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<blockquote data-quote="Ski" data-source="post: 5502675" data-attributes="member: 20583"><p>One big reason I don't track right away is because it takes time to settle my nerves & allow the adrenaline to clear my head so I can think straight. Many, many times once I've calmed down a little & ran the shot back through my memory a few times, I note details that either I ignored in the moment or didn't think were significant. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Me too. Specific circumstances of the situation dictate how I proceed, but I never track a deer I've possibly gut hit. If the deer leaves sight then I'll climb down and go to impact site to look at blood and arrow if it's there, then mark the spot so I can find it later when I come back. If I suspect the deer is within eye or ear shot of me, I just sit tight for a couple hours or until it's dark if an evening hunt, then sneak down & out as quietly as I can the opposite direction of the deer. I like to give 12hrs before starting a gut track. Knock on wood but I've never failed to recover a gut hit deer. </p><p></p><p>Aside from gut hit deer, I've never recovered a deer that I didn't see or hear crash dead. Every long track I've been on ended up a non-recovery. And given some of the old injuries I've found on deer I've killed, it's no wonder they sometimes lead people on a wild goose chase. Sometimes they just refuse to die. If not given an immediately fatal wound, I think the odds are in the deer's favor of surviving.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ski, post: 5502675, member: 20583"] One big reason I don't track right away is because it takes time to settle my nerves & allow the adrenaline to clear my head so I can think straight. Many, many times once I've calmed down a little & ran the shot back through my memory a few times, I note details that either I ignored in the moment or didn't think were significant. Me too. Specific circumstances of the situation dictate how I proceed, but I never track a deer I've possibly gut hit. If the deer leaves sight then I'll climb down and go to impact site to look at blood and arrow if it's there, then mark the spot so I can find it later when I come back. If I suspect the deer is within eye or ear shot of me, I just sit tight for a couple hours or until it's dark if an evening hunt, then sneak down & out as quietly as I can the opposite direction of the deer. I like to give 12hrs before starting a gut track. Knock on wood but I've never failed to recover a gut hit deer. Aside from gut hit deer, I've never recovered a deer that I didn't see or hear crash dead. Every long track I've been on ended up a non-recovery. And given some of the old injuries I've found on deer I've killed, it's no wonder they sometimes lead people on a wild goose chase. Sometimes they just refuse to die. If not given an immediately fatal wound, I think the odds are in the deer's favor of surviving. [/QUOTE]
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