Tall_Tines
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A friend of mine has been after a buck all year. He had some close calls with bow and then he was coming out in the open during first shotgun two nights in a row. He decided to go against the odds and got himself a tag the last day just hoping he would show up again. He showed up and he took a 150 yard shot at him and thought he put a good hit on him. We found blood and a piece of what looked like a leg bone that night. We decided to wait and track the next morning. We tracked him a 1/4 mile the next morning and found an even larger chunk of bone. We eventually lost the trail in some grass so we made a sweep of the woods ahead. I kicked the buck up 30 yards away and his left leg was hanging by nothing but skin at about the knee. We kept tracking and we bumped him a few more times but the leg stopped bleeding and their was really nothing we could do as the season was now closed. We had to give up and had no clue the condition of the buck. We both felt really bad for the buck. We wondered if he would die from it or not, but turns out a few hunters saw him out feeding two days ago. I was suprised that, of all things he was still carrying. I was just curious if any of you had had any experiences like this in the past and how this will affect the buck. Whether or not he will live to next year? Whether or not he will ever grow a normal rack again? Any opinions would be appreciated. Thabks guys.