RugerM77.270

I was in the stand about 30 minutes on friday morning when this boy stepped out of the brush at about 120 yards and put his nose in some estrus I sprayed on some brush. I looked at himand had a tough time getting a look at the rack because the brush behind him blended with his antlers. I felt that he was a good deer so I put the cross hairs of my Ruger 270 with 130 gr, handloaded Gamekings on his shoulder and shot. All four feet came off the ground and he took off into the brush. I heard a crash in the brush and a gargaled moan in the brush so I felt good about the shot. I gave him some time and quietly checked the fire break for blood but found none.
I decided to give him some more time since I didn't see any blood so I walked back to the truck to get my coveralls off and get ready to track. On the way I saw five more deer and three of which were bucks the other two I didn't get a good look out. I thought that was cool until I realized the rut was in full swing, I had a deer stomping at me ten yards away in the brush and remembered I had deer piss sprayed all over my boots. But I made it to the truck unscaved and headed back for my deer.
I search the fire break and found nothing, I moved into the brush still no blood. If I hadn't seen the deer reaction and hear what I did I would have thought it was a miss. I ened up resorting to the old "stomp around in the woods and briars till you find something" tactic and after an hour of following game trails and getting stuck by briars I stumbed over him (which is a miricale because you can't see more then 15 feet much of the time). I look and think its not my deer becasue it's just a big doe. Then I get closer and realize why I had trouble seeing his rack, he had broken one side off ealier in the year. I looked around and the only blood I could find was right where he died, 100 yards from where I shot him with a perfect double lung and heart shot. ithen had to drag him ove 100 yards through the briars and brush to get him to the truck and today I can bearly move.
I gave him to a single mother in need of meat and since she didn't have the money to have him processed we elected to do it ourselves. His lungs were blown into pudding and the top of the heart was desimated I don't know why he didn't bleed or how he went so far. None the less a great deer and a new story for Loran's hunting adventures.

1shotkill1993

Nice Job!

To me, it sounds like your deer didn't bleed because the entry/exit hole wasn't large enough. But still, if you hit it in the lungs, it should spurt out some blood from its mouth.

RugerM77.270

Entry hole was dime sized and the exit was the size of a quarter. I butchered the deer myself and saw the holes from the outside and the inside. the heart was like hamberger on the top and the lungs were blown to pieces. As for the blood out of the nose it didn't get the first bit bloody till I started dragging him.

I don't know what the deal was with the bleeding.

Edcyclopedia

Very nice!

jim1966

Congrats on the buck.

1shotkill1993

That's very weird. I shot a doe today with the .243 and she was gushing blood. And my .243 leaves about a dime size hole exit and entry.

My guess is that when the bullet hit the hide, it went through but the hide kinda folded back into its original position, blocking off the blood. A way to understand what I am saying is to take something flexible,and poke ahole in it.It will partially go back to its original position. That's my last guess. I don't know anything else that could of happened.

stretch56

congrats

piney

Congrats.

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congrats!!Also congrats on the donation.

Western MA Hunter

I have had deer hit like that while hunting... no (or very little blood). I don't seem to know why either...
Either way.. congrats on a great buck.