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re: Tracking a buck after being shot
Posted on 1/4/14 at 11:23 am to slapahoe
Posted on 1/4/14 at 11:23 am to slapahoe
slapahoe,
Too late for y'all now, but the key is to handle it differently next time (and there WILL be a next time) you're encountered w/ a deer that has a marginal hit. A deer w/ a marginal hit may well die Just lie your buddy's deer may well die), but not immediately. If one doesn't find a good blood trail or LUNG blood near where the deer was standing at the shot, the hunter should back off the trail for at least a couple of hours (depending on time of day) just like some earlier posters said.
W/ or W/o a trailing dog, there's still a very good chance you'll find the deer today IF it was gut/liver shot. If not, you probably won't find it, even w/ a dog.
Too late for y'all now, but the key is to handle it differently next time (and there WILL be a next time) you're encountered w/ a deer that has a marginal hit. A deer w/ a marginal hit may well die Just lie your buddy's deer may well die), but not immediately. If one doesn't find a good blood trail or LUNG blood near where the deer was standing at the shot, the hunter should back off the trail for at least a couple of hours (depending on time of day) just like some earlier posters said.
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Without a dog, y'all should of backed off at that point and waited till morning. If he was bedding down, he is hit bad enough that he will not make it. Never push a deer unless you have a good tracking dog.
W/ or W/o a trailing dog, there's still a very good chance you'll find the deer today IF it was gut/liver shot. If not, you probably won't find it, even w/ a dog.
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Posted on 1/4/14 at 11:43 am to slapahoe
damn slap, all these guys wanting to help and you don't check back? why post at all
Posted on 1/4/14 at 1:21 pm to GeeOH
Sorry guys. Just got back in from looking. We tracked it onto neighbors property and the neighbors were nice enough to bring their dog to track. Tracked for a while but could never get a steady trail. Eventually the dog just started going in circles and we lost blood. We decided to back out after a few hours of nothing. Hopefully the buck will make it. Thanks to all the guys who offered help and sorry I didn't respond sooner. I appreciate it.
Posted on 1/4/14 at 2:28 pm to slapahoe
I've only had to track one that far. It was this November and I had put a bad shot on a 9 pt. He was quartering towards and I shot the rear section of ribs. It hit Diaphragm, guts and hind quarter.
The blood trail was sparse, but I kept circling wider and wider around either the last blood trail or jump spot for over an hour; jumped him several times but never in an area where I could see well enough to shoot.
He was still breathing when I finally found him. He just laid there 15 feet away and I had to finish him.
Persistence can pay off.
The blood trail was sparse, but I kept circling wider and wider around either the last blood trail or jump spot for over an hour; jumped him several times but never in an area where I could see well enough to shoot.
He was still breathing when I finally found him. He just laid there 15 feet away and I had to finish him.
Persistence can pay off.
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