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Post by scrub-buster on Dec 27, 2006 18:56:18 GMT -5
I shot my first ML deer last Saturday. I made a less than perfect hit, and the doe ran onto the property next to ours. I got permission to go after the deer, but was told not to take any guns. After a lengthy blood trail, we jumped the deer and heard splashing. It had ran to a small pond deep in the woods. It started to swim across. I could see it's eyes reflecting with my light. It got to the other side and stayed in the water. I ran around to the other side and found the doe stuck in the mud. She did not have the strength to get out of the water, and was just standing there in the edge of the pond. I walked in and grabbed her by the ear and finished the job with my hunting knife. We then had to drag her out of the water. It was a crazy ending to a long trail. I had never seen anything like this before, and was wondering if this has happened to anybody else. Sorry, but I don't have any pictures. I am going to get a scope before next season, so hopefully I won't make any more bad shots.
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Post by tmeasel on Dec 27, 2006 19:17:00 GMT -5
I live on the Suwannee river,one day I saw three guys in a pontoon boat run up on a spike horn that was swimming the river.
One guy reached down,grabbed him by the head while the other guy grabbed the rearend.They pulled him into the boat and I guess they thought they would kill him with a knife.kicking and thrashing about the deer wanted no part of it and by the time it was over all three guys had been hooked or kicked or both.The deer finally fell back over the side of the boat and headed to shore while these guys cussed and rubbed their beat up selves.It was the funniest thing Ive ever seen.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2006 19:30:25 GMT -5
I live on the Suwannee river,one day I saw three guys in a pontoon boat run up on a spike horn that was swimming the river. One guy reached down,grabbed him by the head while the other guy grabbed the rearend.They pulled him into the boat and I guess they thought they would kill him with a knife.kicking and thrashing about the deer wanted no part of it and by the time it was over all three guys had been hooked or kicked or both.The deer finally fell back over the side of the boat and headed to shore while these guys cussed and rubbed their beat up selves.It was the funniest thing Ive ever seen. I would pay good money to have seen that.  |
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 27, 2006 19:32:26 GMT -5
c.anders,
We've pulled a couple out of the water before. They were dead though.
Only once have we had to finish one off with a knife... a 2 1/2" blade pocket knife that.
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Post by huxbux on Dec 27, 2006 20:56:48 GMT -5
I live on the Suwannee river,one day I saw three guys in a pontoon boat run up on a spike horn that was swimming the river. One guy reached down,grabbed him by the head while the other guy grabbed the rearend.They pulled him into the boat and I guess they thought they would kill him with a knife.kicking and thrashing about the deer wanted no part of it and by the time it was over all three guys had been hooked or kicked or both.The deer finally fell back over the side of the boat and headed to shore while these guys cussed and rubbed their beat up selves.It was the funniest thing Ive ever seen. I think they got what they deserved |
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Post by firstwd on Dec 27, 2006 22:37:18 GMT -5
What a time to not have a camera!!
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Post by hornharvester on Dec 28, 2006 0:14:23 GMT -5
Couple weeks ago my friend shot a doe and we trailed it a short way. It was laying there so we went to the truck and left our guns and heavy things to lighten up for the drag back. Upon returning as we approached the deer raised its head. Neither of us had a gun and she was so weak she couldn't get up. He also didn't have his knife so he stood on her head while i cut her throat. She bawled loudly for a few seconds...something i don't want to hear again. Thats the first and hopefully the last one i ever have to finish off with a knife. h.h.
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Post by kbacon on Dec 28, 2006 6:42:52 GMT -5
HH... we had to do that 2 yrs ago to a deer that a buddy's girlfriend had spined... It was the saddest moment that I've ever had while deer hunting!!!
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Dec 28, 2006 7:16:41 GMT -5
About 15 years ago I had an arrow slap a limb about 10 yards from the doe. The sound scared the doe, and caused her to do a 180 just as the arrow arrived. As she whirled back to the way she had came, the arrow severed both juglars. Very lucky hit. As she thrashed around on the ground & bawled, I punced another arrow thru her heart to finish her off in short order.
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Post by raporter on Dec 28, 2006 10:37:13 GMT -5
This is the reason I will no longer risk a spine shot. It is not a pretty thing.
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Post by hunter7x on Dec 28, 2006 10:42:33 GMT -5
Pretty stories and a real depressing thread guys !!!
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Post by deerhunter23 on Jan 17, 2007 23:49:52 GMT -5
i have a similar story for you also scrub-buster and its funny that you brought it up because its been eating at me since it happened. during muzzle loader season i shot a very nice buck at or around 70 yards. the buck dropped in his tracks. i was very excited because i havent been fortunate enough to kill a nice mature buck yet. anyway as i sat in my tree stand waiting like you should do you can only imagine the excitment running through me. i get down 45 min. later and was walking toward the monster when i got about 10 yards i heard him choking on his blood. i thought to myself a perfect lung shot. so i stepped back slowly as i could withot jumping him up. as i started to he jumped up and took off. no big deal i thought with a lung shot he wont go far. we tracked him around 80 yards before we came to a flooded creek. needless to say the water was moving quite fast and deep. the blood trail went into the water. i crossed the creek on a downed log and no trails on the other side. no tracks either because it was muddy and we would have seen where he came out. we fished the water for over 4 hours with a long iron pole. never came up with anything. so to my dissapointment we returned to camp without my deer. dont have a clue what happened once he got into the water. does anyone have any ideas about this situation? anything to ease my pain?
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Post by randyb on Jan 18, 2007 8:24:42 GMT -5
Several years ago I got a phone call from my uncle to bring some lights (i'm a caver) as his hunting buddy had shot a deer as the sun was going down and they needed brighter ligths to track it. I get there well after dark and we begin trailing the deer. The shot had went wide ans we quickly found part of the broken arrow shaft, along with half digested acorns. We track the deer for a while. Since I am color blind, I was pretty useless on following the light blood trail and spent my time looking ahead for other sign and I notice a telltale sign. Deer eyes gleaming in the darkness. Well the deer tuens and starts walking slowly away with a VERY ODD gait. We ljust walked up to this standing deer and my uncle cuts its throat to finish it off (they put the bow in the truck in case a CO seen us out there). Turns out the buck had indeed been gut shot and the broadhead left the gut cavity and peirced the deer's scrotum and was resing between the deers right and left testicles. OUCH! No wonder the deer was walking odd! A three of us being male, still regard that as a very painful way to go.....
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Post by indianahick on Jan 18, 2007 9:27:29 GMT -5
Buddy of mine shot one in the spine one year and it kind of lay there and thrashed around with its head and neck, He then tried to shoot it in the head and only managed to graze and scare it some more. We finally took the short drag rope that we had and tied its head to a nearby tree so it could not thrash and I took my knife and drove it down thru the spinal column in the back of the neck. That was quick and quiet. I would not recommend this if you are alone but if you can tie or hold the head it does work quickly and is humane.
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