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My buddy shot a buck tonight and from what he says it was a quartering away shot from the right side. We found the arrow and it penatrated about 7 inches of the deer. 2 of the 3 blades were gone as well. We found blood for about 20 yards and then it stopped. The last blood we found was bright red and looks as if it was clotting up. We looked for quite a while and decided to leave it for the night. Anyone have any advice, it would be appreciated!

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I'd keep looking. 7 inches is enough to get lungs. The buck I killed last year was the same situation. I hit him right behind the shoulder slightly quartering away, when he took off running he sheared the arrow. It took me 2.5 hrs to blood trail him 100 yards. It was a double lung hit but he didn't have an exit wound and the entrance was high. So he won't have good blood until his lungs fill up and he'll start breathing it out. I was hands and knees for 80 of the 100 finding tiny specks, then I started finding piles of foamy blood, from then he didn't go another 20 yards. He was dead within 30 seconds of the shot but I took it extremely slow because I didn't want to push him. if you have to, start making circles and try to cut his trail further out. Good luck.

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in the morning, if you come upon the last of the blood - truly the last of the blood, begin looking on the entrance side (right) about 20-50 yards. Oftentimes deer will jump the trail they are on to evade being caught and just lay in good cover while the predator (us) walks on by. It is usually on the wound side that they choose to jump.

They may back-trail as well, so don't be afraid to back up 25-50 yards as well. Just a tip that I learned here a few years ago.

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in the morning, if you come upon the last of the blood - truly the last of the blood, begin looking on the entrance side (right) about 20-50 yards. Oftentimes deer will jump the trail they are on to evade being caught and just lay in good cover while the predator (us) walks on by. It is usually on the wound side that they choose to jump.

They may back-trail as well, so don't be afraid to back up 25-50 yards as well. Just a tip that I learned here a few years ago.

Excellent Tip...Thanks!!!

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