AceArcher Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Shot a pretty big 8 this morning at 8am. I hit him back with the rage 2-blade. As he ran off I could see a hole thru him but if was back b/c I had a bad angle. I am kicking myself but he is dead or almost so in the timber right now. I think I am going to wait until 11 am to head back out. Looked at my arrow and it had some food matter on it with some blood so I know that I did not lung him. Backed right out and will let him hunker up for awhile. Hopefully I will update later today with a harvest photo of big IL bruiser. If not I will be need to depression pills. Say a little prayer for me that I find him quickly. later boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hope ya can find him, I would almost give him more time then 3 hours if you felt the shot was bad. I would almost wait until 1pm or so... you can never be too safe... Good luck, hope to see pictures in a few hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAarcher Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck man, hope for the best those rages do some damage hopefully it tore him up bad enough he lays down and dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WvBowhunterKE Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Best of luck to you man, I hope you find him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck finding him. I bet he is down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck. Good job backing out....waiting a little longer won't hurt...might lose a little meat if gut shot but if it means finding him. Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
layin on the smackdown Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 If you got the time, i would recommend waiting a little longer. Gut shots can take a while. If you can, let him sit til 2 or so. Weather is cold enough, and the yotes most likely will not get to him, and as long as you don't have rain, or you know where he bedding, you will recover him. I would give him a good 5-6 hours. Good luck and post some pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 I'm with Dan. Time is your best weapon on him now. Hope you got pics posted later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobwhite Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck I hope you find him quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 If you got the time, i would recommend waiting a little longer. Gut shots can take a while. If you can, let him sit til 2 or so. Weather is cold enough, and the yotes most likely will not get to him, and as long as you don't have rain, or you know where he bedding, you will recover him. I would give him a good 5-6 hours. Good luck and post some pics! DITTO: A dead deer ain't goin' nowhere. Time is your friend. Back off as long as possible. Take a couple of extra sets of eyes to look for blood. good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck with the recovery. Post some pictures went you get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewink Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 good luck! I just had the same thing happen last night on a doe. Backed out and found her this a.m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Any luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMort Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 Good luck let us know if you find him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whttlbucksteve Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I hope you found him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 any luck with the tracking job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Still waiting here too.... Any luck?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 C'mon, man! Details! Hope you found him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hope you found him and have been celebrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerStateP&Y Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 That sucks man. Good luck finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceArcher Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) Sorry guys for no word yet. Here is the bad news...No deer. I royally screwed the pooch but had a little help also. About 10 am I went up to the farm that he ran into to tell the guy that I would be going over on his ground. Come to find out he decided to let a guy hunt his ground and the guy was sitting on the other side of the ridge from me about 75-80 yards away. He said he heard me rattling and could even see me sitting in my stand. After I shot the buck was trotting and then slowed to a walk...I could see his antlers through the timber and all the sudden he bolted... this guy shot under him at 5-yards after I shot him. Now I wish he just would have lunged him. While I backed out I think he got out of his stand and looked around in that patch of timber sending the buck running out of there. To top it off the farmer who does not hunt went down there and starting looking around...I couldn't really tell him he couldn't look on his own ground. When we got down there at about 1pm to look and follow the blood trail the deer had likely been gone out of there since the farmer walked down there or even sooner...who knows. After that I decided that we had a real problem and called a guy that has a blood tracking dog. He couldn't come out Saturday as he was taking his boy out for youth season. Sunday morning he came out and we put and his dog picked up the track...however it was apparent that the deer had been pushed well out of that timber over the road and into another big patch with many options on where to go and hole up. I walked those thickets until dark last night and went back out there after work today...still can't find him. I got some good ideas of where he went but it is so thick that you can only see 10 feet or so in any direction. I feel very depressed over losing this deer. I made a bad shot that was fatal but not quickly...I am replying that a hundred times since Saturday. It is a real bad feeling to know that I killed a magnificent animal and can't find him. I will keep looking over the next days and weeks and maybe he will turn up. I feel like I need to apologize to everyone out there on RT forums that hunts b/c this is a trophy deer for most people (me included). Sorry guys....if and when I find him I will post some pics of this rack. I will probably take a few weeks off and from hunting and try to get my head back on straight for the rut. By the way a big thanks goes out to Henry H. and his son Jamie who brought their blood tracking dog "Bear" out to look. They are the best...and too bad we didn't find him. Edited October 13, 2009 by AceArcher more to story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Sorry to hear about your bad luck! Happens to nearly all of us. Glad to see you're doing everything to recover the deer. No need for an apology just get back out there and get another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceArcher Posted October 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Thanks fly. The highs and the lows. Just need to get thru this week. He must be dead in the woods so I am going to find him. He had a 2 inch wound channel thru his midsection. Sooner or later he will turn up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallard_drake85 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Good luck buddy, hope ya find him quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 That is too bad Ace. Hope you are still able to find the deer and recover the antlers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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