DWilk
Active Member
Wow what an up and down and up night. 2 o'clock brought in a beast of 9 pointer (probly a 160 inch) with the growler, down the fence; all I could hear was him trotting. He flew through my shooting lane before I could stop him..finally stopped him at 25 yards in what I thought was an opening...shot.....WHACK! Deer runs aways stops, looks back, walks into the timber.... I scan the area for awhile until I see my arrow center punched in a hanging limb about 10 feet of the ground... So much for that guy. Story of my year so far.
Anyways, I had made up my mind that I have let one too many decent buck pass this year and the next decent buck that comes by I am gonna hammer. Well, I keep seeing deer, and as luck would have it another decent buck was coming up the fenceline just as the big 9 had (but not so fast). I stop him broadside 20 yards...shoot...it hits what I think is right behind the shoulder. Well, he lunges and turns around and I thought I saw the arrow get kicked out of his side. It wasn't a pass through and I'm worrying about how good of penetration there was. He ran north and I could see blood coming from his right side but it was the opposite side from me so I can't see exactly where. I lose sight of him only to pick up sight after he crossed the fence and is going across about a 75 acre switchgrass field. He was carrying his right leg and struggling but he never did go down in sight, which was a good 130 yards at least. I climbed down and looked for blood at the hit and couldn't find a speck! I know he was hit but I must be missing the blood somewhere... and I can't find my arrow for anything. I looked for a good 40 minutes before dark and can't find the darn thing. I figure with him going into the switchgrass field like he did, I am just going to wait till morning to try and look. He might be coyote food, but I figure that is better than doing something stupid on him. Worst case scenario I think; is if I hit the front shoulder without any vital penetration... but I really think it got in behind it. Anyone had a hit like this before? Is it possible for a shot to sneak right behind the shoulder and not catch vitals? What are my odds? haha
Anyways, I had made up my mind that I have let one too many decent buck pass this year and the next decent buck that comes by I am gonna hammer. Well, I keep seeing deer, and as luck would have it another decent buck was coming up the fenceline just as the big 9 had (but not so fast). I stop him broadside 20 yards...shoot...it hits what I think is right behind the shoulder. Well, he lunges and turns around and I thought I saw the arrow get kicked out of his side. It wasn't a pass through and I'm worrying about how good of penetration there was. He ran north and I could see blood coming from his right side but it was the opposite side from me so I can't see exactly where. I lose sight of him only to pick up sight after he crossed the fence and is going across about a 75 acre switchgrass field. He was carrying his right leg and struggling but he never did go down in sight, which was a good 130 yards at least. I climbed down and looked for blood at the hit and couldn't find a speck! I know he was hit but I must be missing the blood somewhere... and I can't find my arrow for anything. I looked for a good 40 minutes before dark and can't find the darn thing. I figure with him going into the switchgrass field like he did, I am just going to wait till morning to try and look. He might be coyote food, but I figure that is better than doing something stupid on him. Worst case scenario I think; is if I hit the front shoulder without any vital penetration... but I really think it got in behind it. Anyone had a hit like this before? Is it possible for a shot to sneak right behind the shoulder and not catch vitals? What are my odds? haha
