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I arrived at the 12’ ladder stand about 5:45 pm, hand corned the area & settled in. The NE breeze was in my face.
After 10-15 mins, two doe came out upwind & walked behind the feeder & into the woods. Shortly after that a 4 pointer came into the area & was feeding at 25 yards from me.
Eventually I caught movement of a big bodied buck in the tree line.
As he came in, I was reaching my crossbow. I couldn’t see him well because he came in fast & behind a few big oak limbs.
He pulls up next to the other buck, starts to feed & I raise up to shoot, he catches me. So I commit & engage to shoot while he jockeys his body to run.
I find a spot behind his front leg & release the 20” bolt with a mechanical Muzzy 125 grain head on it.
Both deer jump & go into a sprint for the wooded ridge to my left. I did notice an entry hole where I aimed. After running 125 yards, both stopped short of going in at a mesquite. This would be a good time to fall over, nope. He slowly enters the woods.
It’s now 7:00 pm, which is the end of my 30 minute wait. I get down & cannot find my bolt so I start trailing.
I then approach the wood line & find the mesquite tree where they stopped, no sign.
I walk into the woods & slowly climb the ridge. There’s the buck laying down with his jaw about 2” off the ground. He’s drowsy looking but gets up & runs down the edge of the ridge while blood blows out his right side. Immediately mark a tree with tape & back out.
I head back to camp to solicit advise from the ranch owner Tim. We discussed multiple options including waiting until tomorrow & tracking dogs.
We agreed to call for dogs & after 4-5 calls, no answers. Ok we’ll eat dinner & go back out ourselves.
Tim & I headed out about 9:30 pm & immediately find the blood trail, looks like blood coming out the entry & exit wounds. Suddenly the coyotes start howling to our right but the blood trail goes left. They’re only 75-100 yards from us in the woods, we not sure if they have found him & if we should head to them to preserve the meat.
We decide to continue the blood trail which suddenly turned down hill towards a pond.
The blood trail was starting to widen & within 30 yards we found him dead .
After a few handshakes & high fives, we discover the bolt entered about 3” further back then desired but left a gaping hole for an exit wound which was key to blood loss.
We then dragged him downhill (which was nice) about 50 yards to the side by side & headed back to camp to enjoy some congrats, pics & meat cleaning.
Thanks to Richie the birthday boy, Tim the 587Ranch.com owner, JonB for field pics, Spencer & Russell & Jason
Unsolicited, I highly recommend this ranch with nice accommodations, great feeder blind sets & ample deer.
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Originally posted by 32drawlength View PostI arrived at the 12’ ladder stand about 5:45 pm, hand corned the area & settled in. The NE breeze was in my face.
After 10-15 mins, two doe came out upwind & walked behind the feeder & into the woods. Shortly after that a 4 pointer came into the area & was feeding at 25 yards from me.
Eventually I caught movement of a big bodied buck in the tree line.
As he came in, I was reaching my crossbow. I couldn’t see him well because he came in fast & behind a few big oak limbs.
He pulls up next to the other buck, starts to feed & I raise up to shoot, he catches me. So I commit & engage to shoot while he jockeys his body to run.
I find a spot behind his front leg & release the 20” bolt with a mechanical Muzzy 125 grain head on it.
Both deer jump & go into a sprint for the wooded ridge to my left. I did notice an entry hole where I aimed. After running 125 yards, both stopped short of going in at a mesquite. This would be a good time to fall over, nope. He slowly enters the woods.
It’s now 7:00 pm, which is the end of my 30 minute wait. I get down & cannot find my bolt so I start trailing.
I then approach the wood line & find the mesquite tree where they stopped, no sign.
I walk into the woods & slowly climb the ridge. There’s the buck laying down with his jaw about 2” off the ground. He’s drowsy looking but gets up & runs down the edge of the ridge while blood blows out his right side. Immediately mark a tree with tape & back out.
I head back to camp to solicit advise from the ranch owner Tim. We discussed multiple options including waiting until tomorrow & tracking dogs.
We agreed to call for dogs & after 4-5 calls, no answers. Ok we’ll eat dinner & go back out ourselves.
Tim & I headed out about 9:30 pm & immediately find the blood trail, looks like blood coming out the entry & exit wounds. Suddenly the coyotes start howling to our right but the blood trail goes left. They’re only 75-100 yards from us in the woods, we not sure if they have found him & if we should head to them to preserve the meat.
We decide to continue the blood trail which suddenly turned down hill towards a pond.
The blood trail was starting to widen & within 30 yards we found him dead .
After a few handshakes & high fives, we discover the bolt entered about 3” further back then desired but left a gaping hole for an exit wound which was key to blood loss.
We then dragged him downhill (which was nice) about 50 yards to the side by side & headed back to camp to enjoy some congrats, pics & meat cleaning.
Thanks to Richie the birthday boy, Tim the 587Ranch.com owner, JonB for field pics, Spencer & Russell & Jason
Unsolicited, I highly recommend this ranch with nice accommodations, great feeder blind sets & ample deer.
That’s an awesome buck congratulations. I’ll be there in a couple of weeks.
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