mmbernskoetter Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I shot this deer late Tuesday evening around 5:00 and had to make a quick shot on him as he was walking fast and I could not get him to stop. I made a marginal hit on him and he ran and jumped a fence about 50 yds away. I didn't want to get down too quickly but with light fading fast I decided to get down after 5 minutes to try and find some blood. I found where he crossed the fence and had good blood. I followed it for about 15 yards and was only finding small drops of blood in the grass. My buddy and I looked for a short time but decided with a marginal hit and not a lot of blood we would come back in the daylight and this would also give the deer a chance to bed up if he wasn't down. I beat myself up all night because of the poor shot placement but I knew we made the right decision to back out. We went back the next morning and still couldn't find blood around the last sighting. We spread out and found blood about 10 yds from the last spot and followed a trail for about 15 yards and then my buddy saw him lying in some tall grass dead. He was facing back the direction that we had come from and his legs were under him like he had laid down, not fallen down. He was only 40 yds from where we were the night before and really believe that he was still alive at least part of the time we were looking for him the night before if not the whole time. He is not my biggest deer but he was too good to pass up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Looks like a great deer. Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Congrats on a good buck!!! :) Where about Northern MO are you located?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's an awesome buck! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDMAworks4me Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Nice buck congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Nice deer. Dude looks like Swampy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 That's a great buck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Hunter Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 good buck congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmbernskoetter Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Congrats on a good buck!!! :) Where about Northern MO are you located?? I live in Chillicothe and hunt north of Wheeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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