This past Saturday it was 35degrees up here. I had a new buck patterned, the wind/front was right, so I went in. About 7:30 here he comes. Took a bit for me to get a shot off on him. As I shot, what I remember was seeing him starting to drop and spin as my arrow was getting there and I heard the 'twack'. I waited 30 minutes and went to start tracking him. I could see his tracks in the leaves, but wasn't seeing much blood at all. After about 40 yards, I saw where he literally lost control and body slammed a 6" diameter oak tree, leaving a big'ol clump of hair on it. He got his feet under him and continued back on his trail. I didn't like what I was seeing from a blood standpoint, so I backed out for an hour or so and came back. I got back on blood, kept trailing him, but just not much blood. The farther he went, he started turning toward the pond, not toward the thick woods I expected him to go to. Finally, I was convinced that's where he was going, so I knocked an arrow and stalked the rest of the way to the pond. Sure enough, there he was dead in the freakin' middle of the pond....Did I mention the 35 degrees? I called my dad to bring some towels, I didn't want to drive home to get my waders.
My biggest whitetail 148" with my trusty Destroyer 350 and Megameat broadheads.
So on the autopsy, my arrow had a huge entry hole, hit both lungs and lodged in the offside shoulder. I couldnt' get the broadhead out, just twisted the arrow lose. Still don't understand why I didn't get much blood on the trail. Water had washed any blood from the chest area. ???
Funny memory of my new biggest buck.
My biggest whitetail 148" with my trusty Destroyer 350 and Megameat broadheads.
So on the autopsy, my arrow had a huge entry hole, hit both lungs and lodged in the offside shoulder. I couldnt' get the broadhead out, just twisted the arrow lose. Still don't understand why I didn't get much blood on the trail. Water had washed any blood from the chest area. ???
Funny memory of my new biggest buck.
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