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re: Question about my shot on a buck this morning? Help needed
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:13 am to LSUCouyon
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:13 am to LSUCouyon
Try and round up as much people as you can quick. I would use a triangle technique if you know the general direction it ran. Your best options is doing a lot of back and forth walking if a dog is unavailable.
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Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:13 am to LSUCouyon
I will keep posted, and thanks again everybody. I'm headed to town to get a burger and if the rain stops i will head back out there till dark. Thanks again guys
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:15 am to bounty9
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I will keep posted, and thanks again everybody. I'm headed to town to get a burger and if the rain stops i will head back out there till dark. Thanks again guys
Don't let the rain stop you ...
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:15 am to glhunter
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What type of bullet are you shooting?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:16 am to bounty9
Where are you? The OB has a lot of tentacles! 
If you aare around the Tensas NWR, I could go out a little later. It's raining like that cow on a rock here.
If you aare around the Tensas NWR, I could go out a little later. It's raining like that cow on a rock here.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 11:48 am to LSUCouyon
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I have lost a couple of deer, (no bucks) and couldn't sleep that night!.
That's a weird qualifier to your statement.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:15 pm to TigerDeacon
I also believed if he went down he is dead somewhere > 200 yds away. I recently had a similar situation where the deer acted like it wasnt shot at all and pranced off. Turns out it went through both lungs and drop 50 yards out in a thicket. If I knew rain was coming I would have pursued that deer as soon as possible to try and get a second shot.
I would grid the area with some friends till you find him. You'd be surprised how much ground you can cover. Good Luck!
I would grid the area with some friends till you find him. You'd be surprised how much ground you can cover. Good Luck!
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:51 pm to tigers225
A good trail dog will find that deer
Are you in South Mississippi?
Are you in South Mississippi?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 12:52 pm to tigerbait703
Have you posted where you are located?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:00 pm to KingRanch
Definitely check all waterways or ponds if any are near by. Same thing happened with my buck this year.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:10 pm to bounty9
Idk if it's been said yet, but I've seen the stomach or gut plug up the exit wound before when a deer is quartering to a shooter. The times I've seen it, the deer didn't go far, just little to no blood.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:14 pm to bounty9
A few ????s to help clarify the situation:
Distance to the deer?
WHERE were the crosshairs on the deer when you shot?
Was it a clear shot or was there branches, saplings and such between you and the deer?
Did you find ANY signs of a hit deer, e.g. hair, fat or bone?
I don't know what to think of the smell. If you hit the entrails bad enough to smell the entrails, I'd think there's be some signs (brown blood, guts, fluid, etc.) from the shot.
What load were you shooting?
Distance to the deer?
WHERE were the crosshairs on the deer when you shot?
Was it a clear shot or was there branches, saplings and such between you and the deer?
Did you find ANY signs of a hit deer, e.g. hair, fat or bone?
I don't know what to think of the smell. If you hit the entrails bad enough to smell the entrails, I'd think there's be some signs (brown blood, guts, fluid, etc.) from the shot.
What load were you shooting?
Posted on 12/23/14 at 1:55 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
I shot one that did the same thing. He got up and hit the woods. I thought he just ran straight but I couldn't find any blood. Went home and got my dad's dog he found him in a few minutes. As soon as the deer hit the thicket he took a hard left turn.
That deer isn't far away but the rain can really make it hard to find.
That deer isn't far away but the rain can really make it hard to find.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 2:19 pm to KingRanch
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KingRanch
Have you posted where you are located?
Yes, at the dang hamburger jernt.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 2:21 pm to bounty9
If you cant find anything today then get out in the area tomorrow and get directly under the circling buzzards with a few people and fan out and find it that way.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 2:39 pm to eyepooted
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Definitely check all waterways or ponds if any are near by. Same thing happened with my buck this year.
Same here.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 2:40 pm to LSUCouyon
Couyon is dead on.
If you can't get a dog in the next 24 hrs I would head in to where you last saw him after getting back in the stand and taking a compass reading of the deers general direction.
If the terrain is flat, use the compass heading. If hilly or ridges are present, the deer will generally stay on a least resistance path, going down into bottoms or ditches/creeks. If you have a bedding area that way even better, since many times I have seen hit deer head towards the nearest bedding area. It is a safe haven for them and they fall back on the travel when all else fails.
Good luck..hope you find him.
If you can't get a dog in the next 24 hrs I would head in to where you last saw him after getting back in the stand and taking a compass reading of the deers general direction.
If the terrain is flat, use the compass heading. If hilly or ridges are present, the deer will generally stay on a least resistance path, going down into bottoms or ditches/creeks. If you have a bedding area that way even better, since many times I have seen hit deer head towards the nearest bedding area. It is a safe haven for them and they fall back on the travel when all else fails.
Good luck..hope you find him.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 2:46 pm to bounty9
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Ms. Lippy! The part in the story I don't like is that the little boy gave up looking for The deer after an hour. He didn't go get a dog or anything, he just sat on the porch like a goon and waited. That little boy's gotta think: 'You Shot a deer. You got a responsibility.' If your deer is lost, you don't look for an hour then call it quits; you get your arse out there and you find that frickin' deer!
Good luck. It sure is a shitty feeling.
Good luck. It sure is a shitty feeling.
Posted on 12/23/14 at 3:20 pm to TigerDeacon
Just meant that as bad as it is to lose a doe it seems like it may be worse to lose a really nice buck.
Posted on 12/24/14 at 8:21 am to bounty9
Any update on this, bounty? Or did you just quit looking?
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