#2162370 - 11/13/10 11:16 AM
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BUCKBLOOD_HUNTER
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Registered: 09/21/09
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Loc: ANDERSON COUNTY,TN
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Well i Had two does come down the ridge at daylight. About 10 min. Later I hear a grunt so I turn my "can" call over three times and here he came. Grunting every step he took ...I scope him to see what he was I think it's a spike and put my muzzeloader down. So I grunted back a couple times and he runs up closer I scope him again and what I tought were spikes were really brow tines ( big 8 or 10) I took what I thought was a good clear shot but looking now it seems there were a million limbs in the way after I shot. I waited a while went to look and found nothing no hair no blood nothing ..i don't know what happened but its made me sick!
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#2162376 - 11/13/10 11:40 AM
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Thunderchicken
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Registered: 11/03/10
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Loc: Gallatin
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Doublecheck...helped a buddy find one last week...boiler room shot...not one drop. Found him about 200 yards away graveyard dead! Good luck!
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#2162377 - 11/13/10 11:41 AM
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docpoco
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Registered: 11/05/09
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Loc: Tennessee
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if you feel good about the shot you have to keep looking. I did the same thing last week with the doe and if I had not found her on the way out I would have thought I missed . look to the point there's no doubt in your mind that you missed.
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#2162516 - 11/13/10 03:26 PM
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ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER
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Registered: 11/12/10
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Loc: FRANKLIN COUNTY
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SORRY,THATS A MISERABLE FEELING
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#2162526 - 11/13/10 03:33 PM
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docpoco
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Registered: 11/05/09
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Loc: Tennessee
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Are you gonna keep looking?
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#2162531 - 11/13/10 03:36 PM
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gator-n-buck
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Registered: 10/22/08
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Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
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Yeap.... I have shot a couple of deer with the ole MZ and they didn't leave any blood... I learned the hard way on one when I walked up on her remains a couple days later....
Edited by gator-n-buck (11/13/10 05:24 PM)
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#2162920 - 11/13/10 07:58 PM
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Bone Collector
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Registered: 09/09/09
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Loc: Murfreesboro, TN
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HMMM this sounds awfully familiar.
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#2163043 - 11/13/10 08:44 PM
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m411b
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Registered: 11/07/10
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You know, I had the exact experience today only it was 2 does.
I shot, it seemed like a great shot to me. The shot surprised me and I was on her boiler room when the ML went bang, but no deer, and no blood! Looked for 1 and a half hours past dark. While looking did a 500 yard circle search, still nothing. Made me sick, and at only 80 yards or so!
Don't feel bad, just keep looking if you think you made a great shot. I'm getting up bright and early to go look some more.
Good luck in your search!
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#2166700 - 11/15/10 08:33 PM
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huntinkev
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Registered: 11/23/06
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Loc: East Tenn
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I did same thing saturday morning. 75 yards tight window but was on deer didn't see all the little limbs and what not through my scope. I looked for 1 1/2 hrs then my dad came and helped look no blood no nothing I looked all over the place guess I hit a limb or something to knock bullet off. I wanted to make sure I didn't hit it.
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#2166780 - 11/15/10 08:56 PM
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BDS05
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Registered: 10/15/10
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Better clean miss than woundin'! Best of luck to ya next time. Can't learn without mistakes.
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#2166817 - 11/15/10 09:03 PM
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easy45
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Registered: 11/06/07
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Loc: Medon
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man thats a horrible feeling
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#2166864 - 11/15/10 09:19 PM
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Stovepipe
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Registered: 09/21/07
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get over it- it happens
I made the "same shot" Friday. Probably a 130 class deer. He went down,(knocked him off his feet) let out a big grunt as he laid there and thrashed for a few seconds. I was feeling really good for a few seconds. It was about 100 yards shot.
I reloaded, as I fiddled with ramrod and a new cap, he stood up and walked off into a thicket with his girlfriend. I only found about 1/2 dozen big drops of blood. Searched for 2 hours, nothing more. I could not get a second shot, he was quartered away and heading into some super thick broomsticks.
easy come-easy go.
Who can say.
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