disgusted

[tim]

so i hit my target buck last night, waited till morning to track him and blood was bright red with tiny bubbles. he disturbed the leaves bigtime going down the bluff were i first found blood and its coming out both sides. i follwed him up the valley hundreds of yards he didnt want to go up the hills. the blood got scarce but i would keep picking it up and then it stopped. same thing that happened to me last year. im dusgusted. im giving it one more search this afternoon when a couple buddys get off work at 330. were gonna search the hills were i ran out of blood. this deer would easily surpass my 179 i shot last year. it dont look to promising right now but i gotta give it a search with more sets of eyes. the part i dont like is where he went down hill and it looked like he may have been struggling . i didnt hit bone though cause i know what that sounds like......... sorry for the rant my mind is racing .............

[U.P. MAN]

Good luck with the recovery. Any idea where you hit him? Dont lose hope yet, extra eyes will help.

[dreaming bucks]

That sucks Tim, hope you find him.... any water nearby he would've went to?

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[xpauliber]

Good luck finding him! I read that wounded deer will instinctively head into the wind. May be something to keep in mind when searching for him.

[Sweet Shot 7]

Good luck.. don't give up yet!

[rack addict]

A deer like that I would be calling in the bloodhounds. From the way it sounds he's probably dead. Good luck Tim hope you get him.

[Bucky]

Where did you think you hit him? Forward? High?

[dirt nap giver]

If you had blood like that, there is no way I would give up. My biggest buck to date did the same thing. Found him 3 days later on the opposite side of the stand he ran from.
A buck like that lives smart and dies even smarter.
Don't give up!

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[lynchpin]

Keep us posted! Hope goes well

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[headgear]

Keep after him Tim, don't give up!

[tim]

he came up the hill heading towards my pond. i had just taken a stand down that was directly in his path in fear of getting picked off by him so i moved the stand off to the side, when he got to the old stand set he started to booger, stiffened up head went up turned and trotted a step directly away from me, i drew my bow he stopped instantly and looked up the hill , when he did that he was looking left so his but shifted to the right and gave me a steep quartering away. iaimed at the pocket behind his shoulder and let er rip about 25 yard shot . at the shot he spun to his right and down the point. all i could see was his right side as he was running i couldnt see my arrow. he ran low and fast tail down then stopped before he went down the bluff i seen his tines for a couple seconds then i couldnt see or hear anything i waited 10 minutes got out of my stand and left and it was getting close to the end of shooting light, i think it was about 615 when i hit him.i had the perfect wind if not for removing that old set he would have came right to the pond to drink he was 15 yards from the pond i could have shot him quartering to easily but never thought that was going to happen i shoulda knew better...i wish 330 would get here so i can go look some more, id be out there now but gotta wait on these guys and figure 3 sets of eyes are better than 1. ive been up and down the bluffs 2x today and they are tough going. i lined the valley with cameras on the trail he took , i put one on my pond. ive got 8 cams out on my property now cause if we dont find him i want to know if hes alive...........id rather find him dead tonight.

[lungbuster]

Good luck! If he was qtring away really severe and you put it tight in the facing shoulder armpit you may have only gotten 1 lung.........But I would think at that angle it would have still taken out facing lung and artery over the heart..........if you don't find more blood right away, i would find a good tracking dog before you scent the area up too much.

[PLB]

Good luck Tim!! Hope you find him!!

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[tim]

i wish i had access to a blood tracking dog , i dont, ughhh

[lungbuster]

What county are you in, I think Joe (Predatortc) has access to a tracking dog, he is near Kettle Moraine. You might want to pm him and get the guys number with the dog if it is close enough to you.