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SpokaneSlayer:
I went up for an evening hunt after work today.  About 40 minutes after getting settled, a buck steps out in front of me.  A nice buck, bigger than the one I missed last week.  Problem is, he's facing me.  So I wait.  He then presents me with the perfect broadside shot at 20 yards.  I flung an arrow and connected.  I am so excited.  I call my buddy and he comes up to help me track it.  We start in and immediately find part of my arrow that had broken off wit a bit of blood on it.  This is where it gets bad.  There is no blood to be found.  We searched and searched, nothing.  Then it got to dark to see anything.  Even with flashlights it was difficult to see in the thick stuff.  So the first deer I actually hit, I can't find him.  I pretty sure I shot high and now looks like I didn't hit any vitals.  I feel really bad cos there's a deer out there that is possibly still alive and in pain or it's dead and I've failed so far to recover it.  I'm going to ask my boss tomorrow if I can take a couple guys up in the morning and look some more. 

MountainWalk:
If he has any sort of understanding, he ought to let you. It happens to all archery hunters at some time or another. Those who say they never have lost one, prolly havent hunted with a bow for long. You did the best you could.

300rum:
Find someone who has tracked wounded deer if you can.  Start doing some semicircles, if the blood can be found you should be able to find him tomorrow.  Generally, go down hill.  Look for coyotes tommorrow, or the sound of them tomorrow morning or tonight, they will yelp like crazy when they find him.  Tommorrow look for some ravens/crows/buzzards/magpies, they may help you, especially latter in the day.

You may want to take you good buddy who has a bird dog and try and find some grouse tommorrow too. ;)

When it is all said and done we all have lost one.

MountainWalk:
Yeah its nuts this state won't "let" you use a blood dog.

300rum:
I am all for playing by the rules but you hate to loose one.  It seems like a waste to me if a dog could find it.  I understand where they are coming from but hey, we have a responsibility too and that is to do what we can to find em.

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