Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: money794 on November 28, 2010, 10:42:08 PM
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k welll it was my 1st archery hunt and i saw a white tail doe and she was about 50 yards away and i stuck her with an arrow and than she ran for a bit than she stopped and grabbed the arrow with her mouth and ripped it out of her and than we tracked her for a long time and she was barely bleeding and we couldn find her . im pretty sure she survived she was barely bleeding and wouldn stop running the only good thing bout the hunt was we saw this mule deer it was a 4x4 and about 30 inches wide ! only 30 yards away but i couldn shoot him cuz it was only white tail =[ :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :'( :'( :'(
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Ya win and lose sometimes. Where did you hit her? How much penetration? You're gonna catch some hell, but let it make you a better hunter.
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If you hit the deer in the lungs, there is a good chance she wont make it. Do you practice out to 50 yards? Do you have good groupings? I have been hunting for 13 years and with my bow I have my limits on how far of a shot I will take.
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Many times there is no blood because they are bleeding internally and their body cavity is filling up.
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She's dead. Her skin closed up over the wound and she bled out internally.
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That sounds like a longish shot to me...tho not knowing your practice habits and setup I cant say for sure...but at 50 yards a fast. light arrow has lost a lot of its energy. Penetration might be lacking if the deer was able to get the shaft out....did the broadhead come with it? :dunno:
Think I'd recommend (again not knowing your setup) that heavier arrow and/or closer shot with pass through penetration might bag you a deer more reliably instead of dead or wounded critters in the woods... :twocents:
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Where was the deer hit? I can tell you from experience that there are a couple of places that a deer may survive but most of the time she will bleed out inside just like DoubleJ said. I have tracked elk that have quit bleeding and have found them dead 500 yds from the spot i lost blood.
