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re: Has anyone ever shot a deer with a rifle that when the deer ran off it had its tail up?
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:02 pm to Bow dude72
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:02 pm to Bow dude72
quote:If this is me, I’m shooting a bearing with my compass at that crash sound if it is the direction the deer went. Get down and hold that line while walking straight to where the noise happened. Could have been when he keeled over.
I heard the palmettos crash when I getting ready to lower my equipment from my climber
Tail condition don’t matter.
This post was edited on 1/13/25 at 3:03 pm
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Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:07 pm to Bow dude72
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Just saw it leaping through the woods with the tail up. Shot was made at 5:15pm. I’ve also never lost a deer I’ve shot.
You sure it was your buck or another deer with it? You may have seen another deer jumping
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:15 pm to Bow dude72
You hit the deer in the guts and the bullet stopped in the offside shoulder. That’s why there’s no blood. Go find your horns.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:57 pm to Bow dude72
I am getting older now (60) and don’t hear as well as I used to. Almost without fail if I shoot and hear the deer make a racket in the woods running away that deer is hit. The more noise the closer I find them. Tail up is not normally a good sign but hearing a deer run into stuff in the woods is a great sign
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:03 pm to Bow dude72
Yes
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:30 pm to Ppro
quote:
getting older now (60) and don’t hear as well
Gotta get you some of them walkers ear muffs sir. As long as the wind isn't blowing they are awesome e.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 4:58 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Thanks. Not taking care of my ears growing up is catching up. I really enjoy hearing the wood noises and thinking every squirrel is a deer. And then finally one of those squirrels is a deer and it’s almost magical
Posted on 1/13/25 at 5:11 pm to Ppro
That’s another thing I wear hearing aids. I turn them up and you can hear everything but it’s hard to hear which direction the noise came from.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 9:47 pm to Bow dude72
My shoulder hates me, but that's why I shoot a 35 whelen.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 5:12 am to Bow dude72
Update
I went back yesterday to see if I could locate the buck. I saw no buzzards. From the shot point and the direction the deer fled. I made 100 yard (10 yards apart) zig zag lines for a distance of 400 yards. I’m calling it a clean miss. I feel better about it now.
I went back yesterday to see if I could locate the buck. I saw no buzzards. From the shot point and the direction the deer fled. I made 100 yard (10 yards apart) zig zag lines for a distance of 400 yards. I’m calling it a clean miss. I feel better about it now.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 7:27 am to Bow dude72
Good for you for double checking. You’ve done all you could, short of putting a dog on him. I’ve gone in after the season before to look one more time.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 9:42 am to 257WBY
I thought I read somewhere you couldn’t use tracking dogs on WMA’s.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 11:08 am to Bow dude72
Deer tracking dogs legal on WMA, but must be on leash.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 11:37 am to 257WBY
I apologize. You are correct. I went back and read the wma rules and found it. I’ve only lost one deer that was with a bow. But that’s definitely good to know.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 12:01 pm to Bow dude72
I’ve never seen it on a deer center punched with a rifle but quite a few times with the bow.
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