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El Destructo:
Knock on Wood.....or My Thick Head.....but to this Day......I have never left a deer behind........I have spent two days back Home in Upper Michigan tracking a Doe once....because I was young and stupid......It was during the Late Rut and way too early for a safe shot....I was looking at three deer....two Doe and a Buck The Buck was standing head facing left....one of the Does was right behind Him facing right....the other Doe was way aways from these two.....Well I took what I thought was a great Heart Lung Shot.....only to watch the Doe double up for a second and then they all ran off....to my error in judgement....what happened was the Doe was in front of the Buck....not behind.....and I took a Perfect Gut Shot on a beautiful Whitetail Doe.....when my Father found this out.....I was told not to come back without the Deer....no Matter what....so I tracked Her all day and spooked her about 5 times before I decided that I would let her alone....since I knew where she was and where most of the Activity was in this Area.I went Home and walked the endless distance back in through three foot of Snow....and waded through it for 6 more hours before finally finding Her Frozen laying in a Cedar Swamp....took me till dark that night to drag Her out and get Her Home..........ain't happened again since.....too hard on you physically and mentally ......JMO
TRACY:
Now, go study the area where he expired and try to fill in the gaps for future reference. Also , study the entry and extent of the wound to fill in the rest of the story. Happy ending. We all started at the beginning and learned from there.
Tracy
armymedic.2:
yeah what happened with the shot, what killed him? do tell! congrats
ravenbeak:
hey guys,
I got to see him last night a beautiful little black tailed spike, and oh man was i excited. my first deer.
the arrow broke off, leaving about 6" inside. It punctured a lung and possibly knicked the liver. not much blood though.
The deer ended up about 250 meters from where i hit him. he took a hard left upon entering the bush which i never anticipated in my searching. I'm gonna skin him today and get a better look.
that's about as exciting as it gets, think you've lost him, just get over it, and he comes back. one heck of a story
Sidewinder:
Congats on the buck. I'm glad it worked out that way for you. Thanks for sharing. Danny
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