and I glassed him walking about 70 yards from where I hit him. He went out of view in the goggles so I thought he went down. Turns out he went down a hill. Found blood for 100 yards and then found my arrow. Looks like I only got about 7 inches of penetration. Followed good blood for a loooooong ways and then lost it when he went out into a food plot. looks as if he went in football field crp patch or toward a pond. I searched the crp yesterday and found three other deer! none of them mine. gonna check the pond area on monday. its gun season here this weekend and the deer is not on my property and there is gun hunters everywhere. the landowner said i could look monday for sure. any suggestions?
Found bright red blood. Trailed blood for quite a while. Good sign. No bubbles though so not sure.on placement. Found a bed where he layed for a bit. Then found a huge chunk of coagulated blood and then it went to pindrops. Heard no real loud crack. That's why I'm confused that I got little penetration. Stuck at the firehouse working from now till Monday morning. Gonna be a looooooooong weekend.
No. Not yet. Heading out tomorrow for one last try before I have to call it quits. The property owner is allowing me to look one more day and then he said after the year is over I can look all I want. So here's to good luck tomorrow!!! i Will post the outcome
No luck today. Maybe after the seasons over. going to hunt that stand again tonight. Maybe he's still walking. We will see. Haven't been in the stand for a week and its raining and sleeting here but I got the fever and have to go!!!!
sorry to hear you didnt find the deer one can only hope the coyotes didnt get to him and he walks with a limp and you will get another shot
