Tough tough luck, you gave it your all and that's all you can do. Better luck next time! Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk
That can be hard to rebound from Cody, but it sounds like you are on your way! I had a similiar situation 1.5 weeks ago when I got my deer. I never found a drop of blood around the area I shot it or where I found her. Luckily, she died about 15 yards from a camera that I was checking while giving her some time after the shot. It was the smell that lead me to her....not visual cues of blood drops or even her laying in a fallen tree. I found out later why I could not locate any blood. She apparently was slightly quartered to me versus broadside like I thought. That mixed with the sharp angle of the shot (10 yards from 25 feet up in a tree) led to the exit hole filled with fat and other membrane material. Even though she did not go far, I was lucky to have recovered my deer. Get back in the stand as it sounds like you have a good population of deer still out on your property!
My buddy (experienced bow hunter) at clean shot on a doe at 15 yards this morning. Just got off the phone with him and he waited about 25 min. went into the corn and bumped her - said she was pumping blood running away. He was on his way out of the area to let her sit and said she was 10 yards from him and he didn't see her and bumped her again. One of those deals - he's going to give it a couple hours and try and find her again. Being new to bow hunting (first year) I have ALOT of anxieties about bow hunting. Stories like this paint a picture of me needing to make a perfect shot and although I've practiced for 6 months or so in the heat of the moment and never having shot a deer with my bow I am anxious about making a perfect shot. Not to mention trying to track the deer after the shot - a lot to think about for a first time bow hunter. Thanks for the story.
