Scbasshunter Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 A couple guys who hunt where I hunt went back in and found the buck I shot the other day. Going Monday to pick up the antlers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGaHuntingandOutdoors Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Congrats, how far from where you lost the trail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scbasshunter Posted August 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 Found him!!!! They said it was 75 yards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Sigh of relief but it still sucks that happened. Hope you can learn from this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitetailfreak55 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Awesome man congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 well at least you now have an end to the "what happened to him" question. Hopefully lesson learned on shot placement, if this is the neck shot buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zizzer59 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Found him!!!! Congrats man! Just goes to show you never give up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Found him!!!! Glad someone found him, but it honestly should have been you if he was only 75 yards from last blood...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WStreblo Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Found him!!!! Congrats buddy. Take each outing as a learning experience bro... Glad you got him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I shot a nice buck one year and didn't find him till day 4! Hated not getting the meat, but was so happy to get the cape and antlers and knowing what happened. Mine was over a 1/2 mile from last blood. I got lost and just happened to stumble upon him. My arrow was still in his side. I had a buddy that looked for 2 days and never found his deer. Two months later when the leaves were gone he found it about 10 yards from where he had been looking (super thick) - only 100 yards from the shot. It can be tough to find them in the early season. Glad you'll get the cape and antlers - nice buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Glad someone found him, but it honestly should have been you if he was only 75 yards from last blood...... Yep. Gotta agree. From the pic, does not appear to be too overgrown where the deer is laying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Glad someone found him....if that's the swamp, then that is nothing compared to what we have here which is brush and tall weeds and nasty briars and thick hemlocks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 A couple tips: if you lose blood, start circling out from the last blood...would almost bet you'd have found him. And you can see he was in water...wounded deer go to water, so check swamps/creeks/ponds, any water sources. Hope you take the advice people have offered here to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bug House Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hmmmm, didn't the same thing happen to you last season Scbass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hmmmm, didn't the same thing happen to you last season Scbass? Pretty sure it did but the deer wasnt recovered and I think their wasnt much of an effort to recover either....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStation46 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 To bad about the meat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scbasshunter Posted August 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Found him!!!! Ok, I don't see why people are bringing up last year and then making comments like "There wasn't much of an effort." The old saying goes: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I get the feeling that some people on here are super hunter, Ted Nugent wannabes, but some of us are in it for the fun and the challenge. I think it sad that there are people in here that can't just say good job and be happy for somebody. I get on here to learn and get advice about hunting, not to be put down. If you think you are the greatest thing to walk the woods, go join a television show. Consider this my last post on this forum. Absolutely rediculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 It isnt that we dont want you on here. Your new to bowhunting things happen. Pretty much just dont be so antsy to take a shot. Just relax and let it unfold. Im not bashing you im just trying to help you out so this doesnt happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Let the know-it-all comments roll off of you like water off a ducks back. Post a picture of the mount when you get it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Most of us here have been through your situation, and are trying to be helpful, because we don't want you to go through this again..or lose another deer.If it did happen last year, then we have a pattern that needs attention right? Now , correct me if Im wrong, but in the thread where you told us about the swamp the deer ran into, did you not say, "Im not going in there"..or was it someone elses thread? Truth be told.... Most of us would have boot leather on the ground to help you look if we could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 I've had my share of bad luck, I've made several seasons without losing a deer, I've lost two deer in one year, I was doing pretty good but lost an 8pt last year with a muzzy buried in his shoulder bone. What you did not learn last year or this year that rubs folks (I'm guessing) is a lack of contrition. A tiny bit of that would go a long long ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Ok, I don't see why people are bringing up last year and then making comments like "There wasn't much of an effort." The old saying goes: If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. I get the feeling that some people on here are super hunter, Ted Nugent wannabes, but some of us are in it for the fun and the challenge. I think it sad that there are people in here that can't just say good job and be happy for somebody. I get on here to learn and get advice about hunting, not to be put down. If you think you are the greatest thing to walk the woods, go join a television show. Consider this my last post on this forum. Absolutely rediculous. Sometimes the truth isn't kind but last year the same thing happened and there wasnt an effort made. Why are other guys out recovering your deer? Maybe you had to work or something but your posts talked like you gave up that night and were asking about hunting the same stand the next morning. I know you went out and looked AFTER we posted about him being dead. Most of us don't take kindly to what appears to be a lack of respect for the animals you try to harvest. Keep that in mind..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Encouragement......not what it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Encouragement......not what it used to be. Don't get it twisted Corey, look who posted their rear end off helping him to find the deer....... I refuse to promote bad habits that keep rearing up. Slapping him on the back and saying good get em next time is for when things were done right and a bad result happened. That wasn't the case here. He took a bad shot, made little effort to recover and didn't show remorse for losing the animal AGAIN! We had this exact discussion last year. Not holding people accountable is exactly what's wrong with our society. He might be pissed off now but it's no different than last year. He will cool off and we all will continue to answer any question he has. We want him to get better. It's not personal, I believe in tough love over coddling.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 Encouragement......not what it used to be. A LOT better here than any other forum I've been to Corey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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