In anticipation of the upcoming season, I'll tell you a story of a doe I shot last season. I was in a honeyhole stand last November...had quite a few does filter through. Getting down to the nitty gritty-running out of sunlight, I decided I was going to harvest one of the 5 does that was 20-30 yrds in front of me. I drew on this doe that was 25 yrds broadside-I started grinning...knew that if I drew without any of them busting me-it would be on!! Made the shot-heard the wump as I smoked her! I watched her run off with the arrow finally twirling up in the air as it finally broke away from her far side-yes! I didn't even wait-I went to retrieve her-knowing she was only going to go maybe 40-50 yrds. I trailed the blood for maybe 60 yrds-looked up and could see her prolly another 50 yrds out in front of me...she is swaying from side to side. If I had my bow I would have put another one thru her, oh well-I'll walk back to get the 4 wheeler and she'll be dead(4 wheeler was at least a quarter mile away) when I get back. To my amazement I spent the next 4 hrs trailing a solid blood trail for about a mile(she never layed down either) and realize that this was going to be a "no cigar for me" scene. I finally quit and got back to camp at 11. I would go back in the morning after hunting another stand about 2 miles away. I never did find her! I went back to the ranch and pulled my SD cards from the trailcams as usual. I like to get there the night before-fire up dinner in my camper and look at he trail cam pics on the lap top, decide where I'm going to hunt that weekend. Lo and behold, I see the doe I shot about 1 month prior, she's still alive!! She spent the rest of the season at a feeder 1/2 mile away-I never did make another attempt on her-she won fair and square.....I can't say that for the other 6 w. t. does I passed an arrow thru last season! here's a pic of where I hit her-I swore she wouldn't live to see another day... (the one on the left) [/IMG] here's the pass thru side.... //[/IMG] Just goes to show -you can't be too confident and just how tuff these animals can be. Hope I didn't fire you up too much...
That's crazy... good thread. I woulda thought she'd been down for the count as well with that shot... tough animals indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing! That gives me some hope on an almost identical shot I made on a buck last season. I'm assuming the arrow went above both lungs, correct? Also, no wonder you killed 6 does last season. They're all caged up. (<<<<<<that was a joke by the way :D )
Unbelievable. If you did not have the pictures to prove it I would not of believed the story. Wow....
Finch-I'm hunting a 3500 acre ranch surronded by other big ranches. All these ranches have goats and sheep-LOTS of goats and sheep, We build "pens" around our feeders to keep the livestock out. Literally-I see well over 1,000 w.t. deer a season along with tons of other wildlife that come to visit. It makes it very entertaining , educational, and some great camera material-there are many , many sits that I don't even pick up my bow and I'm totally satisfied watching. It's a win -win situation that I wouldn't have any other way. It makes it easy for me to take my little ones with me too(my little girl has been going with since she was 3-she's 8 now and can judge a buck with the best of them) As for the doe-considering where i hit her, the odds of me not hitting a lung was very SLIM-but obviously she was very lucky to see another day! I'm sure I'll see her again this season-I won't shoot, I've already put her thru enough.
Almost the ecaxt same thing I did to a bear last fall.....except my exit was in front of the opposite shoulder. That bear still lives.
I wish you would shoot, alot of questions could be answered on the autopsy of that one. Put the pin on the old hole and then drop down about 3 inches
Nobody ever asks the deer if they want to die...we make assumptions. This proves that it isn't always about the hunter or his shot. Sometimes animals just do not want to give up the farm. Ya hunt enough and things like this become more believable. Great post Tony....I sat at a waterhole all day yesterday and half the day today. Had a doe and a fawn pronghorn come in, that was it (bucks only until Sept 1). It was a 100 degrees out there! Being inside the blind was like being in a sauna...I was sweating buckets and going through water like crazy! I'm heading to Wyoming next weekend for some spot and stalk action...I'm not sure I can take another Colorado day in the blind with hardly a goat for miles. Hope that gets you excited! Seeya when you get here!
