Before anyone comes down on me, don't forget, you had to be there. Remember, I did NOT purposely take a shot at a running buck. Looked out my front window this afternoon and OMG.....a monster 8 pt is standing on the edge of creek bank. Watched him for a few minutes then thought"better get dressed and put the sneak on him" As I was stalking, he stood again where I first saw him, then he went back into cover. That was at 110 yds.I ended up sneaking to within 50 yds of where I saw him when a doe busted. Only the doe ran off. Waited a few mins for him to bust....nothing. I stalked almost to where I saw him standing when another 2 does bust with him in tow. At 25 yds he stopped broadside and looked at me. At the shot he turned away before the arrow got there only to hit him right in the ***. I heard a heavy crunch of bone. He ran just a few yards hurting bad.Now there's a beauty with an arrow in the rear. I believe I broke his pelvic bone. I feel terrible. At least I got tomorrow off to look for him.
Hopefully he will stiffen up over night ......... Was there any blood ? You may have got lucky and got the femoral artery
There saw a lot of blood at first as he went down creek bank. Blood on a log in creek. It also was raining lightly then got heavier....now snow
If you hit the femoral artery you will find him within 50 yds. They lose blood so fast they pretty much pass out from lack of blood before they bleed out. If you track him further than 100, odds are you'll be tracking him awhile. If you did indeed break his pelvic bone he'll be bedded more than he's walking. A pair of binoculars is going to be just as good as anything, see him bedded and make a game plan.
agree with all of the above. I used to put my grunt tube around my neck and in '09 I shot a buck which the string grab the grunt tube at release and jerked my shot and I hit him right in the rear. I caught that aforementioned femoral artery and he died within sight. needless to say I don't put my grunt tube or anything around my neck that could obstruct my shot. Good luck!
Agree with the above....... if you got the artery he is dead. If not hopefully he will stiffen up and act as stated above Good luck . Hope you find him
Unfortunately, I didn't find him within 100 yds. Rain and snow has washed away all blood. I still have areas I can check. There is open field on both sides of creek and I didn't see him cross.I never under estimate the survival of a whitetail but if he went into a steep creek bottom, climbing out would be very difficult with that hit.
At 25 Yards...the arrow would have Hit Broadside, what is your draw weight? Maybe you hesitated? I hope you find the Buck but....??? Something does not figure here. SssssssWACK! @ 70 yards Bra-.....like yesterday!
Ham shots can bleed out quicker then you think. Stay on the blood trial for as long you can before you start combing the woods blindly . Also your trail will tell you soon enough if your looking for a dead deer or a buck with an arrow in its....rump.
Sounds to me like the deer turned at the same time as the shot was released. I've had that happen with deer at 14 yards and a hog at 15 yards and both were hit just in front of the back leg... At 25 yards I see how that could happen.
Hopefully you can track him down. Based on the shot placement, he's not likely to travel far even if you didn't hit the artery. Good luck, hope you will post pics today!
You bet. I had one that was slightly quartering away turn almost a 180 before the arrow hit at 25 yds. Ended up being a kill shot which was great, just entered on the opposite side quartering away! LOL, lucky I guess
