Archery tag filled

[Wilderness Addict]

Shot low and paid the price. Four and a half hours and over two miles to find him. I was really starting to have doubts, but I still had blood. He took me down over a thousand feet in elevation just to gain over five hundred back. Whoever said, "fatally wounded deer, don't travel uphill", should have been with me today!

[bow4elk]

Way to stick with it!!  Congrats on a great buck too!

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[bukweat187]

Wow great looking nice job

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[sebek556]

  nice buck congrats!

[Eli346]

Great buck and good persistence on that track. Thanks for the snow huh? 

[zackmioli]

beautiful buck! congrats! you earned it.

[nw_bowhunter]

Heck of a deer! Pretty nice buck with archery gear and way to stick with it

[actionshooter]

Great Buck!!

[Wilderness Addict]

Great buck and good persistence on that track. Thanks for the snow huh? 

Without the snow, this buck would have been lost! That is the main reason I don't hunt early season much.

[Watimberghost]

Way to not give up on the recovery! That's a heck of a nice buck

[Hawgdawg]

Very nice animal. Great job. and with the tire tracks looks like he is going home in one piece. Nice!

[Wilderness Addict]

Very nice animal. Great job. and with the tire tracks looks like he is going home in one piece. Nice!

The picture is from home. Forgot the camera this morning. Pretty easy drag. Once he got to the bottom of the canyon, he crossed a road and traveled uphill. Which made for an easy drag back to the road.

[carpsniperg2]

Congrats and way to stick with him.

[go4steelhd]

Right on!

[mountainman]

Stud whitetail!congratultions!

[sakoshooter]

Nice buck. Congrats and good for you for sticking with the blood.

[bowhunterforever]

Dandy buck way to stick with him tracking

[Turner89]

Nice white tale

[SemperFidelis97]

Great buck

[coachcw]

way to go !

[BullMagnet76]

Nice 

[buck man]

That's an awesome buck! Glad you found him! Way to stick it out

[HornHoarder]

Great buck 

[splitshot]

  I know some archers who spend 5-10 minutes after a shot and quit and go on to other deer.  I commend you with the ability and mentality to stay with the trail with time not being a factor.  all bowhunters need to read your post.  I recently spent 5 plus hours looking for a friends deer he shot with a rifle with success.  learned a few things.  good post.   mike w

[mdbuck5x5]

That's a fantastic buck...nice work!

[BABackcountryBwhntr]

  I know some archers who spend 5-10 minutes after a shot and quit and go on to other deer.  I commend you with the ability and mentality to stay with the trail with time not being a factor.  all bowhunters need to read your post.  I recently spent 5 plus hours looking for a friends deer he shot with a rifle with success.  learned a few things.  good post.   mike w

those people do not need to be hunting.. there is no excuse for that

[BABackcountryBwhntr]

Great buck and good persistence on that track. Thanks for the snow huh? 

Without the snow, this buck would have been lost! That is the main reason I don't hunt early season much.

Great deer but early season can be great as well.. dont need snow to find em when you double lung/heart shoot them 

[jnevs23]

atta boy! good work

[REHJWA]

The real work starts after the shot. Great dear.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Awesome buck  That's funny about the fatally wounded deer comment ....I always say that and have never seen one hit fatally go up hill ...if you chased him 4.5 hours he was not hit to fatally    just saying ! I hear guys saying how they swear they center punched a deer with their bow and know it was dead center threw the bread basket and end up not finding it ....I just never witnessed it ...In the last 10 to 15 yrs most of the deer and elk I have killed have dropped in eye sight .....Must be the Wasp  Glad it worked out because he is a bruiser 

[blackveltbowhunter]

Great Buck!

[Wilderness Addict]

Awesome buck  That's funny about the fatally wounded deer comment ....I always say that and have never seen one hit fatally go up hill ...if you chased him 4.5 hours he was not hit to fatally    just saying ! I hear guys saying how they swear they center punched a deer with their bow and know it was dead center threw the bread basket and end up not finding it ....I just never witnessed it ...In the last 10 to 15 yrs most of the deer and elk I have killed have dropped in eye sight .....Must be the Wasp  Glad it worked out because he is a bruiser 

Not sure what you mean by "too fatally". Dead is dead.  

He clearly wasn't hit well. No broadhead on the market could fix that. I plain out rushed the shot.