Wannabelikedan wrote:1. You had an animal down in 70 yards. You can’t ask for much better than that using archery equipment.
2. You hit her a shade high and she very well may have dropped ever so much on the shot which you can’t control. Longer fill time on the chest cavity with a higher hit. Remember #1
3. It’s early season and everything is still tall and green. Blood is very tough to find when everything is tall and green. Compound that when you’re in a waist high bean field that is still green.
4. You wouldn’t have even worried about a blood trail had you saw her drop. But you were on the ground and that’s a common disadvantage of ground hunting is limited sight.
Conclusion: Bad luck considering you could not see her fall over in a bean field after an explosion of deer upon the shot. Shoot to kill. Don’t shoot for blood trails. Congrats on your first trad deer! Here’s a good video on blood trails.
https://youtu.be/MPofymZs7j0
Learned a few new things from the video. Thanx for sharing!!!
And yes...... congrats Sam. Should give you alot of confidence when you shoot your buck!!!