Shot the wrong buck last night

[buckster]

Thats a fine trophy Pat, nice shooting.

[bentpole]

Patrick,nice Buck Bud!  

[bentpole]

[Yellow Dog]

Don't be sad, be glad. ANY deer with a stick is a trophy. Super shot on a super buck.

       

[bow loving man]

Nice deer Patrick but I do understand your disappointment...Congrats again...

[Chris Surtees]

Congrats!

[tarponnut]

Great deer. Anything killed with a trad bow is a "trophy" in my book.
Congrats!

[San Juan Slim]

I just returned from Michigan about 10 days ago.  I went on my very first whitetail hunt.  I had three tags in my pocket and killed a nice doe with my longbow.  I saw one small forked horn that didn't give me a shot.  Otherwise I saw no bucks.  I was proud to make a nice shot on the doe and kill my first whitetail.  I would have been really happpy with a buck like yours.   Congratulations.

The only thing I could say that hasn't already been said is that you might not want to shoot when it's that late (dark)--if you can't tell what buck you're shooting at.

Mike

[KSdan]

Good deer.  Congrats

[ron w]

Wish I could get a chance to shoot the "WRONG" buck, I can't even see the "RIGHT" doe!!

[Bill Carlsen]

I shot a spike buck almost exactly the way you did. Same entrance and exit and very little blood after the first few leaps. I was using a 225 grain Muzzy Phantom. I don't think your broadhead was the reason for so little blood. The skin where the arrow exited is very loose and the wound is easily blocked by the skin sliding over it...at least that is what I have concluded. If he had gone farther I am sure blood would have become more evident as he simply would have more blood loss and it would have to go somewhere and gravity would put it on the ground. Don't know much about the Montecs but I had the same problem with a four bladed Phantom which has much more cutting length and width. I shot a 10 pointer a month after the spike with the same head.  Got him right thru the heart, dead center. I watched him run, stop, look around and drop. He only made it 40 yards but from where he was hit to where he dropped there was NO blood. My conclusion on that one is that the arrow going thru the heart stopped it. No heart pumping means no blood pressure which means little to no blood pumping out. Now, where he stopped and dropped....lots more blood just because of gravity....I assume.

[Deadsmple]

Originally posted by pdk25:


It was a pretty sparse blood trail, with a spatter every 5 yards or so.  

That's  damn good blood trail in my book!
Good shootin' buddy at least you got to use your buck tag!

[pharcher]

yeah, I agree, the Montec is a great head, I used the alot on my wheel bow and I can promise that they are tons tougher than the snuffers I use now. I have one g5 that I use as a goofy shooter at squirrels & such that has been fired at least 15 times into the ground, into trees and all elser and it still sharpens nicely and spins strait. Every snuffer I have loosed was ruined after one shot. I use the snuffer because of my light poundage stickbows and the penatration on the delta deer WAS BETTER with the snuffer from my bows. If your deer was down in 50 yds the broadhead preformed flawlessly. How much blood did you expect in 50yds, as high as the entrance was you only had one oddlyplaced exit wound. I bet the body cavity was full up with blood!

[pdk25]

As far as the blood trail goes, I said a spatter every 5 yards or so, but there was actually only 4 such splatters in the entire 50 yards.  Granted, not the greatest holes, but one of them was pretty low, so stuff could drain out.  Truthfully, I don't know what I was expecting, but the snuffer trails that I've had were almost gruesome.

[Cody Roiter]

  Nice.........

[maxwell]

Pat you done real good, 8-9 only numbers and the other one is still running around chasing the girls.  Congrats

Bill

[pdk25]

Thanks guys.  And don't worry, I've shot smaller ones in the past and will again in the future.  There was a comment about shooting too late, and that may factor in.  I think it is more likely that I was just too focused in on picking a spot.

[Guru]

Congrats!

My take on the perceived "lack of blood" for what it's worth....

 You had a high entrance, and even though the exit was low, it came out pretty far forward where there is a lot of shoulder muscle and skin overlaping and misaligning the wound channel with every move...hence the spotty bloodtrail.

[StickBowManMI]

Nice Buck and a good shot and a short blood trail. What more could you ask for? The deer will be good eating. Horns make thin soup!

[joevan125]

Nice buck and only 50 yds i dont think i would be changing broadheads.