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Shot my first deer with bow yesterday hoping to find her in soon

Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:44 am
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:44 am
Here's the story, deer comes out in front of feeder, I shoot here loud noise where the arrow hit the feeder leg she was standing in front of. I here her run off and thought I heard a crash. I feel good about my shot, get down check my arrow and have hardly any blood on it, but a little brownish blood on the fletchings. Well about 2 feet from the feeder there is blood. We trail blood spots that are between 2 and 5 feet apart for a ways and it starts picking up. I can see it on the sides of trees where it was pumping out. We get to a spot where it looks like she stops, but doesn't lay down. There was a good bit of blood there, but after that spot we lost the trail. I hope we find her. I couldn't sleep a wink last night thinking about it.
Posted by beHop
Landmass
Member since Jan 2012
14536 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:46 am to
Good luck
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:46 am to
Hope you get her. Should have been cold enough to save the meat.

And you should have used a xbow, you would be frying backstrap by now.
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:48 am to
Thanks me too. I feel good about my shot and I got a good pass through. Any suggestions on picking the blood trail up after loosing it where she stopped?
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:55 am to
Look very slow in the general area but be organized in your search. Imagine the area as a grid. Search each section before moving to the next. Expand your grid out further and further. Remember 35 yards of slow searching will take a while and a deer can cover that ground in 3 or 4 big jumps. She's dead and likely bled more. Just gotta look in the right spots

Oh and good luck
This post was edited on 10/26/13 at 7:56 am
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 7:56 am to
Downhill towards water. Just be patient, I've walked feet from them before and barely noticed them.
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 8:02 am to
Yep, look slowly, she's there, somewhere. If a deer falls down where you can't see any white they are damn near impossible to see, you can literally trip over them before you will see it. Good luck.
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 8:04 am to
Thanks guys about to get out and look. I'll update if/when I find her.
Posted by Raz4back
Member since Mar 2011
3950 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 8:05 am to
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, but a little brownish blood on the fletchings.


Sounds like a liver shot (dark red/brownish blood), if so she didn't go far. If you have blood like that always smell your arrow for a gut smell. A gut shot deer is going to die, but it can take 10 hours or so. Smart move waiting till morning.

I've had good luck slowly following well worn deer trails when the blood gets spotty.
Good luck, I think you'll find her
This post was edited on 10/26/13 at 8:08 am
Posted by lsufishnhunt
Member since Jun 2008
1026 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 8:46 am to
Everything said all ready. I'll add to stay patient and persistent. Don't get in a hurry. Sounds like she's dead, so stay at it. Good luck and show us pics when you find her!
Posted by wiltznucs
Apollo Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2005
8966 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 9:25 am to
From what you've posted I like your chances of finding her...
Posted by DeboseKnows
Gainesville
Member since Dec 2012
1721 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 9:48 am to
good luck! she is dead somewhere that is for sure.
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:18 am to
Found anything yet?
Posted by Big L
Houston
Member since Sep 2005
5411 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:27 am to
quote:

Found anything yet?


We ain't found shite!

Spaceballs

Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61597 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:28 am to
Update?
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22631 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:30 am to
quote:

Update?
He's busy trading his bow in for a Xbow
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61597 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:32 am to
Posted by Phil0ndeeez
Houston
Member since Apr 2013
1387 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:35 am to
need a blood dog?
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
3409 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:37 am to
Found more blood and trailed it to one of our food plots and lost it in the food plot. I see tons of buzzars circling over this thicket, but not in one specific spot so I'm in the thicket looking for a needle in a hay stack...well it feels like a piece of hay in a needle stack.
Posted by deaconjones35
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2009
9802 posts
Posted on 10/26/13 at 10:48 am to
Keep looking... You'll find it
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