Post by: highside74 on October 28, 2011, 07:55:32 PM
I know what your thinking but that's not what happened. I walked back there and checked my camera. Dead batteries :bash: No pics. except the one of me working to put up my stand. The cold must have got them. So I leave and head up to town to get some batteries for the morning.
This is where it get's interesting. On my way home just before my road is a giant buck standing to cross the road. It jump's back into the wood lot that is about 100 acres of timber that has been vacant for as long as I can remember. Just one of those rural wood lots that nobody ever visit's. So I pull down my road, park, put my orange on and grab my bow and walk up to just before I think he was standing and step about 15 yards into the trees. He is standing about 30 yards away right where he went in with his butt to me looking over his shoulder at me. few seconds later he turns broadside and step to my left to try and clear a shooting lane. I release my arrow and I hear a solid impact sound but never saw the flight of the arrow or where it hit him. I follow up after the shot but can't find him so I back out and call my buddy. Tell him what happened and that I found my arrow with what I think is blood but I'm color blind and it wasn't as much as I thought it should be if it was a lung hit. He came back with me and found a blood trail that lead him to believe it was a liver hit because of the deep red blood. We followed it for 150-200 yards until it stopped. Where it stopped was to good patches of blood. 4 or so inches of spatter in 2 spot's. We looked for 30-40 more minutes in a 20 yard area on our knees even looking for which way he might have gone. No such luck. I am bummed out.
So the question is like it states in the title of the thread.
Does anyone have a deer tracking do that want's to come to the Eatonville area and help me look for my buck? He was super rutted up. After I shot him and I went to find my arrow it smelled like somebody set off a buck bomb scent can. It has been raining off and on pretty hard all afternoon so i don't even know if a dog would help. But I figured I would reach out to you folk's on here to see if anyone could help. Thanks
Other than that 30 or 40 of you guys walkin that wood lot with me would be the other option :rolleyes: One of us is bound to step on him. lol
Post by: Bob33 on October 28, 2011, 07:59:21 PM
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Post by: ELKBURGER on October 30, 2011, 03:50:37 PM
Post by: Goshawk on October 30, 2011, 05:11:57 PM
So, the drill is to get a dog on a leash, then without so much as a pocket knife on your person, or anyone with you, go for a walk in the area you hope to find 'em. Nothing illegal about walking a dog in the woods...
Post by: singleshot12 on October 30, 2011, 05:17:36 PM
Post by: highside74 on October 31, 2011, 07:33:03 PM
Post by: Todd_ID on October 31, 2011, 08:38:50 PM
I'm not giving up.
Good plan! It sounds like your time is limited to only being able to take short little trips here and there. Always a chance you'll find him, and it's certainly more than worth trying every available hour.
Post by: AOD on November 01, 2011, 04:09:31 PM
Post by: Lcl 66 Tinner on November 01, 2011, 05:37:47 PM
Get some hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle. it will foam up white if it hits any spot of blood. Worth a shot :dunno:
This works' I"ve had to do this and it worked awesomely. Bring extra hydrogen peroxide.
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on November 01, 2011, 05:52:48 PM
Post by: 400out on November 01, 2011, 06:25:49 PM
that could take a lot of hydro! better fill you camel pack with itGet some hydrogen peroxide in a spray bottle. it will foam up white if it hits any spot of blood. Worth a shot :dunno:
This works' I"ve had to do this and it worked awesomely. Bring extra hydrogen peroxide.
Post by: highside74 on November 01, 2011, 07:26:39 PM
Post by: ELKBURGER on November 02, 2011, 05:49:22 AM
Will it work even after rain and 5 days?That is probably not gonna work after that long. Definetly helps the first 48 hours.
Any word on recovery???