The Kid Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 tonight i went out, it was perfect. i had a doe come out fed in front of me at about fifty yards. she was working her way out in the field when she just took off right at me on a dead sprint. All of a sudden i hear a couple grunt. at this point the doe is 20 yards away from me. a couple seconds later i see a nice buck maybe 120 class buck. he runs the doe off and sits at about 24 yards away so i draw and let it go. i hear the arrow hit and the i hear it hit a couple small popple trees where he ran after i had shot. I give him like 45 minutes then i go look for my arrow and some blood. i find my arrow laying right nexts to the popple trees with only about 4 inches broke off at the tip. would four inches be enough to kill this buck if i hit him in the shoulder??? i'm going to go back out there as soon as my dad gets hoe from work, any suggestion how i should track this deer, maybe wait a little longer than 2 hours? what do you guys think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Four inches most likely will only get you one lung, and they can go a long way. Goodluck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntin4ever Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Did the arrow shaft that you found have blood any farther up it?? If so you may have hit the far shoulder and the arrow was thrown out when the buck ran..... either way I'd give him some time.... It's cooling down pretty good at night now, waiting til tomorrow might be your best bet, that way if you did only get one lung the deer will have time to bed down and stay down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 there is only blood on the very end of the arrow like theres a piece of dark hair and like piece of shoulder on the very tip were it broke off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Newtson Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 He should be dead in my opinoin...if he is running he is moving that broadhead all around in there and it should be tearing him up...might not be that much blood though...good luck and let us know how it goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 he should be dead but plz, plz, plz wait... last week i hit a buck right in the shoulder, but penetration was good... i only wait 1/2 hr. and tracked him for over a 1/4 of a mile before losing blood... if i would have waited 4-6 hrs. i would have recovered him, but i just kept pushing him... so, yes, he should and probably is dead, but just wait so you have the opporuntiy to recover... most of all, goodluck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 i went out couldn't find any blood for the first thirty yards from where i found the arrow, i have class first thing in the morning but as soon as i get done i'm going out there to find him. i kinda know where they bedd down do you think he might went back there or is it to hard to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98chevy Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Chances are hees dead but it would amaze you What ive seen inside deer. I killed a doe that had a basket ball size knot on its side. I shoot it with my rifle to find it was guts that had hardend like a rock. No sighn of pain. I shot it to see what the tummer looking thing was. I shot a 4 point that limped real bad to find 6"s of arrow and a broadhead rubbing the spine bone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 He should be dead in my opinoin...if he is running he is moving that broadhead all around in there and it should be tearing him up...might not be that much blood though...good luck and let us know how it goes Yep, but wait until morning. Give him lots of time, to lay down and expire. Don't expect too much of a blood-trail, right off the bat either, but do your best to find one. He may not start bleeding externally until he's gone 60 yrds or so. You can bet he bleeding good inside though. Follow it through the best you can, and grid search, if all else fails. All the best tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bow_hunter101 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I shot a doe earlier this year and the same thing happened to me. I shot her a little high and the arrow broke off about 4 inches in. Where the shot was high and no exit wound there was virtually no blood trail. I tracked it a couple hundred yards just by tracks and upturned leaves, with sporatic blood on a few trees/bushes and a speck or two on the ground. Finally the blood trail ran out so I had my dad stand on the last spot of blood. Most wounded deer go downhill and towards water so that's where I headed. I walked about 30-40 yards down the hill to a pond and there she was floating in the middle!!! It took a little time, a tree branch, and a deer drag to get her out, but it was well worth it! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I hit a doe directly in the shoulder at 35 yards a couple of years. Good blood trail for about 50 yards, then nothing. I ended up losing her, the first deer and only deer i've ever lost. If you got through that shoulder, 4 in. should get you one lung, but like everyone else said, it will take her a while to die. If weather permits, I'd let her lay at least 5-8 hours before taking up the blood trail.. and when you do head towards water if there is a poor blood trail. A friend of mine shot a deer that he one lunged on a Friday night, they trailed as far as they could that night b/c coyotes were pushing it. They looked all night, then a grid search for 5 hours the next day and could not find it. Someone on the neighboring property found it over 400 yards from where he shot the deer originally on Sunday. Good luck and let us know how it comes out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big12Eric Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 If you hit the shoulder it may not kill it. If you did hit the one lung it will die eventually. My dad shot a buck this year and it only went in about 6 inches or so. It caught one lung. We left it lay overnight. We found him the next morning (12 hours later) and he was still alive. He couldn't get up though and we had to take another shot. They can live a long time on one lung. Take your bow with you just in case. Good luck. Let us know what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 well my dad went out this morning to look for her didn't find any blood or hair or nothing. but when he was driving back he saw a big coyote 100 yards from where he was looking for the deer, sure enough he waited till i got home and we went out there , the yotes don't usually move this fast where i live but i've been seeing a huge yote a couple times bow hunting the yotes had his legs and his back all tore up, he was a 17.5 inch 9 point with 8 and a 7 inch G1. my biggest buck to date with my bow, i'm just upset that i didn't save the meat. i just don't know why i didn't get any more pentitration i shoot 72 lbs with g5 montects, maybe next year i might change my setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntin4ever Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Well it's a good thing ya found fim, congrats on the buck..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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