A deer I double lunged last year only had bright red blood on one side of the arrow shaft, although I do not have as much hunting experience as most others here I can say that a double lung hit might not completely coat your arrow in blood every single time, if you found bright red blood then it sounds like a dead deer to me, or atleast one with a clipped lung/lungs that will be severely weakened, be ready for a follow up shot and stop every few yards when your searching to listen for your deer, you might catch it staggering out of its bed if you bump it, or hear a heavy/labored breathing before you see it
A tip I learned is always aim for the leg on the far side I do not always get a pass thru but I get a dead deer and most of the time a broken shoulder on the far side I had a close shot like that and a Brest plate exit it was a majore bleeder both lungs and it still went Over 150 yds
This ^^^^ In my 40 years of hunting, I have had this bloodtrail play out a couple of times. Both times my hit was center mass and I ended up slicing the esophagus. Once sliced, the stomach emptied out into the chest cavity and ended up plugging both the entry and exit hole. Both times the deer was found within 200 yards of where it was shot but I had lots of dry leaves to hear where they were going and ended up crashing. Good luck!!
High angle shots can be tricky at times, I lost a doe last year to one. I was positive that it was a heart shot and had good blood on it...after 400 yards it stopped and despite my best efforts (crawling down every briar path), I found nothing else. I have the computer program "Shot Simulator" so I replayed the shot a few times to try to get an idea of what could have gone wrong. The only thing I came up with is that I took out one lung and passed behind/under the heart.
People also tend to forget that a deer can cover a lot of ground in 60 seconds. Fat can also plug exit wounds and make blood trails peter out. You did the right thing by backing out. I'm hoping that you've been too busy butchering to update.
Well im confident itbwas a fatal blow, but one ill never get to lay ny hands on.. tracked the light blood trail for another 150 yds. Where it crossed over onto my neoghbors land who wont allow me to track on his land.. I feel sick about it, but I know legally I cant do anything more..cant believe it went so far without bedding down.. sure ill hear about it when the coyotes get it, but he wont let me go on his land so I have no choice, but to be sad. I know its dead, I saw the group it has been hanging out with this morning and it was nowhwre to be found....
That stinks but it happens. Too bad you were not allowed to go look for it. Although you won't get to taste it, it won't go to waste. :D
What kind of law is that ,that you can't legally track and retrieve your animal? Doesn't make sense! Up here in Canada it's the law that you are entitled to track a wounded animal to recover it on private property. You just have to inform the law about the situation and it'll be granted. No if you don't inform the landowner, you do need to inform him before you continue. That's totaly absurd! The chances of that happening is great! Rocky
Yeah it sucks, the land owner isnt a hunter, just has a nice house and didnt want me walking around, or shot deer on his land, I have explained there's nothing I can do, hes just an azzz, but its his legal right, its the first deer ive ever fatally shot that I wont be able to recover.. it sucks
Does the neighbor own a big chunk of land? If they own enough they may have put it into Land Management with the DNR for the tax break. If that was the case they cannot keep you from tracking on their land. Just a thought.
Not a huge chunk , enough to be annoying... dnr wardens cant do anything about it, it is what it is in wi... hell , you can take someone elses deer with your tag here if dies on your land, ive never seen it happen, as most people are respectful, but when a lg buck is involved, ive heard of it, heck we had a lawsuit over it a few yrs ago.
He is correct, it's how WI law works in this situation. If you call a warden the most they'll do is talk to the landowner to try to persuade them into allowing retrieval, but without permission nothing they can do either. Basically your option is walk away or risk a trespass fine.
Another interesting thing with this is if you shoot a deer and it crosses a property line and dies, you're denied access, it's illegal for anyone but the shooter to tag or move the carcas. Legally it has to go to waste.
