At first the bubbles threw me off but the fact he ran and then slowly walked off sound like a liver hit.. A deer that is liver hit will normally lie down within 100 to 150 yards and die some times it take a while for them to expire, but if you push them they can and will go further...
not possible this is a long perpetuated myth by those who don't know deer biology.. too bad your not close I have a friend in GA with two blood hounds that will find any deer..
I don't really know what to think. I have some people tell me there cant be bubbles without oxygen, and that has to be lungs. but there is also meat on the bolt. I think I hit him a little high. just confused.
As the pic shows, under the spine you get lungs. There isn't a void people claim between spine and lungs. It's above the spine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Actually you can get bubbles from the blood splashing on the ground. But it won't be full of bubbles like lung blood, just a few bubbles, and usually you see them early on in the blood trail when the flow is heaviest.
On quartering shots I could see it but since it's broadside I am thinking you went above the spine and he's fine. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I dont think thats lung blood. I agree that it definitely looks like a meat hit. Lung blood is more bright deep bubbly blood. Next time, if the shot is questionable, I would recommend waiting a bit longer, however if you would've hit the lungs, it wouldn't have ran that far. Good luck!
Sorry you did not locate the deer. The blood seems to dark to be a lung hit. Did you by chance get any video? If not in the future try that as it will tell you where you hit. The fact he walked off makes me lean to high hit or gut shot. You could also have hit in the brisket. There is dark hair in the broad head which indicates a high hit as well. While there is no void there is a slight chance also that the lungs were deflated and you shot above them. Again while it does not help now video does help clarify what really happen. Keep looking though but until you find his carcass always assume he is alive and well. Sorry again as I know how you feel. It sucks to lose a deer and not know its fate.
that is where a buddy of mine hit a huge 8pt..we looked and looked never found him after reviewing the footage we determined that is where the arrow passed through the deer... ...he ended up killing the same deer with a M/L a month later.
Well if there is a silver lining in this, its that I have 2 miniture dachsunds and a 4 month old toy poodle. I like it when new unexpected hobbies happen by surprise. anyone know where I can buy some deer blood to train these 3 guys?
This looks a lot like the blood my uncle got a few years back after winging a doe that we never recovered. There were some good piles of blood for almost 200 yards, then the blood completely stopped. Later that rifle season when there was snow on the ground I stumbled upon a group of doe tracks where one of the doe was clearly wounded, you could tell it was dragging one of it's legs (this was more than a month later) and I'm certain it was the same doe he had hit that bow season. Deer are tough animals and have a will to live like no other, if you don't get a good a vital shot they will a lot of times not go down. It's apt to eventually happen to anyone who archery hunts. I've heard a lot of guys tell stories about shooting a bit high just over the lungs, getting a lot of blood and tracking a deer for miles and never finding it, only to see that same deer still on its feet months later.
all of those pics look as though the deer was standing and DRIPPING blood, not while moving. looking at the arrow, i'd bet it was a low brisket shot.
