Decided last week to take a doe if I got a good opportunity. Happened this weekend and I had to share.
Saturday evening
4:00 - nice doe broadside at 15 yards or so. Picked a spot - shot and the arrow hit right were I was looking. She kicked and took off - arrow passed through and fell out of her as she ran off. I thought double lung and no more than 75-100 yards and she would be down - so I decided to sit awhile in the hopes a nice buck would come by.
5:00 - didn't see any more deer and I couldn't take it any longer - had to get down. Looked where she was standing when hit and not blood! Looked at arrow and no blood but did have what looked like stomach material - could not believe it! Decided to back out and come back Sunday morning.
Sunday morning
Started tracking from where I found arrow. No blood. Snow on the ground and she ran into a cornfield so I could track her - she ran out into cornfield about 100 yards and stopped - couple drops of blood. She walked north back to the shelter belt I was hunting and then went west. She began dripping blood pretty good. Went about 200 yards and then bedded. Found 3 beds all within 10-15 yards of one another. Couldn't find blood leaving the area. After another 30 minutes of looking for blood I look up and see her bedded under a cedar tree and she is still very much alive!
I immediately walked away and she stayed bedded. Decided my best chance was to get my bow and try shooting her again. I walked back to my truck and got my bow and the same arrow (and my quiver) I used the night before that I had cleaned up and resharpened. Quietly went back to where she was. As I approached she put her head down like she was hiding. Was able to get to about 17 yards or so and had a clear shot...picked a spot and sent the arrow again. Hit solid and she busted out of her bed and up a slope and out of sight. After a short wait I went up to the bed and there was no blood in the bed. There was blood that blew out the exit wound of the second shot. It was an easy track for 50 yard to where she crashed - she was spraying blood the whole way and was double lunged.
After gutting her and checking out the entry and exit wounds I can't believe that my first shot did not hit lung. The Sat night shot hit her on her right and exited on her left. The Sun morning shot was the opposite. The Sat. night shot was from a stand so it had a higher entry and lower exit.
Below are the pics. Help me figure it out :confused: Sorry for the long post!
Mitch
Sat entry and Sun exit:
Sat exit (low) Sun entry:
Topic: 1 arrow - 2 shots - 1 deer - Pics (Read 2472 times)
