did i hit the deer?????
10-04-2008, 05:59 AM
#22
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: did i hit the deer?????
Im with you on this one as well. sounds like a miss on the first one and a gut shot on the second.
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
A deer hit in the ribs will make a solid WHACK sound.
A gut shot deer will make that hollow watermelonimpact sound.
My guess you missed the first deer and you gut shot the second.
As far as a deer's reaction to the shot, you'll have to teach yourself to pay closer attention to how they react than you did while you were rifle hunting. Watch their tails,is the deerhunched over, are they at a dead sprint or are they only half running away or walking, are they bounding erratically from side to side as they run, etc... How the act at the shot and immediately after can give you a good indication as to where you hit the deer.
A good book for you to pick up and read multiple times would be Finding Wounded Deer by John Trout Jr.
A deer hit in the ribs will make a solid WHACK sound.
A gut shot deer will make that hollow watermelonimpact sound.
My guess you missed the first deer and you gut shot the second.
As far as a deer's reaction to the shot, you'll have to teach yourself to pay closer attention to how they react than you did while you were rifle hunting. Watch their tails,is the deerhunched over, are they at a dead sprint or are they only half running away or walking, are they bounding erratically from side to side as they run, etc... How the act at the shot and immediately after can give you a good indication as to where you hit the deer.
A good book for you to pick up and read multiple times would be Finding Wounded Deer by John Trout Jr.
10-04-2008, 06:01 AM
#23
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa Wi USA
Posts: 6,066
RE: did i hit the deer?????
You need to get out there and find the arrows. If you cant see or hear the arrows hitting something especially the ground,then you may be off more than you think. Im sure you gut shot the second deer and missed the first one, if you gut shot the second one the arrow should be laying there, were the deer quartering away or to you or broadside?
10-04-2008, 11:18 AM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Monroe County, IL
Posts: 1,188
RE: did i hit the deer?????
I agree with this.. You should find the second deer if you didn't push it too far.. That sound is something I've heard before from a dying deer...
good luck
good luck
ORIGINAL: Washington Hunter
A deer hit in the ribs will make a solid WHACK sound.
A gut shot deer will make that hollow watermelonimpact sound.
My guess you missed the first deer and you gut shot the second.
As far as a deer's reaction to the shot, you'll have to teach yourself to pay closer attention to how they react than you did while you were rifle hunting. Watch their tails,is the deerhunched over, are they at a dead sprint or are they only half running away or walking, are they bounding erratically from side to side as they run, etc... How the act at the shot and immediately after can give you a good indication as to where you hit the deer.
A good book for you to pick up and read multiple times would be Finding Wounded Deer by John Trout Jr.
A deer hit in the ribs will make a solid WHACK sound.
A gut shot deer will make that hollow watermelonimpact sound.
My guess you missed the first deer and you gut shot the second.
As far as a deer's reaction to the shot, you'll have to teach yourself to pay closer attention to how they react than you did while you were rifle hunting. Watch their tails,is the deerhunched over, are they at a dead sprint or are they only half running away or walking, are they bounding erratically from side to side as they run, etc... How the act at the shot and immediately after can give you a good indication as to where you hit the deer.
A good book for you to pick up and read multiple times would be Finding Wounded Deer by John Trout Jr.
10-04-2008, 11:44 AM
#25
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 11
RE: did i hit the deer?????
GOOD EATIN TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!First deer was a miss. found the arrow stuck about 6 to 8 inches in the ground. Arrow was immaculate(except for the dull broadheads)no blood, no slime, no hair. The trajectory of the arrow would have been a low miss.
Went to where the second deer was standing to look for the second arrow. Could not find it or any sign of a hit. Started down the trail she took, to get to the spot i last saw her, looking carefully for blood. Found no blood, but it was apparent she was hit because of the many, many snapped limbs on each side the trail. Followed this for awhile until i found about a four inch pieceof the knock end of the arrow. found blood shortly after, and the deer within 150 yards of where i shot here. Arrow hit a little far back, but since she was quartering away it ran into the opposit shoulder and never passed. Shot was also a little high. I think i got a the liver and one lung.
Its a good thing i found her where i did though. to the west of my property is a thick pine thicket that the lease owner claims he uses for a sanctuary and will not let me on it. But hey, most of the deer i see come off his property to mine.
Went to where the second deer was standing to look for the second arrow. Could not find it or any sign of a hit. Started down the trail she took, to get to the spot i last saw her, looking carefully for blood. Found no blood, but it was apparent she was hit because of the many, many snapped limbs on each side the trail. Followed this for awhile until i found about a four inch pieceof the knock end of the arrow. found blood shortly after, and the deer within 150 yards of where i shot here. Arrow hit a little far back, but since she was quartering away it ran into the opposit shoulder and never passed. Shot was also a little high. I think i got a the liver and one lung.
Its a good thing i found her where i did though. to the west of my property is a thick pine thicket that the lease owner claims he uses for a sanctuary and will not let me on it. But hey, most of the deer i see come off his property to mine.
10-04-2008, 12:01 PM
#27
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 11
RE: did i hit the deer?????
This is my little golden 98 acres. To the west is a pine thicket that the owner claims is a sanctuary. Don't know if that is true but i'm almost positive that many deer due bed down in there. The south was just recently clearcut, as well as some of the east. A small soybean field,(maybe10 acres)that is entirely for deer, to the remainder of the east border. Another pine thicket to half of the north, with the remainder of the border clear cut except for the SMZ.On my property the SMZ is the only elevation change.Green are hardwoods and the red are pines. Dotted lines are well defined and well used deer trails. The x is where i shot the doe with the red line being her trail as she expired.
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