Had one get away

[cbhunter]

Carried my stepson today and he took his very first shot at a deer. He is 13 and this is his first year hunting. Had a doe broad side at 100 yds. He squeezed one off and I could tell by th sound of the bullet that it hit her. She hauled butt outta there with her tail down and slightly flopping. I seen right where she left the field into the woods but we searched the site of the shot, the trail she entered the woods all up every trail we could find meandering through the super thick cutover.... not a drop of blood anywhere. I was thinking that he just didn't get a pass through but sitting here typing this, I recall seeing a puff of dirt/dust behind her after the shot which would mean a pass through or a clean Miss. I've shot a lot of deer over the years a I am certain of impact. Oh well, I'm gonna take him again tomorrow evening and try to get him on another deer. Hopefully she recovers


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[Snake]

I've learned from tracking alot of wounded deer that if there are no blood try your best to find its track . You will be surprised how many deer that don't bleed for quite a while . They actually will be running dead as I call it . Getting on the deer's track you shot is very important and by tracking you will after a while be able to tell how well the deer is hit . They will not be as graceful and you will see it in the track and they often will be dragging a leg kicking up leaves of dirt as they run . Found a few in my lifetime that never bled at all or didn't bled until quite a few yards of running .

 

[cbhunter]

I've learned from tracking alot of wounded deer that if there are no blood try your best to find its track . You will be surprised how many deer that don't bleed for quite a while . They actually will be running dead as I call it . Getting on the deer's track you shot is very important and by tracking you will after a while be able to tell how well the deer is hit . They will not be as graceful and you will see it in the track and they often will be dragging a leg kicking up leaves of dirt as they run . Found a few in my lifetime that never bled at all or didn't bled until quite a few yards of running .

yea, it ran 30 yds in field before woods. I know exactly where it went in thicket/cutover and I searched another 60-70 yards down every trail I could find through the thicket. It was so thick I did a lot of crawling. Nothing at all


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