brad dryden Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) Well I shot my first deer with a muzzle loader Sat. evening when I shot it went down bet kept getting up and hobbling away well the evening before me bullits droped out of my pocket and forgot to put them back it. So here I am pulling everything out of my pockets just trying to find a bullet so call my buddy and told him to bring his gun to finish it off by the time we walked to where it was it was gone and seen a deer run off butt I knew it wasent the one I shot. So we couldent find any blood and searched for it after waiting a while and it was dark. So today about 11:00am went back out and then started finding blood but it was VERY little I would find drops here and their then found it laying near a down tree and it was still alive so I took and put a round off and finished it. The bullit hit the shoulder and came out of the front and more or less mangled the insides of the front of it. How this deer lived for so long I don't know I know it would have died but I guess I just missed major areas. I have shot deer similar this way and they don't go anywhere. I was using a CVA Optima with 100grains and powerbelts if you all want to know also the shot was about 30yds or so. Yes I just realized I spelled Tough wrong in the header. Edited November 30, 2009 by brad dryden Miss spelled tough in the header and couldent change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 They have a will to live alright! I've had some similar experiences. One I had to get into a knife fight with since I ran out of shells. Story is in one of my blogs. Glad you were able to recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 most animals are pretty tough. but, you got him. good persistance. and tuff isn't the only mis-spelled word... lol. we're here for hunting, not spelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted November 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I felt bad it lived so long guess its better then the coyotes getting it and tearing it apart. I knew it didn't go far and when ever I do shoot a deer I will spend a few days looking if I know I hit it. I bet their is more then one word misspelled I was just typing away and just not thinking about it. Allot has to do with me looking at the keyboard and typing and not looking at the screen when doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airman312 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 This seems to be happening to a lot of people this year..shoot em' and they dissapear.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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