lost blood trail
10-05-2004, 02:02 PM
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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lost blood trail
My friend shot a deer broadside 10 yards passthrough. There is tons of blood everywhere but there is no end to the trail. We searched 3 hours. We got the arrow back blood from broadhead to nock. We found pools of blood but no darn deer. I realy think that its down but we can't find a end to blood.
thanks for the help you guys and gals rock.
good hunting to ya too
thanks for the help you guys and gals rock.
good hunting to ya too
10-05-2004, 02:27 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,598
RE: lost blood trail
I'm confused, your title to this post is lost blood trail, but you state that you can't find an end to the blood. Which is it? If you're finding blood, keep going, unless you don't want to push the deer and need to back out and give it time to expire.
10-05-2004, 02:32 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
RE: lost blood trail
The end of the blood trail doesn't end the hunt either if the deer isn't there. However, in this case you haven't even reached the end of the best sign. Keep following the blood trail and you may find the deer at the end of it. Don't stop now.
10-05-2004, 03:56 PM
#7
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Port Matilda PA USA
Posts: 344
RE: lost blood trail
I feel your pain.
I hit a doe this morning at 8:00. Pass through shot, even flipped her over. Found my arrow covered with hair and meat and blood. Even found the blood trail. but it ended and after 7 hours, still no deer.
This is a first for not finding the deer I hit and I am SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could not hunt tonight.
I hit a doe this morning at 8:00. Pass through shot, even flipped her over. Found my arrow covered with hair and meat and blood. Even found the blood trail. but it ended and after 7 hours, still no deer.
This is a first for not finding the deer I hit and I am SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could not hunt tonight.
10-05-2004, 06:33 PM
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Norwalk, CT
Posts: 599
RE: lost blood trail
I'da kept going till the blood let out anyway. Its a good idea to wait a bit for the deer to die so you dont just keep jumping it.
It can be that the deer was wandering around crosssing its own track if you cant find the end. I had one last year was driving me crazy. It went thru a thickett & back around & thru again, took some unravelling but I found blood again aways to the side where she finally really left & ended up finding her.
I'v lost them before, it happens & while some guys will say it never happened to them, might be theyre just lucky. Could be tomorows the day they'll stick one & lose it or maybe they just won't admit it happened to them.
Whatever, good luck recovering your deer.
It can be that the deer was wandering around crosssing its own track if you cant find the end. I had one last year was driving me crazy. It went thru a thickett & back around & thru again, took some unravelling but I found blood again aways to the side where she finally really left & ended up finding her.
I'v lost them before, it happens & while some guys will say it never happened to them, might be theyre just lucky. Could be tomorows the day they'll stick one & lose it or maybe they just won't admit it happened to them.
Whatever, good luck recovering your deer.