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Quote from: N7XW on September 05, 2012, 11:31:34 PMQuote from: Kowsrule30 on September 05, 2012, 11:15:30 PMChances are slim..... But not impossible by far..... I've killed a deer and found a broadhead in the shoulder..... Another deer with a broadhead in the rear femur.... A bull elk with two broadheads almost in the same lung.... (cut my finger on one bad) He also had a @ 30 cal bullet below the base of his antler and two 50 cal ML bullets in his hind end.... Looked like 410 gr Great Plains to me.... They are tough critters and have a will to survive like no other along with healing properties we will never have.... The deer you shot could very well still be alive..... But if you really found chunks of liver it's not... Like I said before.... I commend your effort for the recovery..... Don't let it get to you too much...... *censored* happens... Keep hunting....Looking back on it and talking to my wife who helped me look the day after the shot, I now think what I thought was a liver (or other organ) chunk was really coagulated blood. It was not solid but appeared to be. When poked with a stick, it came apart and had liquid blood inside. I didn't know it at the time, but looking back on it now, dont think it was anything other than blood. I think that was the same deer.The odds of that being the same deer are about 500 to 1. A deer doesn't just walk off a shot a couple inches back from the vitals. Sounds like you are trying to justify killing another deer now.
Quote from: Kowsrule30 on September 05, 2012, 11:15:30 PMChances are slim..... But not impossible by far..... I've killed a deer and found a broadhead in the shoulder..... Another deer with a broadhead in the rear femur.... A bull elk with two broadheads almost in the same lung.... (cut my finger on one bad) He also had a @ 30 cal bullet below the base of his antler and two 50 cal ML bullets in his hind end.... Looked like 410 gr Great Plains to me.... They are tough critters and have a will to survive like no other along with healing properties we will never have.... The deer you shot could very well still be alive..... But if you really found chunks of liver it's not... Like I said before.... I commend your effort for the recovery..... Don't let it get to you too much...... *censored* happens... Keep hunting....Looking back on it and talking to my wife who helped me look the day after the shot, I now think what I thought was a liver (or other organ) chunk was really coagulated blood. It was not solid but appeared to be. When poked with a stick, it came apart and had liquid blood inside. I didn't know it at the time, but looking back on it now, dont think it was anything other than blood. I think that was the same deer.
Chances are slim..... But not impossible by far..... I've killed a deer and found a broadhead in the shoulder..... Another deer with a broadhead in the rear femur.... A bull elk with two broadheads almost in the same lung.... (cut my finger on one bad) He also had a @ 30 cal bullet below the base of his antler and two 50 cal ML bullets in his hind end.... Looked like 410 gr Great Plains to me.... They are tough critters and have a will to survive like no other along with healing properties we will never have.... The deer you shot could very well still be alive..... But if you really found chunks of liver it's not... Like I said before.... I commend your effort for the recovery..... Don't let it get to you too much...... *censored* happens... Keep hunting....
I think its about time for this thread to be locked. Its going know where and people are being N7XW Good job with sticking with it and trying to find the small buck. Sorry you had to deal with a lot of B.S. Makes a guy second think himself ever asking for advice again on this website.
Quote from: scottfrick on September 06, 2012, 04:50:30 PMI think its about time for this thread to be locked. Its going know where and people are being N7XW Good job with sticking with it and trying to find the small buck. Sorry you had to deal with a lot of B.S. Makes a guy second think himself ever asking for advice again on this website.If the arrow went in where he said it did and from the amounts of blood he found that deer is dead. Go ahead and call me a moron or whatever. Even if there is a chance it is dead the ethical hunter stops hunting. It is sad to see the remarks and lack of ethics some of you have shown on this thread.
Quote from: cboom on September 06, 2012, 04:56:10 PMQuote from: scottfrick on September 06, 2012, 04:50:30 PMI think its about time for this thread to be locked. Its going know where and people are being N7XW Good job with sticking with it and trying to find the small buck. Sorry you had to deal with a lot of B.S. Makes a guy second think himself ever asking for advice again on this website.If the arrow went in where he said it did and from the amounts of blood he found that deer is dead. Go ahead and call me a moron or whatever. Even if there is a chance it is dead the ethical hunter stops hunting. It is sad to see the remarks and lack of ethics some of you have shown on this thread.It's also sad to see you beatin' up on a guy that asked for help and sounds as if he's made (and is still making) a very solid effort to recover this deer.N7XW - hats off to you for the effort you are putting forth. I know for my part that reading about the effort you've put in is going to be something I remember if/when this happens to me.
Stop being jerks to the guy, he worked harder than most and was unlucky. I say he should go get another deer.
