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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 9, 2017 15:55:37 GMT -5
I had this guy sneak in on me 25 yards uphill from my stand. I had just a couple of seconds to decide to shoot or not. I saw the big body and antlers so I decided to pull the trigger on my PSE Fang crossbow. He took off down the hill and turned left when he got to the bottom. I felt the shot was good but only found a small amount of blood on the fletching. I didn't see any blood close by. I got back in the stand and waited. About 1.5 hours later I decided I better start tracking since it was raining off and on. I didn't want the blood to be washed away. I followed the trail he took for about 150 yards without seeing a single drop of blood. I finally found a few small drops and then nothing for another 25 yards. I found a few more small drops and then saw him laying dead on up the hill in front of me. I've never had a blood trail that sparse end up at a dead deer. The shot was a high double lung with a 4 blade muzzy. He had a good sized body but the antlers weren't as big as I had first thought. Oh well, It's hard to eat them anyway. I was glad to have my buck for the season. I'd like to go back out for another doe on opening day of gun season. What I found interesting was the 2 does that I shot with a recurve this year I could actually see blood spraying out as they ran away. Both dropped at 40 yards and left very easy to follow trails. This buck was shot through both lungs with a much more powerful bow and it didn't leave hardly any blood. They were all new broad heads and were very sharp. It made me wonder if a slower arrow causes more damage as it passes through a deer.   |
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Post by treetop on Nov 9, 2017 15:58:53 GMT -5
Congrats
That's still a fine deer sir
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Post by 3ptbuck on Nov 9, 2017 15:59:34 GMT -5
Congrats!
Nice to get it done in bow
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Post by butlerj on Nov 9, 2017 16:03:11 GMT -5
Good job! Were you using same broad heads?
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Post by SFC (R) B on Nov 9, 2017 16:07:44 GMT -5
Good shootin and deer  |
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Post by bill9068 on Nov 9, 2017 16:12:12 GMT -5
Congratulations, great buck.
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Post by ukwil on Nov 9, 2017 16:26:06 GMT -5
Congrats.
Both deer we've taken this year were with muzzy mx3's and we had no blood trails. Both deer were down in less than 50 yards. My daughter hit heart/lungs and I shot mine about like yours.
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 9, 2017 16:28:12 GMT -5
Good job! Were you using same broad heads? No. The 2 recurve kills were with a 2 blade Zwickey broad head. The buck was with a 4 blade muzzy. |
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 9, 2017 16:34:52 GMT -5
Thanks guys. Even though he was smaller than what I thought I was still very glad to have taken him. That's a lot of meat and I've been dealing with a foot injury. I can rest up for a while before going after a doe. That buck died at the bottom of a steep hillside. We got the utility truck as close as we could and then used 150' of rope to drag him up the hill. It worked pretty good and was much easier than dragging it by hand. It really saved me a lot of foot pain. That was the first time we have tried a long drag like that. We are going to get a longer rope and keep in the truck.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Nov 9, 2017 16:59:14 GMT -5
Way to go scrub. Congrats. You’ve had a good season so far.
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Post by scrub-buster on Nov 9, 2017 17:03:32 GMT -5
Thanks.
Something else I noticed was that there was very little fat on this buck. There was hardly any on the back or pelvic bone area. The 2 does were like that also. Maybe we will have another mild winter. Has anyone else noticed a lack of fat on the deer this season?
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Post by ukwil on Nov 9, 2017 17:08:04 GMT -5
Doe I killed Saturday was heavily layered in fat. This was in northern Dearborn county
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Post by freedomhunter on Nov 9, 2017 17:14:48 GMT -5
Solid buck, scrub. Congrats!
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Post by drfleck on Nov 9, 2017 19:04:19 GMT -5
Awesome deer scrub buster!
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Post by drfleck on Nov 9, 2017 19:08:41 GMT -5
I butchered my buck today and I would say he had an above average amount of fat around pelvis ribs and back. I've been thinking of switching to muzzy trocar heads for the reported durability, might reconsider after reading this.
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Post by gumbootbill on Nov 9, 2017 19:12:36 GMT -5
That's a nice one. congrats.
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Post by M4Madness on Nov 9, 2017 19:54:27 GMT -5
Congratulations on a fine deer!
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 9, 2017 19:56:08 GMT -5
Well done
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Post by Huntnfreak on Nov 9, 2017 20:21:25 GMT -5
Very nice!! Congrats!!
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Post by mstr2175 on Nov 9, 2017 20:26:40 GMT -5
Great buck, glad you stuck with the blood trail and hit it before the rain did. Congrats
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