ilhnter Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 My brother and I went out this evening in Illinois and we sat about 100 yds a part. I sat in the stand that I missed (hit) a doe opening evening, but I either just clipped her or hit her right under the spine and it left no blood at all and my brother sat in my dads stand that isn't very far from mine. Well around 6 I heard a loud pop and then some deer snort so i figured my brother had shot one. Well he never came and got me so I stayed put and at dark I was walking out and I saw his flashlight shining so I walked over to his location. Sure enough he had a nice doe down. When I walked up he said that i was never going to guess what deer that was. It was the deer I had hit on opening evening. I hit her just below the spine. My shot was right on, just high. There was the entry and exit hole. We looked at her organs when we gutted her and none of them had been hit by my shot. The wound was actually healing up very nicely. I feel better now that i know she would have lived, but what are the odds that my brother shoots the deer that I hit a week earlier. Good luck everyone!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskBrute Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 haha thats awsome what are the odds eh haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhuntr_15 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 That is pretty neat. Congrats to your brother!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 LOL thats great, i had one my dad shot at with a slug gun, he missed went to rack up another shell but kept the trigger pulled down and the gun when off when the shell went in, the bullet hit her in the foot, 2 days later we shot her on a deer drive. I shot a 7pt my second year some one had shot at and only broke a rib, found the slug and every thing,....but it's always nice when your able to finish off a deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 That's pretty sweet!Sounds like she would've made survived just fine.Congrats to your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bow_hunter101 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 I saw a doe one time with an arrow sticking out of her back haunch! I was driving and saw the arrow and thought it was a deer target. But as I passed, she bent down and started eating the grass. She had a fawn with her and seemed 100% fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Congratulations to your brother. Guess the odds would depend some on the deer density in your area and on how much area the deer cover. If the deer has a small core area, the odds might actually be pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 That is very awesome. I hit one in the same spot one time, and got pictures of her a few weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerBuster618 Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Thats really neat. Congrats to your brother it makes it a little easier on you when u hit one bad and it is killed later so you know that it is not injured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 Good thing your brother got her. It probably put your mind at ease that it survived until she met up with your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildthing Posted October 10, 2007 Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 congrats to your brother, that is pretty neat that he got her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogg6 Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I had almost the same thing happen last season. I was bowhunting the last weekend before our gun opener. I hit a doe and she dropped in her tracks. I could see I hit her high, but a pass through and figure a spine hit. All of a sudden she got up and walked off. I could not get another shot. I started tracking her and tracked her for about 3 hours. The last I saw of her she was running fine and strong. The next week I was in the same stand with my rifle and the first deer that came through was a nice doe. I shot her and when we started skinning deer a couople days later, I noticed something strange on its back. As we cut the backstraps out I noticed something orange, it was pieces of the flo orange wrap I have on my arrows. Like your she was healing well and would have lived, had she not made the same mistake as the week before. What truly amazed me was that she came through the same trail after being hurt just 1 week before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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