4Blade Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Thanks for the advice and encouragement. I found her! I got there at dawn, went to the spot I had marked and could not find any more blood in the field to follow a trail. So I made my best guess as to where she went into the woods on the other side of the field after she went over the hill. I walked into the brush about 30 yards in and started looking around in the thick low spots that would make a good place to hunker down and hide. I found one spot where she had laid down and bled out a bit but not a bunch of blood. I started glassing around at the surrounding brush and got lucky and spotted her about more 30 yards away. She was still a bit warm to the touch and only somewhat stiff - no critter issues either. Turns out my shot was about 3-4 inches aft of where it should have been and angled just a bit. It went through her liver and stomach. She's at the processor now and I have some confidence back. Thanks fellas - Jack BTW, How did your situation turn out 4Blade? Congrats,,,,Glad you found her.....Unfortunately I wasnt as lucky:(,,,Picked back up on the blood trail about 8am just a little over 14 hours after the shot,,,Followed the trail I guess for about another 300 yards had good blood even found a few small chunks of meat we found a couple of places where he laid down and after that the blood got thin and vanished on a trail,,,My buddys and I followed the trail about another 300 yards and found nothing,,We then split up and did a grid search and still nothing..We covered alot of ground some places we had to go on our hands and knees but just couldnt find him.....That is the first one I have lost in a very long time and have felt bad about it since it happened,,,,,I would rather miss them anyday than wound them......One good thing I guess that came from it all was that my buddys 14 year old son who lives to hunt and fish got to go every step of the way with us during the tracking from the first drop of blood to the last and iam sure he learned alot from it,,,,,,He was a great little helper even though we didnt find the deer,,,And for that iam gonna buy that young man a trail cam for Christmas this year........... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardwood_HD Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 congrats on findin the deer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadeocu Posted November 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Unfortunately I wasnt as lucky:(,,, Sorry to hear this 4Blade - sounds like you gave it everything you had though. Its a drag for sure. Indeed it sounds like there was a good learning experience to come out of it none the less - cheers for that. I too am a better hunter for this experience and thanks to everyone for that. - Jack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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