Tues Nov.6th I took off work early to hunt. About 1/2 hr before last light I saw a nice buck in a pasture 100yrds away. Had my rattling horns with me, so I gave a short not so loud rattle sequence. He was faceing the other way, but immediately turn my way. You could tell he was definately interested. I put the horns away, he jumped the fence and came running stoping 25yrds out and behind my tree. He stood there only a few seconds looking for the fight, then come on in, passing my stand at 5yrds. I took the shot as he was walking by. I've shot most of my deer as they're in a slow walk so this was no different. Only this time with the angle and the position I was on, in my stand my bottom limb hit my treestand sending my arrow left as he's walking to my right. The arrow hit him to far back, liver maybe,guts deffinately. I was sick. I was pretty sure this was a fatal shot, but I knew it would be a tough tracking job. I watched were he went then slipped out after dark. I decided to wait till mourning. Went in to work late, after looking for 3hrs, no deer very little sign. After work a co-worker(trad hunter friend) went with me to look some more. With less than 1hr of light left we found him in the bottom of a deep ditch 400yrds from where I shot him. We don't think he bedded anywhere, we think he made it to where we found him and just fell in the ditch, and thats where he stayed. Anyway don't ever give up, you never know. I'am very thankful we found my deer. Buck or doe does'nt really matter I just hate it when you can't find one. God bless and shoot straight. PS watch out for your treestand!
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Great buck! Glad you found him!
Congrats,
Bisch
Good job!!
Really good job. Most folks I know wouldn't bother to keep at it. Sometimes getting the shot is easier than getting the deer.
Way to stay with him. Nice deer
Dang. Glad you found that HOG!
Congrats!
Great buck and proud of your persistance in finding him.
Great job staying with it!
Nice one, congrats :thumbsup:
Heck of a deer, congrats!!
Beauty!
Congrats on the perseverance!
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Glenn
That's great you found him! He's a stud!! Congrats :thumbsup:
Nice deer, way to stay after him!
nice job :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Great lesson.. And what a buck!!!
Thanks for sharing.
he's a dandy!
I appreciate your persistence. It often pays off. Nice deer....
Congrats great buck!
Great Deer! Thanks for sticking with him.
Thanks everyone for the encouraging words. Making the right choice is not always the easy choice. Even if I'd not found the deer it was still the right thing to do. We owe it to the game we hunt, to ourselves, and to the sport of hunting to make every effort, no matter how hard, to recover our game.
Congrats and way to stick with it.Things happen lucky you didnt break your bow also.
Congrats
Great buck, and great job finding him!!
Great deer! Way to keep after it
Wow that's a whopper
:thumbsup:
Way to go, congrats on a fine buck. I had the same thing happen to me this year, unfortunately coyotes found her first! :thumbsup:
Great job. Way to keep after it. Beautiful buck. Enjoy him forever now...
Excellent job sticking with it! So what did the autopsy show, was it what you thought?
Steve
one hell of a buck man. glad ya found him!
stykbow we did everything with out opening him up. Did'nt want to open up a mess. My best guess from the position of the arrow(still in him)was I hit the liver.
That's a beautiful buck! Congratulations! I'm always worrying about that bottom limb of my bow!
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Heck of a buck.
Good on ya for persistence!
Nice buck! Way to stay at it...congrats!
Glad you found him. Nice buck and congrats.
Way to be persistent, good job and nice deer. Thanks for sharing. :clapper: