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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: kyle dillehay on November 10, 2023, 07:23:41 PM

Title: Bad shot
Post by: kyle dillehay on November 10, 2023, 07:23:41 PM: Checked one of my cameras, in the Lake Kapowsin area, today and saw this elk with an arrow through its back...must have been shot on 9/12 judging by the dim nock lite. Anybody recognize this bull?
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: duckmen1 on November 10, 2023, 07:50:31 PM: Sad to see. It is unfortunate but part of hunting. As hunters we our best to not have these things happen. And heartbreaking if it ever did. Hope the bull recovers and does well.
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Post by: LDennis24 on November 10, 2023, 07:50:43 PM: Uhg no, this kind of thing really bothers me though. You should take the video off.
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Post by: huntnfmly on November 11, 2023, 07:07:10 AM: Very sad to see
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Post by: kyle dillehay on November 11, 2023, 05:38:04 PM: After seeing this, I will definitely wait for a clean shot.
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: dilleytech on December 30, 2023, 11:05:11 AM: Quote from: kyle dillehay on November 11, 2023, 05:38:04 PM
After seeing this, I will definitely wait for a clean shot.
You assume it wasn’t a clean shot? A lot can go wrong in archery. Bow malfunction, range finder malfunction, human malfunction. Lots and lots of elk get completely missed at 20 yards.

The video seems to be gone but most likely the elk lives.
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Post by: JWBINX on December 30, 2023, 12:27:04 PM: That sucks!
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Post by: hunter399 on December 30, 2023, 12:59:11 PM: Quote from: dilleytech on December 30, 2023, 11:05:11 AM
Quote from: kyle dillehay on November 11, 2023, 05:38:04 PM
After seeing this, I will definitely wait for a clean shot.
You assume it wasn’t a clean shot? A lot can go wrong in archery. Bow malfunction, range finder malfunction, human malfunction. Lots and lots of elk get completely missed at 20 yards.

The video seems to be gone but most likely the elk lives.
Alot can go wrong with any weapon.
I agree it happens.
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: Fidelk on December 30, 2023, 01:59:18 PM: Had a nice blacktail buck walk through my yard a few years ago with an arrow sticking out of his rear end just left of his tail.......didn't seem to hamper his movements.
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: Pinetar on December 30, 2023, 04:37:46 PM: Quote from: LDennis24 on November 10, 2023, 07:50:43 PM
Uhg no, this kind of thing really bothers me though. You should take the video off.

:yeah:
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 30, 2023, 05:15:41 PM: This is part of hunting. This elk will likely survive...or maybe not. A branch, a breeze, a crouch on the shot, a sight that was knocked getting out of the truck. Any shot, no matter the skill of the hunter, can end without quick death. Leave it up. If you don't like what you see, you're human. Either accept that and practice to be the best at what you do, or take a camera.
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Post by: Born2late on December 30, 2023, 06:02:16 PM: Years ago my dad killed a 5 pt bull over by forks. While we were cutting the meat off it we found a full length arrow from a frontal shot that was inside the chest cavity from the year before. It was encapsulated in a white tough fatty tissue so you couldn’t tell it was an arrow. Bull was totally healthy when he was killed. Some can and do recover. Others if they get an infection or the arrow keeps cutting as it moves will die. Happens with bullets probably just as much but we don’t see something hanging out of it.
Title: Re: Bad shot
Post by: bigdub257 on December 30, 2023, 06:29:27 PM: Quote from: Born2late on December 30, 2023, 06:02:16 PM
Years ago my dad killed a 5 pt bull over by forks. While we were cutting the meat off it we found a full length arrow from a frontal shot that was inside the chest cavity from the year before. It was encapsulated in a white tough fatty tissue so you couldn’t tell it was an arrow. Bull was totally healthy when he was killed. Some can and do recover. Others if they get an infection or the arrow keeps cutting as it moves will die. Happens with bullets probably just as much but we don’t see something hanging out of it.

Found the same exact thing in a bull my son shot with a rifle in Idaho a few years ago. 12" of broken off aluminum arrow buried straight into the chest. Had no idea until we started butchering it. Amazingly tough animals.