I was going through some pics and I saw one that sticks out to me. I shot this little 9pt that had a very obvious broadhead gash across his back. It makes me wonder about what happened when this buck presented the hunter a shot, and how he came to miss killing it? It's probably a day he won't forget soon. His miss made my kill possible. Anybody else take a deer with a previous wound from a hunter?
A buddy of mine butchered the Ontario record buck "213" Nontypical" and found a crossbow bolt wedged through both backstraps that was about 7 years ago Dan
I shot a buck last year early in bow season, upon skinning him I found a bullet wound through that backstraps that appeared to be from a small caliber rifle. It hadn't completely healed yet, so I assume someone did it at night before the season. He also had a lot of brusing, which I figured was from being hit by a car.
looks like he was nearly directly underneath the stand at the time of the shot, and they were trying to spine him. One more bit of evidence why it's a horrible shot to take with a bow. Miss 2" right or left, it's a wounded deer like yours. Miss 2" back it's a neck or gut shot deer. Even if you miss the spine, get a lung but don't get pass-through penetration, there is no bottom hole for the blood to exit, which leaves little to no no blood trail whatsoever even though you likely have a dead deer w/in 100yards. Glad you got him. The wound could very well have gotten infected and he'd be coyote bait.
Very common. When You at least skin your own You will start to see this many times. We take about 40/year and always find hardware. .22 slug in the neck, 2 broadheads this year, 1 bh had 4 inches of an aluminum gamegetter shaft attached. Last year a bh and 3 inch shaft was in the nose of a 140 buck. Skinning your own will also make You realize how many deer survive BH hits.
Deer was pretty close, and the hunter didn't bend enough at the waist, or aim low enough, and hit high. Inside 10yds from 20' up in a tree is a shot few guys practice, and unfortunately they learn the hard way that it is not as "slam dunk" as they think.
When you say WE take 40 per year. How many people are you taking about. That's a lot of deer. Are you a butcher or something?
OK, maybe not little, I'll say decent, but compared to many I see on this site it seems little. That deer didn't seem too bothered by his wound, because he was still "cruising" during the rut.
I wish my "little" bucks looked like that But yes I have taken deer with healed over wounds, my dad has a few also. My most memorable was a buck taken with only one lung. He had a giant scar on his chest, I'm not sure how he was injured to lose a lung and get a scar that big yet still survive. Tough critters.
I live in Dana point and have a place in central Wisconsin. 6 of us take 35 antlerless and 6 bucks/year. 2 of the 6 took none this year. I have 2 teens that are north of 100 bow kills and 2 in the book. I usually take 1 in Orange county and shoot Conejo valley 3d's.
Whoa. How many tags will they let you buy in Wisconsin. Local guy. Right on. Don't see too many Californians here. I'm just up the coast from you. You ever hunt d-13
unlimited otc herd control unit. I have a great spot in San Gabriel right above the 210. I will look at the canyon heading to the Rose Bowl Wed. Ask your local butcher shop how many BH's they dig out of deer. Many deer survive BH hits.
That's awesome. Lot o deer. Lot o meat. Friends love you I bet. Those mountains look pretty Brutal. Probably a lot of deer near the Morris and San Gabriel resiviours eh? Is that la county still I always get the a-32 tag for a doe.
I shot a buck this year in Mid October and hit the top of the shoulder blade. 3 weeks later on November 4th I shot the same buck, he had a big infected broad head hole on his side.
obviously you trash the infected area, but overall how's he tasting? always wondered if wounds (esp. infected ones) make them taste nasty.
This buck was hit in the shoulder blade by my uncle on Oct. 28 this year. On Nov 21, my dad shot him with rifle! You can see the scar on his shoulder. It was about 95% healed. Didn't find the broadhead when we butchered him, but did find that it was still quite bruised inside. We chose to donate the deer to the food pantry and let them decide what to use.
