Shot good buck(8pt 22inch) but... blood ran out

old fart jim · Post by **old fart jim** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:02 pm

best of luck Farmer, I know the feeling and it sucks

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:43 pm

Hope you can find him, sounds like a fatal hit.

snapperdan · Post by **snapperdan** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:31 pm

Track him down CF!!! slow and steddy will win that race. I bet.

fdegurse · Post by **fdegurse** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:35 pm

update????

Shotnbeer · Post by **Shotnbeer** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:14 pm

I admire a guy that will admit a miss or a hit, scratch his head and take the time to follow up. I've been there and you ask yourself a thousand times what went wrong or what could I have done different. If you give it your best shot looking on a follow up, while you'll often feel like heck if you don't find the game, you're ok in my book. Think they call it hunting.

Horizontal Hunter · Post by **Horizontal Hunter** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:51 pm

Good luck in finding him. I am sure that he is not far from where you lost the blood. Hang in there and you will find him.

Bob

bbbwb · Post by **bbbwb** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:59 pm

CF -- At the end where he came to the open area, were there any shrubby or bushy areas relatively close to that last spot of blood? On different occasions I have had deer which bled well for a good distance, come to an opening and it appears that they make 1 last giant leap with the last ounce of energy, ending in or under shrubbery, tall grass, under a log, and die on the spot or die after they have crawled a few more feet. The blood trail is abruptly ended before the leap and it appears that the deer has evaporated. I have found the deer 10 feet plus away from the last hoof print/ blood sign.
Just a thought.
Good luck.

bbbwb

longwinters · Post by **longwinters** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:01 pm

Judging deer angles can be a tricky thing. There have been several that when I found them I could not figure out how the arrow went in at that angle. It only takes a body shift to throw lots of things out of wack.

Hope you find the buck.

Long

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:20 pm

I spent 2 hours looking today with no luck. All I can figure is that he doubled back down the bottom to water but its impossible to pursue in there. Ill check for buzzards in several days. I gave it my best.

saxman · Post by **saxman** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:26 am

crazyfarmer wrote:I spent 2 hours looking today with no luck. All I can figure is that he doubled back down the bottom to water but its impossible to pursue in there. Ill check for buzzards in several days. I gave it my best.

Good luck
I never recovered my last hog either,no buzzards,no stink,nothin.

Hoss · Post by **Hoss** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:11 pm

It happens we dont wrong you brother...you did your best... I know your upset but thats the way it goes sometimes..Its not a perfect science for sure..Ive lost more in my years than I care to remember..

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:37 pm

Get back on the saddle mate. Ride on . . .if you shoot enough deer, then it's gonna happen. Still suks.

crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:27 pm

sumner4991 wrote:Get back on the saddle mate. Ride on . . .if you shoot enough deer, then it's gonna happen. Still suks.

This is my 2nd bow lost buck ever(6th overall-yes I can count them since I remember them well). Granted I dont shoot many with the bow, but as you said it will happen if you hunt enough.

Im still going back mid week just to check for buzzards but maybe, just maybe he made it. He lost alot of blood, but you never know. Everyone locally knows so if someone stumbles on him Ill get word.

Im still sick at my stomach, but the game must go on. Ill be back out tomorrow morning. Things are getting calm here so hopefully I can get my mind on just hunting now

I may just wack a doe to get going again

sumner4991 · Post by **sumner4991** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:30 pm

Good luck CF!

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:31 pm

You've had a lot going on in your life lately, CF. Be good to yourself and try to enjoy just hunting again.

I know after my Dad died, I was good until I was alone in the woods - then it would all hit me and I'd get the shakes. Took a while for that to go away.

Don't be too hard on yourself. You can't change what it is.

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Shot good buck(8pt 22inch) but... blood ran out

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