Flat blew it this morning...


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Thanks guys, it does suck bad. The hit was too high, the buck ran off about 60-70 yards with no back legs. Stood in the same spot for 7-10 minutes, slowly got his back legs back under him and walked off. Only got about 5" of penetration...... :(

Told Chris after we looked that my buck tag is filled. I'm not about to hunt for another buck when I hit that one. If he comes down my trail again this year, I'll try again, but I'm not shooting 2 bucks this year. That buck and does only from here on out.

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Tom, man don't be so hard on yourself. Get out there and smack the next bruiser that walks by. If it happens to be that buck, awesome, if not tag the next one. Losing animals is just a sad reality of hunting, especially bowhunting. I hate it as much as the next guy, but don't beat yourself up.

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Yep. Tough to see your buddy go through something like that. Tom's a true sportsman, and I too respect his decision to let the bucks pass. I was in that situation a few years ago and also decided on no bucks. It's just a feeling you get I guess.

Having said that, I truly believe that buck is still out walking around. I wasn't there, but I was on the blood trail, and from the looks of it, it was a muscle hit. I'd almost bet Tom hit the back strap, shocked the spinal cord a little, but not enough to break it. Unless a bad infection sets in, that deer is going to survive.

Until he walks past me, that is. :D

Hang in there Tommy.

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Tom, man don't be so hard on yourself. Get out there and smack the next bruiser that walks by. If it happens to be that buck, awesome, if not tag the next one. Losing animals is just a sad reality of hunting, especially bowhunting. I hate it as much as the next guy, but don't beat yourself up.

The guy we hunt on is really trying to make this a better place for big bucks. QDM. I told him that was my buck for the year, I just didn't find him. Can't justify going out and shooting another big buck. Can't do it. I'll (try to) take out some frustration on a doe though......

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tough call. If he lost his rear end for 7-10 minutes you had to break some vertabrae, but not the spinal cord. I'm actually suprised he didn't bleed out with that hit. I would say he was probably dead not long after. He's gotta lay down and the muscle spasms should keep him down and you gotta figure that something will move and cut into that cord once he gets up to go again. Swelling.....

I'm sure you looked everywhere for him, but look for the buzzards now because you might still find him. There wasn't going to be any blood because of the high hit. All internal bleeding.....

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He's gotta lay down and the muscle spasms should keep him down.....

You know, I said the same thing to Chris before we went out looking, and I got the "look"......like I was out of my mind. :crutch:

I'm going back tomorrow afternoon, I want to check a creek bottom that we have found dead deer in before. I'll keep at it....

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