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Still waiting for my first deer...

Discussion in 'Whitetail Deer Hunting' started by redz, Sep 8, 2012.

  1. Lastoneout

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    Keep after her ...aim right here next time and you'll get to see the death roll.

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    can you post a google maps link to your area?
     
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    I'm gonna kill my phone battery trying to refresh the page to see when he finds it. But it's definitely worth it.
     
  4. redz

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    I was hoping he would have her after i got out of class. shes out there laying somewhere. good luck
     
  6. redz

    redz Weekend Warrior

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    Yeah, I bummed! The blood trail was so good at first, until she got to the thick stuff!

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  7. Tony

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    There is more blood ... you just have to find it ... wait for reinforcements .... 80 yards is nothing .... she may have went a few hundred more ....
     
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    Cablebob Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Looking at the map, I'm assuming the deer ran south toward the creek, most likely crossed it and headed into the deep timber to the south. Again, that's just a guess.
     
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    Im glad you got one dude. I sat 18 times last year and only saw 2 deer. I saw one the first time I sat, after I got down and was packing up and another towards the end of the season. I missed the last one when I shot at it cause I was shaking so bad. I haven't gotten the energy to get out this year yet cause I think its going to be a repeat of last year but Im not going to shoot a deer period if I don't get out at all. Well see how this year goes. Again, good luck finding your deer man.
     
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    80 yards is nothing to get discouraged over yet, I've had them go hundreds of yards with good hits. You've just got to find the next blood and pick up the trail again. If she went through the creek, the water likely opened the wound. Are you going to wait for help?
     
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    Unfortunately I couldn't get down there today. I offered to meet him tomorrow morning before my hunt, but he's gotta be back at work. We need him to find this thing today!
     
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    Whats says the armchair trackers about marking his last blood, then taking the bridge around to the other side and looking for an exit from the creek? Or walking the creek edge on the side he is now on. With no help coming he needs to get looking again, agreed?
     
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    Wait for dog...
     
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    Is one coming? Dude... go catch a nap if that is the case.
     
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    No dog or help coming. He is back out there but on his own.
     
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    What happened with the dog?
     
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    Walk the creek on your side after marking last blood. If you see where it went in, one of two things happened... it crossed or drowned. If it went in but didn't come out look for a bend or a log or something of that nature that it could have gotten hung on.

    How wide/swift/deep is the creek?

    If no sign near the creek, go back to last blood and resume looking.
     
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    Bummer. Than I guess yes muzzy that would be the way to approach it. Ill bet that feet is either along the bank somewhere or it crossed and kept going. It didnt go there to turn around.

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    Back at it guys!

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    Reading This thread is making me tired

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