I shot a buck with similar tall antlers second season shotgun with .350 legend. Blood trailed him a ways but lost the trail as the blood quit dripping. A week or so later, I got a picture of a similar buck on a trail cam in the area, which led me to believe even though there was a lot of blood, my shot must not have been fatal. However, today while shed hunting I came across this buck. He was not far from my stand but in the opposite direction I was searching (if it was indeed mine, he circled back to continue the same direction he was going when I shot him and curled up by the creek to die). Immediately after the shot he wheeled around and went off over a hill in the direction he had come from, leaving quite a bit of blood. What do you think, are these the same deer?
That's what my brother thought too! That makes me more confident it's the one I shot. Is it rare to have two such similar bucks in the same .25 - .5 mile radius in the same month though?
Khughes2345
PMA Member
Different bucks. The 2 and 3 on the left side of the dead one have a curve to them. Other buck is straight up
Hardwood11
It is going to be a good fall!
So you think it’s the one you hit (dead)?
Thinkin Rut
PMA Member
The pic is a 10 and the dead buck is an 8.
Bassattackr
Well-Known Member
That's what I'm seeing as well. Different deer.
Yeah I think so. If it was the same as the one on the trail cam I wouldn't think so because the trail cam caught that pic after end of season. The dead one is within sight of where I shot him, but he was going a totally different direction when I was tracking him. I never looked that far or that direction. My dad and brother helped me track and by the amount of blood everyone said he had to be dead somewhere, but we sure couldn't find him. I've heard they can run a long ways after the shot. He was my first buck so I was disappointed for sure.
I have this pic of him also but I thought the extra points were him moving in the picture and so the image was blurred
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Next time hire a blood tracker dog. You won’t be disappointed. I did it this year and found the deer where I hadn’t went. Glad I did it.
When I say within sight, it's still a half mile from where I shot him.
I don't know of any around here but that sounds pretty cool. I should look into it and be the person who has the dog for hire.
Thinkin Rut
PMA Member
Very similar traits on those racks and easily confused by a new hunter. I would say the chance that the dead deer in the pic is yours is high enough to congratulate you on your first buck! Good luck next year with the buck in the pics.
Check out www.unitedbloodtrackers.com
Thank you!