Finding Bone During Blood Trailing

probably leg but mack jr #1’s first buck was brisket shot leaving bone and we didnt find it till LATE that afternoon (am hunt). deer ran a full mile

Thanks guys.

All it means is a shoulder or leg got hit, doesn’t mean it isn’t lethal. I shot a deer last year that was quartering away. The front leg closest to me was back and the leg away from me was forward. Bullet went through both lower shoulders and the heart in the process. There was bone everywhere, everything from the shoulder blade down was shattered on both legs. If you’re finding that much bone the deer is probably dead, but no way to know for sure.

I wouldn’t read too much into it either way is all I’m trying to say. Don’t give up on it just cause there’s bone. Could have been a brisket shot that hit shoulder, upper leg hit that still hit vitals, etc.

Could be anything, the blood will tell you more. Smell it.