So at last night this deer came out. He was the same deer I seen twice on Wednesday. I adjusted and sat on the down wind side of the same trail about 200 yds from the other night. I was actually getting ready to get down because I was in the lone wolf for the first time and hadn’t quite set it up well. He walked behind some trees and I drew back, I had ranged the open the was coming into at 30 yards earlier. To be honest, I don’t even remember if I used the right pin. He stopped and I shot. I thought he was broadside but later figured out he was quartering towards me. He dropped to his knees and jumped up and ran a circle around me, crashing thru tree. I immediately got down and looked for blood, found it and marked it. Then backed out, went home for more lights and called a couple buddies. I came back 2 hours later and we started. We had great blood at first. We went across 2 properties, got denied permission on one, but picked up the trail on the back side in a corn field. Cornfields rock for tracking. In the corn, we had very fresh wet blood. We knew we were pushing him but forecast was for rain today. We stumbled upon him, still alive but bedded, only 15 yds away He was not wanting to get up. Didn’t bring the bow so had to finish him with my buddies KBar. That was intense. Total distance was about 700-800 yards. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I had a similar experience last weekend with a buck I hit that was single lung. Found him alive the next day, 35 hours after the shot. He ran and I had to back out until the following a morning. I will never track without my bow again. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Great looking buck. I'm glad you were able to recover him. Blessings...........Pastorjim Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk
