Saturday evening at 5:45pm I had a GIANT 8 walk up behind me at about 30 yards. He turned around and started walking away. Hit my grunt call 2 times and he turned around and made a b-line right towards me. He stepped out at 20 yards and I hit him about 2” behind the shoulder. Didn’t get a pass through. From the looks of the arrow in him when he was running off, it looked like it went through and stuck in his other shoulder. BTW I’m shooting slick trick magnums. I was extremely confident in my shot placement. Saw him run for about 100 yard out of my sight. He was booking it with his tail up. Tracked all night long and all day Sunday with a lot of help and found nothing. Found 2 drops of blood. I’m guessing the arrow was plugging the hole??? Did a grid search and looked everywhere for hours. I’m wondering if that deer is dead, will he start to smell where I can smell him far enough away. I don’t know what to do. I’m so down on myself and I haven’t slept in 3 days. It’s the worse possible feeling in the world. Any advice/knowledge or past experiences that any of you TBH’s have I would greatly appreciate it.
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Says he hunts in East Texas. ET buzzards are here all winter, but with this cool weather the coyotes will probably clean him up overnight. Sorry for your luck OP. You say it looked to be stuck in the offside shoulder. That sounds like quartering away shot that may have only caught one lung. If it was high enough he could run a long way. He might even survive. Without a dog and decent tracking conditions, you probably won't find him unless you're very lucky. Not what you wanted to hear, but that's the way I see it.
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Originally posted by Mayhem View Postwell I guess in that case if he is dead, you better pray you stumble on him. Where in the state do you hunt? Have the buzzards already migrated?
On a serious note, reading your story it sounds like it's a dead deer, just a matter of finding him. The rain aspect really hurt your chances. Best I can tell you is grid search some by close bedding areas and watch for buzzards. I lost my biggest bow buck and it really hurt. I still get mad thinking about it. Best of luck in your search.
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You may have needed a better dog. If you tracked him initially then there had to have been a blood trail right? Your best bet was a dog as soon as you realized you couldn't find it.
I'd stay out there and listen for the coyotes
Good luckLast edited by AntlerCollector; 10-16-2018, 03:32 AM.
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Giant 8pt. Can’t find.
Originally posted by PYBUCK View PostI bet you hit him a little higher than you think. He will be back in a couple of weeks with a little scab in his backstraps. Tail high when running is a non vital hit. He probably ducked from the sound causing tge higj hit. Next time aim a little lower.
The tail up and lack of blood where red flags to me too. When they are hurting they run either tail tucked right usually.
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