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Waiting on friends to find my buck
Oakie
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Shot a nice rack this morning. He went right down and got back up and headed deep into the swamp. Lost the blood trail on the other side of the swamp. Waiting on a couple of friends to help me track this afternoon. Gonna give him some time to bleed out or lay down. I waited an hour to track and thought I would find him right away. When I heard him hit the swamp, my heart sank. It is full of briers. He did come out the other side. I don't want to push him if it is not a lung shot. He was at 143 yards when I shot. My Muzzle loader is good out to 200. I know I hit him good in the engine room and he went right down, but damn do they have adrenaline. Last one I shot in the heart, went 1/4 mile. Took me 7 hours to find him and there was no blood. I stumbled upon him leaving the woods. He died, 15 feet from my truck. Oakie
PS. I haven't hunted this stand in about eight years. I saw 13 bucks and four does before 8 this morning. Looks like a great spot again. Lots of scrapes and rubs. I hunt on an island in a swamp. The deer like the security of the swamp when pressure is on.
PS. I haven't hunted this stand in about eight years. I saw 13 bucks and four does before 8 this morning. Looks like a great spot again. Lots of scrapes and rubs. I hunt on an island in a swamp. The deer like the security of the swamp when pressure is on.
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Good luck hope you find him
+1
You'll have him hanging in no time.
Hope that you find it.
I have found four dead so far (3 eights and a 12) that either were not tracked by lazy hunters or lost. Most likely will find a lot more before Spring.
good luck
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
I stopped shooting in the heart a number of years ago. That fills the animal with adrenaline, which gives a more "gamey" taste, especially in a Buck. I shoot through the front shoulders because the bullet expansion is greater and that imparts greater energy inside the organ cavity, which IMHO, anchors them much more quickly, and usually they are DRT. This is how I have been teaching the "deer slayer" to shoot them in the past 4 seasons, and he hasn't lost a single deer with the little ole .243 that folks like to say won't kill a deer quickly[;)]
Good luck tracking.[8] Oh, and the suggestion of the dog is a good one. I have seen household pets find deer in the woods with zero training. Put a dog on the blood trail, then take it to the other side of the swamp where the deer came out, you might just be suprised[;)]
Good Luck
Roger
I posted to your thread yesterday that I thought U would shoot a real "Antler Mule".. I really hope y'all find him before he spoils.
why wouldnt everyone do that??
The best deer trackers are small Dachshund dogs [;)], mine stay busy this time of the year, I loan my 2 out to friends [:)] Hope your friends are as good [:D]
they are good trackers but terrible sled dogs
quote:Originally posted by Junkballer
The best deer trackers are small Dachshund dogs [;)], mine stay busy this time of the year, I loan my 2 out to friends [:)] Hope your friends are as good [:D]
they are good trackers but terrible sled dogs
That is just mean! #ShortLegsMatter
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Where did you hit the deer?
I am glad you found him. Is it still edible?
Where did you hit the deer?
Heart. Still good as it was cool today. Nice and cold tonight and i packed it with ice.
toughest one I had to track was a heart shot with no blood trail early on so tough to track for a few hundred yards and lost trail, I did a wide sweep of the area and found he circled back around me after about 3 hundred yards and laid down to stop bleeding, I found a big blood spot with a small blood trail into a swampy area that I followed until it stopped, shortly later I found a nice 8 pointer that had tucked himself under a fallen tree.
Good Luck and don't give up he will be there.
in succeeding years when tracking i found that most often they did the same thing, and as was explained to me by an old timer, he knew it was safe where he come from and wants to go back that way to escape.