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Finding blood
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:20 am
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:20 am
How many of y'all actually find blood right where your deer was standing when you shot it?
I'm asking because I have a buddy that I hunt with that has shot at 2 deer this year. He didn't even want to spend much time looking for them because he didn't find any blood where they were standing when shot. I tried to explain to him that there isn't always blood but I can't seem to get him to believe me.
Last 2 bucks I shot, one ran 40 yards (into a field thankfully) and dropped. Barely a trickle of blood. Second one, I happened to see some pink mist on a tree behind where it was standing. Didn't find any more blood until I found the deer. It only ran about 25 yards. My point is, He thinks there should be an easily visible blood trail from where the deer is shot to where the deer is. If he doesn't see blood, he looks for about 15 minutes, assumes he missed, or hit a twig or something and gives up. I think we owe it to the deer to keep looking.
I'm asking because I have a buddy that I hunt with that has shot at 2 deer this year. He didn't even want to spend much time looking for them because he didn't find any blood where they were standing when shot. I tried to explain to him that there isn't always blood but I can't seem to get him to believe me.
Last 2 bucks I shot, one ran 40 yards (into a field thankfully) and dropped. Barely a trickle of blood. Second one, I happened to see some pink mist on a tree behind where it was standing. Didn't find any more blood until I found the deer. It only ran about 25 yards. My point is, He thinks there should be an easily visible blood trail from where the deer is shot to where the deer is. If he doesn't see blood, he looks for about 15 minutes, assumes he missed, or hit a twig or something and gives up. I think we owe it to the deer to keep looking.
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Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:26 am to ducksnbass
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think we owe it to the deer to keep looking.
Screw the deer! You owe it to your freezer and the other guys that that hunt the area!
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:32 am to ducksnbass
Getting to the spot where your deer was when you pulled the trigger and not finding blood can surely ruin the party. But you are correct. There may not always be blood there, even if your bullet passed through. It may be a few yards before you start finding some blood to follow. If your bullet didn’t pass through, it’s almost a guarantee you won’t find blood at the point of the shot. I ve found at least 3 bucks over the years that I shot that I had no blood to follow at all. The key is always to watch where they went after the shot. I always go to where he was standing first and look for blood. If I don’t find any, then I’ll move in to where I saw him last. There are no hard set rules for them to follow, but I find many times they run in a straight line for at least the first 20-30 yards. Once again though, each deer is different, and they may not run in a straight line. The first 3 deer I ever shot all crumpled in their tracks. Since then, sometimes they run, sometimes they don’t. I enjoy tracking deer, it’s part of the fun, but I surely like a good blood trail to follow.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:38 am to ducksnbass
When I’m bowhunting there is normally blood at the impact spot. Rilfe hunting can be 50/50.
With big expandable broadheads you have a huge, clean wound. With a rifle you normally have a 1/2”-1” hole that may or may not have obstruction due to the vast amount of organ/meat/tissue that breaks up and moves around.
With big expandable broadheads you have a huge, clean wound. With a rifle you normally have a 1/2”-1” hole that may or may not have obstruction due to the vast amount of organ/meat/tissue that breaks up and moves around.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 7:39 am to ducksnbass
I have been on some invites and someone shoots a deer and they look for about five minutes before calling off the search and going back hunting.
I can not stand that. It's disrespectful to the animal
I can not stand that. It's disrespectful to the animal
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:03 am to ducksnbass
I shot a big hog the other other day and know I hit him at least once if not twice. However I couldn't find blood any where on the lane that he came out on. Was pissed at myself for not head or spine shooting him.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 8:50 am to ducksnbass
Let him leave while you keep looking and eventually find it and bring it back to the camp. He'll get the point hopefully. A long time ago we had one of those guys. Thought he was the perfect shot and had the baddest gun so if it didn't drop or run less than 20 yards he missed.
We brought back two deer he claimed he missed.
We brought back two deer he claimed he missed.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:22 am to ducksnbass
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How many of y'all actually find blood right where your deer was standing when you shot it?
Avid bow hunter here and can say it depends on the shot. I will say around 70% of the time first good blood I locate is about 5-10 yds from where the animal was standing.
Often times, I will mark where the deer exited the field, entered the woods and or passes a tree or bush and start there after checking the arrow for good blood.
Many times you see guys waste 10 minutes trying to find those first few specks of blood in the food plot when there is a highway of blood 10 yds away starting at the edge of the plot.
With that said, if I cant locate good blood on my visual marks, I always go back to the initial spot of contact and get on hands and knees and start looking inspector gadget style.
Posted on 12/19/17 at 10:37 am to ducksnbass
I shot a doe last year I couldn't find. No blood anywhere ( hard to see at night in wet pine straw) but I know I hit her. She was old and had a white face. Would see her every hunt and saved her for my kids to shoot. Had my 6 yr old in the stand with me and he begged me to shoot her. I did and we couldn't find anything. Never saw that deer again and it makes me sick to think about.
Later that year I shot a doe that ended up dying trying to cross a deer creek. Water was about 4' deep where she was jammed against a log. Temps in the 30s I almost abandoned her there. On the phn with my dad he reminded me that I shot her for meat, and I owe it to her and everyone else to recover her. That fricking water was cold
Later that year I shot a doe that ended up dying trying to cross a deer creek. Water was about 4' deep where she was jammed against a log. Temps in the 30s I almost abandoned her there. On the phn with my dad he reminded me that I shot her for meat, and I owe it to her and everyone else to recover her. That fricking water was cold
Posted on 12/19/17 at 1:48 pm to ducksnbass
I have killed 2 that I couldnt find any sign of me hitting them. Got the dog out and she found them both within 5 minutes of starting a track. The only blood we saw for them both was where we found them. This is why it is important to be able to call your shot (low, high, right, left or on target). Also its just as important to be able to mark the spot you last saw the deer, down to the closest leaf if possible.
If there is no blowout on the ground, then it is also not uncommon for them to start dropping blood for a few yards.
If there is no blowout on the ground, then it is also not uncommon for them to start dropping blood for a few yards.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 2:35 pm to ducksnbass
90% of the deer I have shot there has been blood at impact. However, the other 10% I found blood within 60 yds of impact.
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