Results 1 to 10 of 12

Thread: Getting Over Wounded Deer and Deer Activity

Hybrid View

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Clermont Co
    Posts
    30
    Yeah, and by now there should be some crow activity on the buck if he's dead. At least you could get the rack.

  2. #2
    Senior Member mrbb's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    northeast PA
    Posts
    5,925
    don't forget there are guys about with deer tracking dogs too, that might recover a dead deer, I know on a BIG buck, I hit a few yrs back in Ohio, I hired one guy, , didn't find it, but it was money well spent trying
    as it was a BIG buck, and I looked for days for it
    doesn't take much to miss a dead deer either if its thick and lots of cover or hilly and small drop off
    I once looked for a week for a deer, had a bunch of guys
    and we actually walked past it dead about 10 times and never seen it, till a month later when a buddy found it, , it dove into a small dip in the ground head first and was below ground level, unless you stepped on it, you would have never seen it

    so, never hurts to look more
    a good area will always pull deer back
    and a great buck is worth the effort! or risk to spoook the area IMO!

  3. #3
    Senior Member Big_Holla's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    S.E.Michigan to live & S.E. Ohio to dream
    Posts
    7,165
    I'd do everything possible to try to find the one you hit first instead of worrying if your spot would be ruined. A quartering away shot depending on where it went in, penetration and all should be a dead deer. Like mrbb said, check out a tracking dog first and you still have grid searching if all else fails. No offense but 5 hours tracking is nothing when it comes to finding a deer you shot.

  4. #4
    Senior Member Big_Holla's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    S.E.Michigan to live & S.E. Ohio to dream
    Posts
    7,165
    Of course I just re-read your post and saw it was Sunday when you shot him. I'd have been looking Monday and Tuesday if it were a quartering away shot that I felt good about.

  5. #5
    Yea we looked and looked on Monday I had farmers looking on the adjacent properties as well. I am thinking that the shot was a little higher than I thought and this deer is still alive.

  6. #6
    Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Location
    Clermont Co
    Posts
    30
    It's hard to judge where you're arrow landed but I've had quartering away shots where the my broadhead ran up between the scapula and backbone. I saw the buck a month later with a nice scar!

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •