Shot a small buck, haven't found him, how long will the meat be good???

[N7XW]

congrats on finding him, I really have to give you credit for sticking with it. On a side note, SUPER GLUE. Always keep some in a aid kit in your pack or vehicle. Makes excellent "field stiches"  did you get your hand looked at yet?

I was going to go in and get stitches.  But, I was FINALLY able to get it to stop bleeding so I just loaded it up with Neosporin, put a couple of regular bandaids on and then a butterfly bandage.  The cut is about 3/4" long and very deep, going in at an angle on the inside of the knuckle, where the finger flexes.  I don't know if they could stitch it up there.  Still hurts pretty bad.  Will see what it looks like tomorrow, may still need to go in.

[N7XW]

Thanks Grundy.

[ghosthunter]

Good Job

[Bigluke1981]

  My hat is off to you, the effort you put into finding your buck was awesome to say the least. Good luck on your elk hunt!!!

[sirfunkeybut]

That's awesome you finally found him!! I hope it wasn't your trigger finger that you cut though, it sucks you lost the meat but atleast you can say you did your best 

[N7XW]

Thanks guys.  Nope, not the trigger finger.  It was my left index finger.  I'm going to take some practice shots with the bow before going for elk, just to make sure it isn't going to cause me to torque the bow and pull shots.

[NW-GSP]

I have allot of respect for you to not give up. I shot my first archery buck In the evening and came back a few hours later to try to find it and I could not find a drop of blood or the deer. Woke up early the next morning and was driving to go search for my deer and I had a 5x5 mule deer just stand in the road staring at me. I probably could have tried to shoot that buck but I could not do it knowing I had already shot a deer. I found my buck and he's now on my living room wall. I had very minimal meat loss

[ICEMAN]

N7XW, you are a great role model for other hunters.

[h20hunter]

Lets see the finger!

[Ghost Hunter]

N7XW, you are a great role model for other hunters.

  Started reading this a couple days ago, didn't like where it was going with name calling, etc.  Glad you stuck out the search, and this thread   You certainly have my respect.

[Kioti]

Way to go finding your deer...bummer it turned out bad...but at least you know....
Name calling....yeah that's pretty mature.

[ellensburgpo]

Good work, this will be a positive experience for you in the long run.

[Kola16]

  This post made it to 12 pages. I am glad you found it BTW 

[N7XW]

Here's a pic of my finger and the spike antlers.  The cut is healing up nicely, faster than I thought it would for sure.  The spike was quite a bit smaller than I thought he was when I shot but I don't really care, it is still a trophy to me.  Maybe next time I'll hold out for a little bigger one 

[N7XW]

second pic...