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I'M SICK!!!

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TRACY:
Had a similar experience last year with my hickory bow. It's not the gear as much just the situation. Could have happened with gun or compound, keep up the spirit. I hope you find her and I can sympathize with how you're feeling about it. Good luck and don't beat yourself up too much, it happens.

Tracy

Okie:
Well we had a thunderstorm move in this morning, It waspouring at daylight, so I went ahead and went to work. :(
I know this kind of thing happens sometimes, but it doesn't make it easy to take. I hate it. One bright note, I took my camera down last night after tracking the doe and there was a nice 8 point on it from the night before at 8:00 pm. I'll try to post some pics of him later. He looks identical to the 10 pointer I killed last year with my rifle.

John

The Singing Bowyer:
Sorry to hear about that, John. I was out of town this past week, but if I am around, I am always happy to help track one. No more time than I have had to get into the woods this year, I will gladly do whatever I can to be in the woods!

You have my number.... ;)

viktorkuhn:
HEY,
THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME! USED A 65lb SCYTHIAN RECURVE AT 15 FEET. SHOT WAS A LITTLE FAR BACK, BUT A SOLID HIT. MAYBE A BIT OF BUCK FEVER... SHE RAN OFF INTO EXTREMELY THICK BUSH (SOUTH AFRICA) WE COULD ONLY TRACK HER FOR 200 YARDS BEFORE THE BLOOD TRAIL STOPPED. SEARCHED THE WHOLE DAY. USED KIDS ON HORSES, MOTORBIKES (THE GAME ON THAT PARTICULAR FARM ARE NOT SCARED OF MOTORBIKES) AND EVEN A MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT.
I PHONE THE OWNER OF THE RANCH EVERY DAY TO HEAR IF THEY SPOTTED OR FOUND HER, BUT TO NO AVAIL. SHE HAS NOT JOINED THE HERDS AND WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN, THE FARMER SAID THAT IT IS PROBABLY DEAD AND THAT IF THEY DIE OFF IN A THICKET YOU WILL NOT SEE THEM EASILY.
NOT A GOOD FEELING...AND NOT A GOOD START TO MY FIRST HUNT..
VIKTOR

ballista:
  i feel youre pain- exact same thing happened to me. it got so cold one day, but we still wanted to hunt so i had a compound. A full,  corn fed Illinois doe was broadside at 35 yards, took the shot- dead on DBL lung, but minimal penetration. Waited in the stand for 45 minutes (which it was dark by then) no blood at all, until 60 yards. Blood for another 100 or so yards, than it ran into private property, where there was a massive amount of blood and impression ion the grass from the deer-
  Im almost positive somebody else took the deer, but thats part of bowhunting i suppose. again, im sorry for youre loss, mine was with compound, but at least you can say you did it traditional. -jimmy

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