great moring hunt ends in disaster................

[tejay]

today got up at 430 well before day light and it was a tad nipply....got settle in my stand and then things begin to pick up i planned on shooting a big doe ...... well at about 715 here comes an old fat doe walking right under my stand.... i stood and went to draw and i was busted..................she didnt blow just ran about 40 yards and slowly walked of then by the time shes out of site there movement from where she came from... its a 140 8 pt.....nose to the ground and following her trail like glue on paper... i draw and i am busted ...... at this point im guessing this isnt my day to shoot a buck..... when after this 8 blows and runs off back the way he came not 2mins later another deer apears walking stiff leged on the trail the 8 ran up i told my self im shooting what ever walks by cept anything below 100 class well let alone its the 10 pt that i video taped before season with a 4 inch drop of the right main beam.... well he follows the trail the doe did by the time he crossed the creek bout 60 yards from me i was at full draw not going to screw this one up right..... well he gets spooked from the other deers sent of fear he jump bout 2 steps and is broad side at 15 yards.. about 160 class 10pt and ilet it fly the arrow smacks right behind front shoulder and complete pass through. and i wait and watch him walk off casually..... acting not hit... well i can see the blood running.... and i wait 30 min got down got my arrow looked at it went and god my dad... and started to follow blood and the blood isnice nice red with bubbles.... and after the start of the blood trail it just stops..............

it must not be my yr......

 

[Liv4Rut]

that sucks tjay, you should of called me man, i would of came right over, if it was behind the shoulder with bubbles he should be dead somewhere.

 

[Tomo]

huh?? your posting when you should be looking bud....

 

[scout]

I had a fella pick up his upper 150's rack from me today. He gave up to early. I located it by chance. Don't surrender. My bow kill was in the rain this year and I had zero blood trail, With help from Maggs it was located.
The deer could'nt be far.
Good luck.

 

[tejay]

key word he should be..... me and my dad looked all dya and we pulled out at about 500 cuz it was todarkl ive walk the whole public and private along that stretch and nothing has turnd up.....but theres more........ just sux that it has to be the big one

 

[teeroy]

damn, bud, that sucks. i was just about to put up a post to see what you have been doing this season

(you and your logon name changes, i couldn't remember who you were any more)

keep looking, he has to be there somewhere....i could bring my dogs up for a "pheasant hunt"

 

[Skully]

Re: great moring hunt ends in disaster............

That's too bad Ia. Buckhunter. I too had a bad experience this weekend. I rattled in a 150 inch 10 pointer at 3:00 sun. afternoon. He offered a 25 yd shot but was not quartering away, he was broad-side. I know I was shaking because I could feel my heart pounding in my neck! I took the shot and it was a little too far back. He also walked away slowly and never really bled much. I watched him for over an hour as he bedded down about 100 yds from me. Then for no reason he got up and walked away. I stayed in my stand until dark and went home only to find out there was a chance of rain early Mon. morning. I did not sleep well all night, but I knew I had to leave him alone until morning. I got on his trail before the rain came but after a 1/4 mile of tracking it started coming down. My buddy and I had almost given up because the buck was still climbing steep banks and had not bedded down anymore. I started feeling really sick to my stomach as the blood trail was disapearing. We had spent hours looking and putting flagging tape at each hint of sign when the blood was all gone. I found a big set of tracks in the soft ground and the leaves were kicked up so I knew they were fresh. I just started following them and two ridges later walked up on my buck, bedded down. I was so releived. I was able to stalk within 20 yard and give him a fatal shot. After gutting him I found my first shot had hit low on his left lung and pierced the liver. It was a pass through but he still didn't bleed that much at all. I can't beleive he went as far as he did. Don't give up. Get you friends and just scour the area, chances are he'll turn up. good luck.