Rimrock bull

[demontang]

Well first off got to say thank you to
fishngamereaper and his friend for the help. Last wedsday i was lucky enough to call in a nice bull. Unfortunate that i have not found him still to this day.  4 days of looking and i have turned up nothing. Blood started out really good bright with bubbles. My arrow had the sam blood up about 20" and the first 7" are broken off. Tracked him for about 12 yards and lost sign. Super heart broken over this and can not under stand how such good looking blood and no animal.

[demontang]

Arrow

[trophyhunt]

Happens a lot w archery, just part of the hunt. You did your best in looking, I’d go back and look/listen for ravens. At least try to get his antlers out, sounds like you made a good shot.

[demontang]

Yea sucks was so excited about it then heart broke after 10 hrs of looking and loosing blood.

[demontang]

Blood

[trophyhunt]

A good friend of mine last week arrow’d a 370” bull at 10 feet, they never found it. Talk about heartbreak!  Curious how long after the shot you waited to pursue blood?

[demontang]

Over a hr

[gonehuntin68]

I feel your pain bro.

[trophyhunt]

Over a hr

well, you did good there!!  If you can, I’d go look for birds. Sorry man.

[demontang]

Yea thinking ill go up next weekend and hit it hard again. Me and my boys looked at all the water area we could yesterday. Walked the heavy cover spaced as far as we could so we could k8nd of see eachother and nothing. We pushed 15miles of walking.

[trophyhunt]

Damn, well, maybe he lived? Pretty tough animals!

[fishngamereaper]

 
Pleasure scouring those hill's for that bull with ya . Love being in elk country regardless of what the reason is.
I'm still scratching my head where he went and how he got there..that blood was a kill shot in my experience. Maybe. Just maybe he's still upright. Like nothing happened.

One things for sure...max effort was put forth to find him.

[gasman]

Sorry man......all the texting back and forth after the shot got my blood going for you,  i know the feeling of good blood and turns to nothing, its heart breaking. Wish i could have been there helping you than in CO working 

[Timberstalker]

How far from the spot you shot him was that blood?

[demontang]

Think in a striaght line about 1200 yards 600ft gain