Opening day(Sat)I had seven bucks, 1 doe and one skip within 30-60yds of me on sat. all small bucks too. They kept heading into this small grove of oaks along a wood road. I was able to glass the trees and realize that most were white oaks. 8pm at night I went back with my lone wolf and climbing sticks and set up in there. I went back at 6am sunday and it was pouring rain. I figured I's just stick it out until I got a shot, i knew they'd come. I usually don't shoot young bucks, but at 9 a 3 point and spike started coming in from different directions and I decided I really wanted to take ANY deer i could with my longbow, i wanted the 3pt a bit more, only because he was a bigger bodied deer, but decided to shoot whoever came in first. He presented me with a slight quartering away shot at 18yds before the spike came in. The shot looked great and he took off. I lost sight of him at the edge of some thickets a little over 100yds away. I waited 30 minutes and got down. there was a TON of blood at the shot, so I went home to get help dragging. By the time we got back it was 11am and the bloodtrail was HUGE still after 2 hours of steady light rain. i was following the trail to where I lost sight of him and he jumped up 12 feet in front of me in the brush. I made a quick shot at the only target I had, his rump. Not ideal but I wanted another arrow in him. we couldn't believe he was still alive 2 hours later with the amount of blood we were seeing. we hung out a few minutes and I decided to look over the hill and see if he was down. i could see him already bedded only 100yds away from where we jumped him and I put the second arrow in him. we backed out to give him time. we came back at 2:30 and found him dead 50yds from where last saw him. My first shot only got the liver and one lung, the second broke through where the pelvis meets the spine and the tip of the snuffer was poking into the guts. it didn't do a whole lot of lethal damage though.
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entrance
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exit
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second shot
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/IMG_1329.jpg)
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Lung
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/IMG_1337.jpg)
Liver
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/IMG_1336.jpg)
Staying with it and knowing when to back off is what really paid off for me. This also shows how far forward the vitals really are on deer. the snuffer was razor sharp and it's a decent sized head, thank God for that!
This is only my 4th deer with trad gear, 3rd with the Shrew.
:campfire: enjoy.
Wow, looks like the first shot should have resulted in a quick death. Nice job!
very nice! congrats
Congrats!!!!!
I've had one dead in minutes with a solid liver hit and a 3 blade. Hard to imagine they can live that long when the liver has 30% of the blood in it at all times, too.
Glad you found him.
Definately had some Steve Austin in him!
great looking deer... congrats
Great job staying with it, what bow is that?
:clapper:
I suppose if you miss the major plumbing in the liver and just graze the lung it could hang on but that was some deer. I'd of given up the ghost long before he did!
Great tenacity there. Good job, bud!
Well-done!
Though some would wince at the photos, they show a great deal of information. Thanks for sharing!
And congrats!!
Thanks everyone. I have taken well over 100 deer with bow and arrow and never seen a shot like this not get both lungs. i have seen liver shot deer go down in seconds or live for hours, but looking at the blood I would never have guessed this deer was still alive. You could follow it at a "speed walk" pace after 2 hours of steady light rain.
I know the pictures are a bit gory but i always like to take pics for others to learn from.
I was shooting a 49# Super Shrew with MFX 400's with 100grain brass inserts and 125 grain Snuffers
Congrats man. This story has some similarities! LOL.
QuoteOriginally posted by ishiwannabe:
Congrats man. This story has some similarities! LOL.
I know! What are the chances. Any pics of your deer?
Congrads :thumbsup:
Sometimes backing off is the best strategy. Actually its always the best strategy unless it's 80 degrees out.
Way 2 Go
Charlie
That first shot looked pretty good to me. I wonder why it didn't go down quicker.
Check my thread. Not as graphic as yours, but I didnt have the frame of mind to take pics during the tracking/recovery.
Again, congrats. Way to follow up.
Nice follow up Skip! I think a deers will to survive surpasses most animals out there.