jquillin0001

well i went hunting last night and i saw plenty of deer and the one deer ive been chasing all year long but nothing would come close..well i had a doe come into range before dark and i drew back and shot while she was moving, i thought i missed her because it was getting too dark to try and find my arrow..well i went out this afternoon found my arrow with blood on it, i found the doe 200 yards away in a creek as stiff as a board, i had a gut shot on heri was soo freakin upset, i know its just a doe but damn!!! sorry no pictures it was raining to hard for the camera. thanks for all yalls tips and hoipefully i will get the biggun ive been chasing soon

Pope94/IA

Congratz, the old gut shot isn't the best thing to be proud of, i've experienced that my self one time but i didn't find my deer.

Hopefully you see that one you've been chasin

janesburg

Congrats on your 1st. I'm glad you found her butI'm not a big fan of thisthinking.Its not "just a doe".

p.s. try not to shoot at a moving animal!

AK NIMROD

congrats on the deer;
some lessons to be learned with this experience.
glad you were able to locate your deer.

Pope94/IA

try doing a grunt or even just yell at it like saying hey lol(might not always work but it does help a little)

and if it doesn't stop don't shoot unless its going like .0001 mph ;p;

I had my first expierence last year while shooting it when it was walking and i shot the deer in the but and i hit a artery. It ran 40 yards and droped dead. But try not to shoot it in the butt.
That made me so mad I didn't even want to look at the deer. But i got it and the thing that sucked was the back leg got all busted and we had to throw the back leg away.

So do not shoot while its moving.

jquillin0001

i tried to whistle at her and she wouldnt stop moving, she was to occupied with getting to the couple hundred pounds of corn!! i did make some poor judgement by shooting but hey ive always hunted with rifles!! Any hints for the rut to get the big guy?

bigtim6656

i agreejanesburg it is not just a doe its a deer

congrats the only other thing i found wroung was you shoot at a moveing animal at almost dark but i am sure i would if i could see the deer
and that you waited till the next afternoon to go look to see if you got her