What an evening !

KyStickbow · January 03, 2016, 12:38:00 AM

Congrats Kenny! Good luck finding the second in the a.m.

goingoldskool · January 03, 2016, 01:46:00 AM

I'll be watching for your post in the morning!

Good pics and story! Congratulations on the 2nd doe... gotta love short track jobs!

God bless,

Rodd

Guru · January 03, 2016, 05:12:00 AM

Congrats brother!!

T-Bowhunter · January 03, 2016, 06:45:00 AM

Congrats!

Chad Orde · January 03, 2016, 07:44:00 AM

Awesome

Cyclic-Rivers · January 03, 2016, 07:58:00 AM

Congratulations Kenny! Good luck this morning. That snow aught to help with tracking.

Ragin Bull · January 03, 2016, 07:58:00 AM

Congrats Kenny!

Possum Head · January 03, 2016, 08:29:00 AM

Check back after church, best wishes Kenny and congrats! Kickboxer went down down with one punch.

Sam McMichael · January 03, 2016, 09:53:00 AM

Sounds like a really fun time in an area with lots of game.

kennym · January 03, 2016, 10:12:00 AM

Well, the rest of the story is not so much, we found her this morning, but the yotes had been there before us. Not good, no pics, didn't take the camera with.

On the way along the blood trail in the cedar patch, I was walking off to the side and bro was slightly off to the other of the trail. Suddenly he kind of hops onelegged and stops. The arrow had come out of the deer and was laying on a gooseberry bush at an angle and hit him in the shin with the VPA 3 blade. Fortunately it centered the shin bone and only went in about a half inch. Bled profusely for a minute, I was near panic as he takes blood thinners. Once we got the long johns pulled up , it only bled one more drop, Thank God.

We found what was left of the deer and decided the yotes could finish what they started. Got him back to the house and cleaned the cut the best we could, very tender from hitting the bone. He is going to the urgent care to let them look at it. Not bleeding now but a little swelled where we left the cuff of his long johns on it for compression.

Some things relearned :

Use bright fletchings so you can tell where that arrow goes in dim light.

If you can't find the arrow after the shot,be damn careful walking the blood trail.

If you have lots of yotes, may possibly be better to push on instead of waiting til morning(hard call I know).

Go slow on the blood trail even if it's an easy one(like on snow)

KSdan · January 03, 2016, 10:19:00 AM

Thanks for sharing. Congrats. Good lesson.

Dan in KS

StanM · January 03, 2016, 10:21:00 AM

Hey Kenny, hope your bro is alright.

Thanks for taking us along, enjoyed the read. Now, maybe it's time to start calling in some coyotes!

bow loving man · January 03, 2016, 10:22:00 AM

Congrats Kenny..Sounds like an adventure...

Bernie B. · January 03, 2016, 10:32:00 AM

Congratulations on the late season doe! That accident with your brother could have been very bad; I'm glad he's doing OK. Those dang coyotes are all over.

Bernie

Crittergetter · January 03, 2016, 10:35:00 AM

Great story! Congrats on the deer!
Sorry bout your bro! I've heard of that exact thing happening before. And sorry but the other deer. I've seen more dang yotes this year than ever before. Matter of fact I'm sitting in my stand now and had one pass by out of range trailing a small 8 point about an hour ago!

maineac · January 03, 2016, 10:57:00 AM

Congrats. It does not take coyotes long to find a blood trail if they are around!

January 03, 2016, 11:07:00 AM

Congrats on the two-fer!

Sorry the yotes beat you to the one, but you can't really blame them, as they were just doing what yotes do!

Bisch

Bodork · January 03, 2016, 11:55:00 AM

Congratulations Kenny! Sounds like a great evening indeed! Didn't take you long to put that knife to use! Hope it served you well! Mike

trad_bowhunter1965 · January 03, 2016, 12:44:00 PM

Congratulations Kenny.

goingoldskool · January 03, 2016, 12:53:00 PM

I've lost deer to coyotes as well.... this year I made the command decision to follow up 2 hours after the shot and was rewarded with my best buck via archery to date.....

It is a tough call....

God bless,

Rodd