BLOOD TRAILING DEER/we gave it our all.

[buckaroo]

What i would give for a little dog that trails blood we trailed one at least 1500 yards yesterday this deer was shot with the best equipment money can buy we found lung blood 150 yards from the stand and it never bled any up untill then, we could not find it, just makes you sick when you have a good buck get away but 3 men gave every thing they had to try and find him with no luck he was shot at 8;55 a.m. and we gave up at 1:40 p.m. we are going back this afternoon after work but with the coyote we have we may find the horns . 

[Wizard]

we are going back this afternoon after work but with the coyote we have we may find the horns .

If the coyotes haven't gotten to him yet, I'd say you'll be in good shape since the meat won't spoil in this cooler weather we have been experiencing.

If you do just find the horns, at least you will have an interesting story to tell.

[ArkansasSloughboy]

My son missed two nice bucks yesterday morning. I thought we'd hit them, but looked for 2 hours and never found a drop of blood. It sucked cause we passed on several deer thinking we had a monster down.

[Kevin]

You guys ever used the blood tracker lights?

[mpoor]

I'm reading these posts on my deer stand and it putting gremlins in my head. I'm glad I got to practice at lunch. I'm praying for a double lung pass thru. I feel your pain losing your deer, it is a sick feeling that will haunt you. But don't get down, you'll have other deer under your stand.

[Kevin]

Can I have your job?

Would love to hunt on a Monday instead of sitting in this damn office.

[mpoor]

I'm hunting with my boss in KY. Tough gig. 

[TheHuntinHog]

I'm not sure how long you tracked him, but I never look for a deer until at least an hour and half after I shot him, and that's when I see my arrow pass through.  But they can be funny.  No blood for 150 yards is a pretty good sign you went through bone and meat instead of lung.  Sometimes good equipment can make you think you made a better shot than you did because it will pass through a deer even though it didn't pass through the sweet spot.  I wish you luck.  If you didn't jump him, you'll probably find him, but if you jumped him and you were having trouble finding blood already, I'd presume you won't find anymore.  If you don't find him, here's hoping he survives.  I shot a 9pt a long time ago and hit him in the butt.  I didn't know it at the time, until a week later a nearby hunter shot that buck and told us he shot a 9 that had been shot in the behind.  I laughed... I was happy he survived for another hunter's joy. 

[Chris Andrews]

Kevin, I dont really like the blood lights. I don't see much good in them.

I do use ants, flies, and yellow jackets to help me track. Sometimes the ants will find a small drop of blood in just an hour. I also have a 10 yr old daughter with good eyes, and she is closer to the ground. She has helped us find a many of deer.

[buckaroo]

We looked yesterday afternoon but no luck just FYI we did give that deer 1 1/2 hours before we started looking we did not want to push him i got the text at 8:55 am but i had to get down text my other buddy walk a half a mile to camp meet him then we got on our 4 wheelers and went to the other side of the lease we left our 4 wheelers about 500 yards from the stand the deer was shot off of met with the shooter and talked about where he was hit and the direction he had went i am allmost sure he got one lung pink bubbles and blood the problem is they have 2 we tracked into the afternoon we never jumped the deer and never found a spot he had laid down and i found that a little odd we found places it looked like the deer was stumbling and when he stoped and stood in one place lots of blood i know deer are very tough animals but when you see that kind of evidence you expect to see him around the next corner it just was not to be but next week is gun season and the blood trails will be much better and shorter i just hope he survives because the coyote and vultures have plenty to eat.

[mtnscapes2004]

I hate to even post this, however, it may make another hunter feel alittle better about losing a nice buck in the woods. I arrowed 2 bucks in the same week a couple weeks ago. I do not like releasing an arrow off the right side of my stand too much, but the buck was so close and such a large animal, no problem being a seasoned hunter. I shot just above the lungs and the arrow passed thru. Followed not much of a blood trail for days. Followed buzzards for days. Never found him. Sick feeling in the stomach for sure!!!
I was in my stand a couple days later and had 2 Tink's Scent bombs using code blue estrus hanging in shooting lanes, one right in front of my stand at 20 yards. Here comes another nice buck with high tines. Stops right in front of my stand broadside. Lifts his nose to sniff the air and takes a step towards the scent bomb. I released an arrow as soon as he took a step. Arrow hit just behind the lungs. I was shaking alittle thinking about the previous buck I could not find while looking thru my peep. I knew when the arrow hit, there was not much opportunity to find that buck either. Talking about feeling sick in the stomach and head. Seasoned bow hunter arrows and loses 2 wall hangers in one week. Not much to be proud of, however, things like this do happen from time to time. I am really glad gun season opens this Saturday, as I am ready to put my bow down for a couple of weeks. Every hunter that loses a nice buck feels sick, and no hunter is left without feeling sick at some point in time in the woods. 

[Chris Andrews]

mtnscrapes, I know that felt good to get off you chest.
I lost a doe about 15 yrs ago, and I quit bow hunting for about 3 yrs. I shot her like I was supposed to. She got into a mud hole, and packed the wound. My dad shot her the next year, and the scares were where they should have been.
If it wasn't tough on us, then we wouldn't be good sportsmen.

[Kevin]

If it wasn't tough on us, then we wouldn't be good sportsmen.

Couldn't agree more.

[inkorore]

I wouldnt doubt if he fell right on top of sum hunter smoking ciggs, he got em and went haulin ass!!