Ever found someone else's blood trail?

catman529 · Dec 5, 2014

Crazy thing happened today. Went to scout small area where I killed on opening day of bow season. Sign dwindled during October, didn't check it in weeks.

Today, fresh deer sign everywhere. Tracks, heavy trails, lots of poop. Few small rubs too.

I have two stands there, one I haven't hunted and one I killed from on bow opener. The stands are about 120 yards apart, give or take.

While checking the deer trail under the un-hunted stand, I found fresh blood! Followed it all the way to next stand, and past it some, until I had to go meet a buddy to hunt for the evening.

The blood was dry in a few spots , but the rain had made most of it wet like it was fresh. It can't have been more than a day or two old. I know people occasionally go there, but it's a mostly overlooked tract of land. I thought it was crazy that I found and followed some random blood trail like that. Wish I had been able to find where the deer had died.

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woodyard · Dec 5, 2014

Yep, i found a blood trail one morning after ending my hunt and on my way back to the house. No sign of anyone following it. It was fresh, made that morning. I followed it a good ways onto my neighbors land until it dried up.

slagtown_dfa · Dec 5, 2014

I sat on the ground one morning on public land as it became daylight I noticed a blood trail 5 yards in front of me from the evening before. Thought it was pretty crazy.

Dbllunger · Dec 5, 2014

ImThere · Dec 6, 2014

Pretty cool

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TNCharlie · Dec 6, 2014

First day of muzzle loader season last year I heard a shot nearby on neighboring property. I was about ready to climb down anyway, but I waited about 30 minutes to see if anything would run my way. Nothing showed so I headed for the cabin. On my way I saw a good blood trail. I followed it expecting to find either the deer, the hunter, or both on my property. But the trail ended not far away and no one was looking for it.

I back tracked to see if I could find who shot it. I encountered two guys just approaching my property line. I called to them and asked if they were trailing a deer. When they said yes I told them to come on over and I would show them where the blood ended. I helped them trail that deer for over an hour and the blood became very scarce and just tiny drops. The deer had gotten over onto property I did not have permission to cross so I told them to get permission but I was leaving. I have no idea if they ever found it.