Had a really good chance at a great looking buck this morning at 18 yards and some how blew it. I know when i took the shot the arrow hit to far forward. When i finally got down to go check my arrow after watching him throw it i seen where it only had about 3 inches of penetration and no blood at all. What did i hit?
It sounded horrible. Like a loud smack. I could not have been off that bad but i do know it was forward.
To me it sounds like a 2X4 breaking. I had an elk hunter shoot a nice 6X6 with a bow and when I heard the noise, I knew that we wouldn't find much, if any blood and that the elk would survive. Three weeks later, I had a rifle hunter shoot the same elk with the broad head stuck in his shoulder as the bull chased a cow.
Yeah it sounds like a shoulder hit, do not blame the head and I have also witnessed a rage go thru both shoulder blades.
No Its not the head. Saturday on opening morning in the exact same stand I was successful on a big doe that only went 50 yards. I just rushed the shot got a little jumpie and made a bad shot...
The funny thing though is it didnt even break my arrow. nothing just a broken blade and some meat and hair.. I dont get it.
That sounds like a shoulder hit to me. It happened to me once with a large mechanical broadhead. I followed the deer for 3 hours and over a mile that night and never found him. He lived for 2 more months, then he finally died from infection. I found him shortly after he died, so I took the rack and the shoulder blade. The bone actually started to heal back over. Amazing animals!
The positive news is you may have a chance at him again. It is hard to stay calm when you have a nice deer in front of you!
Yeah its pretty rough to take in. The fact of seeing a deer with horns on the second day and it being a shooter and it all coming together and it gone just like that.
