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How many big game animals have you shot that were never recovered.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:18 pm
Due to recent threads, some may have mistakenly take away the impression that the OB is a bunch of elitists who view other "lesser" hunters with disdain and contempt.
I believe we collectively are far from that. IMO this board is made up of guys from all walks of life. Some have had the benefit of learning first hand from family and friends while others had a less guided path. All here have learned in the field and hopefully continue to do so.
In and effort to show we are from elitists, that we make mistakes, and that we understand the heartbreak of losing an animal, I suggest we lament our loses in the field here.
I shot 1 hog with a .308 that I intended to recover that I could not find. I still don't know how that bastard ran off with 4 shots from a .308. He died somewhere but I never found the carcass.
I shot one 10 pt with my bow that was way low and forward hitting the back of the front leg that I never recovered. Never even found blood. He was seen on camera 4 weeks later.
I shot a turkey with my bow at 25 yards this fall right through the base of neck. Big puff of feathers blood on arrow. She got up and flew away when I got close to picking her up. She died on neighbors pasture where I had no access.
I believe we collectively are far from that. IMO this board is made up of guys from all walks of life. Some have had the benefit of learning first hand from family and friends while others had a less guided path. All here have learned in the field and hopefully continue to do so.
In and effort to show we are from elitists, that we make mistakes, and that we understand the heartbreak of losing an animal, I suggest we lament our loses in the field here.
I shot 1 hog with a .308 that I intended to recover that I could not find. I still don't know how that bastard ran off with 4 shots from a .308. He died somewhere but I never found the carcass.
I shot one 10 pt with my bow that was way low and forward hitting the back of the front leg that I never recovered. Never even found blood. He was seen on camera 4 weeks later.
I shot a turkey with my bow at 25 yards this fall right through the base of neck. Big puff of feathers blood on arrow. She got up and flew away when I got close to picking her up. She died on neighbors pasture where I had no access.
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Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:22 pm to Bleeding purple
I don't really consider deer "big game" but I lost a 6 point one time to a pack of coyotes. Shot in the afternoon, went back to house for 4 wheeler, was just getting dark when I came back, heard a good half dozen coyotes growling and hollering. So, left him in the woods.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:25 pm to Bleeding purple
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some may have mistakenly take away the impression that the OB is a bunch of elitists who view other "lesser" hunters with disdane and contempt.
I view everyone with disdAIN and contempt.
When I was a kid, I shot a doe with a .243 (yup), and because every deer I had shot died and was easily found, I let it get back up and run away. I didn't even try a second shot. I had put my rifle down (hunting a ladder stand) and was putting on my orange after I shot. Tracked that deer through the worst thicket I have ever seen. Plenty of blood, but never found her. Now if it twitches, it gets a second shot.
About 15 years ago I shot at the largest buck I have seen at the woods. Buck was chasing does across a clearing. I estimated it to be 200 yards or so. Shot five times and hit it with the last shot. Stepped off to where I found blood and it was almost 400 yards. Ended up finding bone and only a little blood. Guy on the club killed a nice 3 legged buck the next year.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:26 pm to ZacAttack
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heard a good half dozen coyotes growling and hollering. So, left him in the woods.
WAIT, WHAT?????
You are on a 4wheeler and armed and you got scared off by coyote noises????
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:28 pm to Bleeding purple
I think I've hit 6 deer in my life that I didn't find in time. I found buzzards on one and never saw anything of the other 5. One was a clip with a bow and I doubt it died. The other 4 I'll never know.
It happens. Having a good dog really helps, but that's no guarantee and the deer has to be dead to find it. Crippling deer is part of hunting. If it hasn't happened to you yet, you haven't shot very many.
It happens. Having a good dog really helps, but that's no guarantee and the deer has to be dead to find it. Crippling deer is part of hunting. If it hasn't happened to you yet, you haven't shot very many.
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Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:29 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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If it hasn't happened to you yet, you don't shoot very many.
truth
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:32 pm to Bleeding purple
I have lost two doe and 2 bucks in my life.
Both does were dumb long shots, one in the rain that I hit in the gut and probably recover if not for the rain pouring down.
Both bucks were bow shots, one hit low low that bled a bit and laid down 100 yards from my stand. The next morning he was still there and just got up and walked off when we came in.
Second buck bled like coming out of a paint can, don't have a clue where he was hit. Trailed him probably over 1/2 mile and blood just stopped. He was a real high 10 in Iowa. Nothing great but a real good one. I am sure the coyotes drug him down.
Both does were dumb long shots, one in the rain that I hit in the gut and probably recover if not for the rain pouring down.
Both bucks were bow shots, one hit low low that bled a bit and laid down 100 yards from my stand. The next morning he was still there and just got up and walked off when we came in.
Second buck bled like coming out of a paint can, don't have a clue where he was hit. Trailed him probably over 1/2 mile and blood just stopped. He was a real high 10 in Iowa. Nothing great but a real good one. I am sure the coyotes drug him down.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:36 pm to Bleeding purple
About 10 years ago I missed a nice 10 Point in Uvalde. Was my first Texas hunt 
Then got out the stand and 3 bobcats jumped out, killed a bobcat after 3 shots from the hip!!! 
I was around 22 and I was hunting in the marsh and had a doe playing about 250-300 yards out. It was late and my buddy was texting me pumping my head up to shoot that nanny and put meat in the freezer. So about 20 minutes before dark I take a head shot, the deer fall then gets right back up. So I rack another bullet in and shoot again, deer falls and I see legs kicking so I knew I had it. I hopped in the mudboat and crossed the ditch and started hiking that way. Fell thru the marsh twice over my Lacrosse knee boot and finally got there. To my disbelief it was 2 deer, not 1. AND BOTH WERE ABOUT 55-60LBS. I was pissed, apparently one was bedded down the whole time the other was playing around and when I shot she got up.
So I drug both of them out, got soaking wet again and proceeded to pickup the other hunters and get ragged about it. My buddies dad that manages the lease was a little ticked, but knew it was an honest mistake. He said, "I bet you'll never make that fricking mistake again. 2 good shots and you cant even brag about them because they knocked the spots off of'em".
Definitely not a perfect hunter here, but in the past 6-8 years I watch more than I shoot, only wall hangers now.
Then got out the stand and 3 bobcats jumped out, killed a bobcat after 3 shots from the hip!!! I was around 22 and I was hunting in the marsh and had a doe playing about 250-300 yards out. It was late and my buddy was texting me pumping my head up to shoot that nanny and put meat in the freezer. So about 20 minutes before dark I take a head shot, the deer fall then gets right back up. So I rack another bullet in and shoot again, deer falls and I see legs kicking so I knew I had it. I hopped in the mudboat and crossed the ditch and started hiking that way. Fell thru the marsh twice over my Lacrosse knee boot and finally got there. To my disbelief it was 2 deer, not 1. AND BOTH WERE ABOUT 55-60LBS. I was pissed, apparently one was bedded down the whole time the other was playing around and when I shot she got up.
So I drug both of them out, got soaking wet again and proceeded to pickup the other hunters and get ragged about it. My buddies dad that manages the lease was a little ticked, but knew it was an honest mistake. He said, "I bet you'll never make that fricking mistake again. 2 good shots and you cant even brag about them because they knocked the spots off of'em".
Definitely not a perfect hunter here, but in the past 6-8 years I watch more than I shoot, only wall hangers now.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:37 pm to Bleeding purple
Most memorable was when I was 12. Had a 20ga with a slug. Two big bucks come down a trail straight towards me. Put a slug in the chest of the one in front and he jumps straight up and hits the ground kicking. Thought it was the death kick but was wrong. He got up and ran off. Blood crossed a field and the guy with a dog pulls up with a truck load of people drinking beer. They all take a piss and the dog ultimately just keeps trailing back to the truck
In all, I've lost one doe with my bow, 2 bucks with a shotgun ( one was found after season while squirrel hunting 100 yards from where we quit) and also lost a doe with my 45-70.
So in all, 4 deer.
Maybe half a dozen pigs with bow
In all, I've lost one doe with my bow, 2 bucks with a shotgun ( one was found after season while squirrel hunting 100 yards from where we quit) and also lost a doe with my 45-70.
So in all, 4 deer.
Maybe half a dozen pigs with bow
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:39 pm to TigerDeacon
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You are on a 4wheeler and armed and you got scared off by coyote noises????
no kidding!
Admittedly, I allowed fear to stop my pursuit of the pig I mentioned. I had fired all 4 rounds I had with me and hit him with all 4. I only wanted the pig for the skull mount as he was big and nasty. I tracked him down a trail with a knife and a flashlight until the trial had me crawling on my hands and knees through briars when fear/good sense said F this and I quit on him. I did go back and search the next two days but never found his carcass.
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Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:40 pm to Bleeding purple
First doe I ever shot with a bow ran off, never found her. It took me 8 more years to get my first bow kill.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:44 pm to Bleeding purple
I'm waiting for the "I've never had a deer take a step" crowd......
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:45 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
That crowd is not part of the regulars here.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:50 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Like I said in an earlier thread...
If you have never lost or crippled a deer you have either not shot at many or hunted much. You are a liar. Or both.
If you have never lost or crippled a deer you have either not shot at many or hunted much. You are a liar. Or both.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:51 pm to Bleeding purple
I shot at an 8 point with buckshot and peppered his arse. The next stander dropped him.
I completely whiffed on a few and had a hell of track on a doe and had to finish her off with a knife to the throat, but never had blood on the ground and not recovered one.
I completely whiffed on a few and had a hell of track on a doe and had to finish her off with a knife to the throat, but never had blood on the ground and not recovered one.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:53 pm to TexasTiger01
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So I drug both of them out
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How many big game animals have you shot that were never recovered.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 12:59 pm to Bleeding purple
ive lost 3: 1 doe, 1 "ok" 8pt, 1 MASSIVE 10 pt. doe got chewed by 'yotes before i could get to her, 8pt was shot w/ a .243 (no, im not trying to start shite) and didnt leave squat for a blood trail, 10pt was a WTF happened moment that i still cant figure out. shot with a .30-'06 that was zeroed really well. i'll never forget that buck.
fyi, i've been deer hunting for 25 yrs and have only scratched 2 years.
im not counting the stupid-sized hogs i've intentionally gut shot
fyi, i've been deer hunting for 25 yrs and have only scratched 2 years.
im not counting the stupid-sized hogs i've intentionally gut shot
Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:06 pm to Bleeding purple
I'm not able to tally them all because I just cannot remember, but they include two truly large bucks . None with a .243 though
. None with a .243 though Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:06 pm to TigerDeacon
well, when we rolled up on them they stood their ground, and the deer had been mauled pretty badly already. Figured they needed it more than I needed to try and take it from them.
Posted on 1/2/15 at 1:06 pm to Bleeding purple
to you for making this thread!
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