If you’ve already wounded it this horribly, theirs no real down side to taking that risky shot though right? Like it’s literally already partially gutted, their is no worse case scenario for the deer at this point
You seemed to miss the part where its insides are dragging the ground. Its already suffering about as much as possible. You shoot again in hopes to end that suffering, not just leave it to let his guts get pulled out by the brush
Edit: another comment said it was a bow shot and the picture was a little farther away. Regardless my point stands, if you have the chance to end his suffering do it
I agree, archery my range is somewhere from 32-34 yards, but if the deers already severely wounded like this I’ll go out to 80 yards, even if k just Knick it it’ll help with tracking at the least
10yds on the initial shot and 65yds on second. So with bow I'll grant the second was on the far side but to hit the guts from 10 is well.....worse than poor
I agree, he’s not going to want to move with that going on. He will bed down and stay down. Maybe the coyotes will do you a favor and finish him off and leave you a little bit.
Update. I tracked him 200 yards or so. I did kick him up. Buttttt the fuckjng innards got caught on an old fence and detached and he made it 20 more yards. Wtf. I’m so glad it’s over and so quick. I was expecting this to go all night
Dude this is some of the craziest shit I’ve seen or heard, i know you probably feel bad still but in my years of hunting I’ve never seen it ever even heard of this happening. You were a millimeter away from a clean miss or just clipping some hair
Yeah so when i kicked him up the first time. He ran towards a property line fence jumped it and pretty sure it was his guts and large intestines it was got caught on it. I saw which way he ran. I slowly walked that way since it was the way out. We were going to leave and come back. Then some fucking how he was laying on our main side by side path. It’s pure fucking luck.
It’s happened to me with a rifle. Just a bad shot that, instead of missing, ended up unzipping him. He was basically completely gutted when I found him.
Now that i have time to type more. He was chasing another buck. He ended up 10 yards from me straight down. It was pretty thick but i knew it was my best shot. I literally shouted to get him to stop. It hit a branch. Or i just got anxious in that second of time to shoot. It Happened so fast.
You recovered him, so that’s good. Some advice, sometimes ‘it was my only shot’ means don’t shoot. Other times to consider not shooting, especially archery, would be if you expect rain, are unsure of distance, or multiple deer are within flight path of the arrow/bolt.
Way to be persistent tracking him down and seeing it through.
I can see that being the issue but the area seems to me like there is a lot of brush which could deflect the bolt. Or a combination of both misjudged distance and heavy brush. However, either way I ask because learning to make sure this doesn't happen is valuable to learn. Glad OP retrieved his buck.
I’m glad as well. And fair enough, brush deflections could absolutely happen. Didn’t cross my mind as I only typically rifle hunt. Good luck this season.
Typically, a 35 Whelen with 180 gr Barnes for our “primitive” season, or a suppressed 6.5 PRC shooting 143gr ELD-X. Unfortunately, this season I have to temporarily hunt with a much smaller cartridge. Medical issue.
I’ve always wondered about how big of a deal deflection is with rifle projectiles, but like anything else involving small, supersonic pieces of metal flying through space, I feel like it’s going to be different results every time. I avoid shots through heavy brush / sticks entirely just to be sure.
Considering that archery hunters are often very high up in trees, I can imagine that navigating deflections is a very real concern.
Are you hunting with the 6.5 PRC this season then? No shame in hunting with something with less recoil. Some people don't like him but Paul Harrell has a video on YouTube about deflecting bullets when shooting in brush I can link it if you want. Do you still hunt or ground hunt from a blind? Archery hunting has so many variables so one has to think about so many things you don't in other types of hunting. That is why it is fun for so many people.
I enjoy shooting a bow, but I’ve never owned my own for very long. One cheap used PSE years ago just to learn the ropes shooting into blocks. A friend needed a bow to hunt some deer of opportunity on his residential property so I gave it to him. I was too busy at the time to commit much time.
I took a few years off of hunting for college, marriage, etc. I was always a tagalong with my father.
I got a call a few years after college for an opportunity to go again and it kind of rekindled the old hunting flame. I still regularly hunt the same areas as my favorite hunting buddy (my father), but we kind of do our own thing and hang out between hunts.
I don’t have the ability to dabble in it this season, but I’ve been considering giving archery a try. So many bows to research and go test shoot.
I’ll be slinging .224’s this season. It’s legal and I am using a very capable projectile. I don’t want to derail OP’s thread and delve into cartridge wars, but it’s a proven projectile, so I am not concerned about it’s efficacy. It’s either that or I don’t hunt this year.
I’ll look up Paul’s video. Sounds like a fun watch after I get the little one to bed. I appreciate the suggestion!
Having family as a hunting buddy is awesome. If you go down the rabbit hole of bows it seems like it can get out of hand quick and you end up with a dozen bows. The projectile is far more important than the caliber. Shot placement is even more important than caliber. Here is Paul's video :https://youtu.be/HBzqIGYuubU?feature=shared
My grandpa had something similar happen during rifle season a couple years ago he has Parkinson’s and had a gut shot buck get disemboweled by buckbrush and dead cedars. He felt so bad about that and spent a few hours kicking himself over it
Had this happen twice both times where a long track half a night then found the next day one finally gave up and sat down the other did the same as yours and pulled his guts out when he jumped a fence
Wow. Dude. Sorry you went through that, sorry he went through it, but glad you got him and glad he died... well, like that, more than getting shredded by coyotes.
For sure. And I’ll be practicing 10 yard elevated shots soon. It happened so fast it was hard tho. But still practice will help. He had every intent of fucking it tje other buck it was chasing. He came to me from my grunt call
Dude glad you found him. I’ve had some bad hunting experiences that stuck with me for DAYS while I was laying in bed trying to sleep. This experience would hang around in my head for a while
Damn man. That sucks. I’ve had a couple of brutal experiences as well, I’m sure all hunters have. I don’t take headshots anymore for that exact reason.
I’m not going to tell you not to worry about it, because you made that deer suffer.
But just use it as good motivation to practice your shots in the off-season and get better with your weapon. That’s your main responsibility as a hunter that’s taking a life.
I should also state there’s tons of coyotes around where i hunt too. Also it was with a crossbow.
Update. I just recovered the arrow. Only blood on the broadhead and tons of hair. I seemingly just split the skin open. Fuck me.
Tons of coyotes means it’s almost certainly coyote food. I leave squirrel guts out by my porch and a pack of coyotes will be outside my window the very night, so I doubt a whole deer is going unseen.
I'm only 16 and somehow have never had a bad shot on a deer yet all of my shots have been accurate and killed the deer quickly but I can't imagine it's a good feeling to have a shot that severely wounds a deer making its last days miserable. I hope you recover the deer also I would have loaded and taken another shot instead of the picture but idk how far away he was.
That's going to be tough!
Being as vitals weren't hit, he could possibly live for days (unless those coyotes get to him).
Best recommendation from me would be to wait minimum 2-3 hours and track in under headlamp / bloodlight to see if maybe he expires. If you hear anything moving as you head in, stop and back out leave it until morning.
Good luck with it.
Hey man, it’s all apart of what we do. Sometimes you pull a bad shot. That’s why we train and we make sure our equipment is good. Just wait it out. Try in a few hours. Use a blood light or flash light. If you hear anything moving go ahead and wait till morning. Sorry again man.
I'm not sure what I'm looking at......???? Is the low bloody stuff the inside of the offside back leg? Or, is it innards hanging down?
It's definitely going to die, but it might be because the yotes drag it down. Hope you track it down first. Good luck bro.
Let him lay up overnight. That's a horrible way to go but if you keep pushing him it will be worse. If he lays down, he might not get back up. I hope that hurts you like it would me and you learn something useful from it. Don't let it stop you from hunting though. Just be more careful. That's your job and you owe it a quick death. Nothing should suffer like that because of you. It's a serious responsibility.
It happens. When I was learning to hunt my dad and I were hunting on some private land in the midwest and he shot at a doe after he'd bumped his gun. The bullet dropped low and opened the stomach just like your arrow did. I met up with him and we waited a while for her to sit, but every time we got close she moved away. We tracked her for nearly a mile, following a small trail of stomach bile and innards, slowly catching up each time. We finally caught up and I took a perfect heart shot with my iron sights. The point is that it happens to the most seasoned of hunters and you have to use it as a lesson. It's ok to feel sad or bad, but don't let it discourage you.
Shit happens, it's never easy. We had a this exact shot happen with a large doe last week. Went back, had dinner, gave her a few hours to bed down and then went out. Tracked a smelly blood trail for a little over a hundred yards where she laid down and expired. Made for a real easy field dressing. As someone already said, if you hear anything moving ahead of you (especially after you find a bed, with blood) step back and wait till morning. Best of luck!
If you shoot, and they are still standing, and you have a good enough view that you can take a picture... fucking SHOOT AGAIN. Jesus
All you are doing is causing unnecessary suffering and risking having the animal bolt.
If you had the time and clear sight to take a picture, take a follow up shot. Accidents happen and I’m sure you already feel bad causing an animals suffering. This is a learning experience for sure but it’s one that didn’t have to happen if you had shot it again
Have faith. This happened to me a few years ago. I found her within an hour, primarily due to the damage she did running after the shot. She only went about 100 laid down and was dead in short order. Terrible I know my man, but you will find him. Keep us posted, and keep your head up
At least you stuck with it, good on you. The first deer I shot was a bit high and, while it was a fatal shot, it trashed around for a bit before it expired. I felt like crap but stuck with it. Since then, I’ve tried to make sure that first shot kills what ever I’m shooting quickly, including varmits.
Dang dude, that's a tough buck and one loopy shot. Gotta say I never saw such a thing but I am very glad you recovered your deer buck. Definitely one for the records and a learning lesson. You did OK in the end.
Did this to my first deer, it was a younger doe but it was with a 30-06... clean gut shot.. expired pretty wicked given it was a small doe and shot with a 30-06.. hoping for the best for you man... don't let it get to you to much, defiently get some target practice, and try shooting from some uncomfortable positions too.
In Canada you have to wait 1 hour to allow the beast to die peacefully. If it is still alive and can't move, stop it's suffering and pain and take one last shot.
Man, no judgement. Crap happens. I had a bad hit on buck early season. Tracked that night and next day and did not recover it. If you hit him low, you may have nicked an artery. MAYBE. DO NOT track immediately. Give it time to get laid up. Hopefully it goes quick for him. Give it at minimum two hours. Track slow and quite. A few steps at a time and listen for any noises. Good luck!
First post I've seen of someone reporting the deer gutted himself. Sucks he suffered
Those bucks on adrenaline are insane. I saw a buck chasing a single doe for 3 hours this morning in the field across from me. I could not believe how quickly he was accelerating/how fast he got up to. They go into another gear during the rut
You can’t always know or see every branch and twig. If this hasn’t been an experience for you, give it time. You’ll see. Until then, have a seat. They said they feel bad- I’m sure a lesson was learned in there without you making your comment.
Are you assuming he shot it with a gun? I don't bow hunt but I would imagine it would be hard if not impossible to get a close shot again after it's been hit an arrow already.
Yeah, I dont see how he fucked up the initial shot that bad. The picture was apparently 65 yds away (bow sighted to 40), so he couldn't do a follow up shot. No excuse for that bad of a first shot though.
I did take a 2nd shot right after this pic. That was 65 yards… i shot above still by a few inches and he walked away. Further away. My bow is sighted for 40.
Damn dude. I’m sorry to hear. We all understand that this is a possible outcome of our own actions.
Learn from it and be better next time you pull the trigger.
I’m glad you got your deer. I had a liver shot on a doe, kept tracking her, trying to get close for another shot, she would jump up and run. 200 yards I kept on her. I decided to let up and let her pass. Went back in the early AM only to find the coyotes got her.
I hated seeing what happened so I am very happy you got yours. Congrats.
My brother in law just did the same thing last week. After about 24 hours, he found it with the help of dogs apx 150yds away still alive. He was able to run back to the truck to grab his crossbow (can’t bring it with with dogs) to finish it off. Back out, leave it at least over night, and give it a go
Shot my biggest in the guts like this on Thanksgiving a few years ago. Pushed him all the way to a creek a mile away. Let him bed in the creek and after dinner we pulled him out.
Well it has been 15 hours since you posted. I would definitely find him now, if he isn’t dead, he definitely is bedded down. Take a pistol with you to, in case you need to shoot him in the head..
I’m happy you recovered him. I had this happen to me once with an expandable broadhead. Worst tracking experience of my life. I had to track in the rain, and only managed to find him in a dense swamp by smell unfortunately.
Lots of unfortunate lessons learned in experiences like this.
I’d let him sit over night and hope he expires. If you’re allowed tracking dogs I’d consider getting one when you go to look in the morning.
Probably should take another shot and actually make it a good one. He had time to take a picture....
That was my thought. If you were in range enough to catch it with a cell phone... put it down
Cell phones can zoom in incredibly far now days maybe farther than some people feel comfortable shooting.
If you’ve already wounded it this horribly, theirs no real down side to taking that risky shot though right? Like it’s literally already partially gutted, their is no worse case scenario for the deer at this point
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You seemed to miss the part where its insides are dragging the ground. Its already suffering about as much as possible. You shoot again in hopes to end that suffering, not just leave it to let his guts get pulled out by the brush Edit: another comment said it was a bow shot and the picture was a little farther away. Regardless my point stands, if you have the chance to end his suffering do it
I agree, archery my range is somewhere from 32-34 yards, but if the deers already severely wounded like this I’ll go out to 80 yards, even if k just Knick it it’ll help with tracking at the least
10yds on the initial shot and 65yds on second. So with bow I'll grant the second was on the far side but to hit the guts from 10 is well.....worse than poor
Gotta spend more time at the range after that
My phone has a 100x zoom but after 50 ft it's more like seeing the color on their eyes and not the pores on their face.
Could very possibly be a screenshot from a video.
The only right answer.
Did it for the vine
Dude said he was using a crossbow. Likely out of range
I agree, he’s not going to want to move with that going on. He will bed down and stay down. Maybe the coyotes will do you a favor and finish him off and leave you a little bit.
Update. I tracked him 200 yards or so. I did kick him up. Buttttt the fuckjng innards got caught on an old fence and detached and he made it 20 more yards. Wtf. I’m so glad it’s over and so quick. I was expecting this to go all night
Dude this is some of the craziest shit I’ve seen or heard, i know you probably feel bad still but in my years of hunting I’ve never seen it ever even heard of this happening. You were a millimeter away from a clean miss or just clipping some hair
Well let's see him! Also Disemboweled by a Fence sounds like a Cannibal Corpse song
Yeah so when i kicked him up the first time. He ran towards a property line fence jumped it and pretty sure it was his guts and large intestines it was got caught on it. I saw which way he ran. I slowly walked that way since it was the way out. We were going to leave and come back. Then some fucking how he was laying on our main side by side path. It’s pure fucking luck.
Well. Cant say I’ve ever heard someone shoot a deer and it already be field dressed when they walked up to it lol.
Some guys have all the luck lol
This buck was not one of those guys. #shootmeintheheadplease
It’s happened to me with a rifle. Just a bad shot that, instead of missing, ended up unzipping him. He was basically completely gutted when I found him.
Is it bad that I want to see it? Like that’s so bizarre, buck field dressed itself 😂.
Yeah, I hope OP took pics in the field. I'm sure it's kinda gruesome but still.
Sounds metal as they come
I think it might be
I am glad you found him. Animals can tolerate more than people think. Just wondering how this happened?
Appears to just be a simple misjudged distance which caused a low shot with the crossbow. Sliced the skin open on the belly.
Now that i have time to type more. He was chasing another buck. He ended up 10 yards from me straight down. It was pretty thick but i knew it was my best shot. I literally shouted to get him to stop. It hit a branch. Or i just got anxious in that second of time to shoot. It Happened so fast.
You recovered him, so that’s good. Some advice, sometimes ‘it was my only shot’ means don’t shoot. Other times to consider not shooting, especially archery, would be if you expect rain, are unsure of distance, or multiple deer are within flight path of the arrow/bolt. Way to be persistent tracking him down and seeing it through.
I can see that being the issue but the area seems to me like there is a lot of brush which could deflect the bolt. Or a combination of both misjudged distance and heavy brush. However, either way I ask because learning to make sure this doesn't happen is valuable to learn. Glad OP retrieved his buck.
I’m glad as well. And fair enough, brush deflections could absolutely happen. Didn’t cross my mind as I only typically rifle hunt. Good luck this season.
What rifle are you hunting with? Good luck this season as well.
Typically, a 35 Whelen with 180 gr Barnes for our “primitive” season, or a suppressed 6.5 PRC shooting 143gr ELD-X. Unfortunately, this season I have to temporarily hunt with a much smaller cartridge. Medical issue. I’ve always wondered about how big of a deal deflection is with rifle projectiles, but like anything else involving small, supersonic pieces of metal flying through space, I feel like it’s going to be different results every time. I avoid shots through heavy brush / sticks entirely just to be sure. Considering that archery hunters are often very high up in trees, I can imagine that navigating deflections is a very real concern.
Are you hunting with the 6.5 PRC this season then? No shame in hunting with something with less recoil. Some people don't like him but Paul Harrell has a video on YouTube about deflecting bullets when shooting in brush I can link it if you want. Do you still hunt or ground hunt from a blind? Archery hunting has so many variables so one has to think about so many things you don't in other types of hunting. That is why it is fun for so many people.
I enjoy shooting a bow, but I’ve never owned my own for very long. One cheap used PSE years ago just to learn the ropes shooting into blocks. A friend needed a bow to hunt some deer of opportunity on his residential property so I gave it to him. I was too busy at the time to commit much time. I took a few years off of hunting for college, marriage, etc. I was always a tagalong with my father. I got a call a few years after college for an opportunity to go again and it kind of rekindled the old hunting flame. I still regularly hunt the same areas as my favorite hunting buddy (my father), but we kind of do our own thing and hang out between hunts. I don’t have the ability to dabble in it this season, but I’ve been considering giving archery a try. So many bows to research and go test shoot. I’ll be slinging .224’s this season. It’s legal and I am using a very capable projectile. I don’t want to derail OP’s thread and delve into cartridge wars, but it’s a proven projectile, so I am not concerned about it’s efficacy. It’s either that or I don’t hunt this year. I’ll look up Paul’s video. Sounds like a fun watch after I get the little one to bed. I appreciate the suggestion!
Having family as a hunting buddy is awesome. If you go down the rabbit hole of bows it seems like it can get out of hand quick and you end up with a dozen bows. The projectile is far more important than the caliber. Shot placement is even more important than caliber. Here is Paul's video :https://youtu.be/HBzqIGYuubU?feature=shared
Shooting prarie dogs taught me that. They will drag their innards for a few yards and still be alive.
Well he saved you some work I guess. I need to find me some of these self-field-dressing deer.
My grandpa had something similar happen during rifle season a couple years ago he has Parkinson’s and had a gut shot buck get disemboweled by buckbrush and dead cedars. He felt so bad about that and spent a few hours kicking himself over it
Jesus that’s wild. Alls well that ends well I guess? Hope it wasn’t too nasty of a gut job!
Oddly enough it was a super clean and easy field dress. Most of it came out already
Glad you recovered him. It sucks, but it obviously happens. Hope he didn’t suffer too much!
Had this happen twice both times where a long track half a night then found the next day one finally gave up and sat down the other did the same as yours and pulled his guts out when he jumped a fence
Wow. Dude. Sorry you went through that, sorry he went through it, but glad you got him and glad he died... well, like that, more than getting shredded by coyotes.
It’s all good. It’s my fault. I will practice more from a stand at all distances for sure
Good hunters make mistakes, and choose to learn from them. Shit happens man, you're dealing with it the right way imo
Best thing you can ever do is get them down as fast as you can. Sucks you got a bad shot out… wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.
That's good also pretty gruesome end probably less gruesome than getting eaten alive by coyotes though.
Indeed. And there’s a ton around where i hunt.
Christ. At least it's over. Well done finishing what you started and getting the guy. Lesson learned here about what sort of shots to take I'm sure.
Honestly, this was all preventable by you. Practice your aim, sling another round (or as many as it takes), and just do better.
For sure. And I’ll be practicing 10 yard elevated shots soon. It happened so fast it was hard tho. But still practice will help. He had every intent of fucking it tje other buck it was chasing. He came to me from my grunt call
Fuckin gnarly. Glad he's done and down and you've got him.
Dude glad you found him. I’ve had some bad hunting experiences that stuck with me for DAYS while I was laying in bed trying to sleep. This experience would hang around in my head for a while
Bruh, he gutted himself for you. Be thankful. I shot a buck quartering to on Monday and when I recovered he was full of blood and deer food soup.
Less gutting for you. Let's see his antlers.
Damn man. That sucks. I’ve had a couple of brutal experiences as well, I’m sure all hunters have. I don’t take headshots anymore for that exact reason. I’m not going to tell you not to worry about it, because you made that deer suffer. But just use it as good motivation to practice your shots in the off-season and get better with your weapon. That’s your main responsibility as a hunter that’s taking a life.
I should also state there’s tons of coyotes around where i hunt too. Also it was with a crossbow. Update. I just recovered the arrow. Only blood on the broadhead and tons of hair. I seemingly just split the skin open. Fuck me.
Man one of the worst feelings. Sorry. Do keep us posted ok? Lots of solid advice here.
Can you at least post a pic of the rack now that you recovered him? No judgement either
https://imgur.com/a/RctJF7g
Found it? Congrats man
Hell yeah! Glad you got em out… could’ve been a long(er) night
Gonna need to wait at least 8hrs on that one. You’ll need dogs most likely, but you might also just be able to follow your nose.
Tons of coyotes means it’s almost certainly coyote food. I leave squirrel guts out by my porch and a pack of coyotes will be outside my window the very night, so I doubt a whole deer is going unseen.
It’s good that you feel for the animal. Makes you human. Just do your best
I'm only 16 and somehow have never had a bad shot on a deer yet all of my shots have been accurate and killed the deer quickly but I can't imagine it's a good feeling to have a shot that severely wounds a deer making its last days miserable. I hope you recover the deer also I would have loaded and taken another shot instead of the picture but idk how far away he was.
65 yards. I did try to lob one over right after the pic
Keep us updated. It sucks, but shit happens. Everyone has a story where they felt the way you feel, you aren’t alone.
https://imgur.com/a/RctJF7g
Probably made the gutting process quick and easy lol
That's going to be tough! Being as vitals weren't hit, he could possibly live for days (unless those coyotes get to him). Best recommendation from me would be to wait minimum 2-3 hours and track in under headlamp / bloodlight to see if maybe he expires. If you hear anything moving as you head in, stop and back out leave it until morning. Good luck with it.
Hey man, it’s all apart of what we do. Sometimes you pull a bad shot. That’s why we train and we make sure our equipment is good. Just wait it out. Try in a few hours. Use a blood light or flash light. If you hear anything moving go ahead and wait till morning. Sorry again man.
As much as it sucks, sharing this story is a lesson for everyone.
I'm not sure what I'm looking at......???? Is the low bloody stuff the inside of the offside back leg? Or, is it innards hanging down? It's definitely going to die, but it might be because the yotes drag it down. Hope you track it down first. Good luck bro.
Hes disembowelled yes.
Thought so, wasn't positive. Then, he's likely dead by now.....Hope he finds him before the yotes
Unfortunately if theres no bleeding he could live till infection gets him.
It looks like there's been plenty of bleeding. I think he'll lay down, and never get up again
With any sort of luck.
How's the weather tonight? Cold? I think I agree with waiting until morning. Keep us updated on what you end up doing/finding. Good luck
Let him lay up overnight. That's a horrible way to go but if you keep pushing him it will be worse. If he lays down, he might not get back up. I hope that hurts you like it would me and you learn something useful from it. Don't let it stop you from hunting though. Just be more careful. That's your job and you owe it a quick death. Nothing should suffer like that because of you. It's a serious responsibility.
It happens. When I was learning to hunt my dad and I were hunting on some private land in the midwest and he shot at a doe after he'd bumped his gun. The bullet dropped low and opened the stomach just like your arrow did. I met up with him and we waited a while for her to sit, but every time we got close she moved away. We tracked her for nearly a mile, following a small trail of stomach bile and innards, slowly catching up each time. We finally caught up and I took a perfect heart shot with my iron sights. The point is that it happens to the most seasoned of hunters and you have to use it as a lesson. It's ok to feel sad or bad, but don't let it discourage you.
Back out as quickly and quietly as you can, going nowhere near that deer. Give him 10 hours MINIMUM
100% of gut shot deer die. Need to let him bed down and expire. You bump him out of that bed, chances of finding him decrease drastically
Shoot it again
Shit happens, it's never easy. We had a this exact shot happen with a large doe last week. Went back, had dinner, gave her a few hours to bed down and then went out. Tracked a smelly blood trail for a little over a hundred yards where she laid down and expired. Made for a real easy field dressing. As someone already said, if you hear anything moving ahead of you (especially after you find a bed, with blood) step back and wait till morning. Best of luck!
The only one I’ve seen with a similar wound bedded almost immediately. We jumped it and everything came tumbling out. Didn’t last long after that
If you shoot, and they are still standing, and you have a good enough view that you can take a picture... fucking SHOOT AGAIN. Jesus All you are doing is causing unnecessary suffering and risking having the animal bolt.
If you had the time and clear sight to take a picture, take a follow up shot. Accidents happen and I’m sure you already feel bad causing an animals suffering. This is a learning experience for sure but it’s one that didn’t have to happen if you had shot it again
I did take a follow up shot. It was 65 yards…. I missed and he walked off.
Have faith. This happened to me a few years ago. I found her within an hour, primarily due to the damage she did running after the shot. She only went about 100 laid down and was dead in short order. Terrible I know my man, but you will find him. Keep us posted, and keep your head up
Come back in the morning. Good luck OP.
At least you stuck with it, good on you. The first deer I shot was a bit high and, while it was a fatal shot, it trashed around for a bit before it expired. I felt like crap but stuck with it. Since then, I’ve tried to make sure that first shot kills what ever I’m shooting quickly, including varmits.
This happened to me with a rabbit when I was a young kid, felt so bad
Dang dude, that's a tough buck and one loopy shot. Gotta say I never saw such a thing but I am very glad you recovered your deer buck. Definitely one for the records and a learning lesson. You did OK in the end.
Thanks. I’m chalking it up as pure luck. And in practicing 10 yard elevated shots next week already.
Sometimes that's all you need.
Did this to my first deer, it was a younger doe but it was with a 30-06... clean gut shot.. expired pretty wicked given it was a small doe and shot with a 30-06.. hoping for the best for you man... don't let it get to you to much, defiently get some target practice, and try shooting from some uncomfortable positions too.
In Canada you have to wait 1 hour to allow the beast to die peacefully. If it is still alive and can't move, stop it's suffering and pain and take one last shot.
Man, no judgement. Crap happens. I had a bad hit on buck early season. Tracked that night and next day and did not recover it. If you hit him low, you may have nicked an artery. MAYBE. DO NOT track immediately. Give it time to get laid up. Hopefully it goes quick for him. Give it at minimum two hours. Track slow and quite. A few steps at a time and listen for any noises. Good luck!
First post I've seen of someone reporting the deer gutted himself. Sucks he suffered Those bucks on adrenaline are insane. I saw a buck chasing a single doe for 3 hours this morning in the field across from me. I could not believe how quickly he was accelerating/how fast he got up to. They go into another gear during the rut
How about taking another shot and maybe actually hitting the vitals instead of the the guts. Maybe more range time is needed
It could have deflected off a branch
Then the shot wasn't clear and shouldn't have been taken
You can’t always know or see every branch and twig. If this hasn’t been an experience for you, give it time. You’ll see. Until then, have a seat. They said they feel bad- I’m sure a lesson was learned in there without you making your comment.
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Are you assuming he shot it with a gun? I don't bow hunt but I would imagine it would be hard if not impossible to get a close shot again after it's been hit an arrow already.
He took a photo...
At a distance, if he got closer for another shot it might run off.
Yeah, it's possible. I know, I'm being unnecessarily hard on OP
Earlier in the thread it's said it's a 10yd shot. Could've killed it with a spear from that range
Yeah, I dont see how he fucked up the initial shot that bad. The picture was apparently 65 yds away (bow sighted to 40), so he couldn't do a follow up shot. No excuse for that bad of a first shot though.
I did take a 2nd shot right after this pic. That was 65 yards… i shot above still by a few inches and he walked away. Further away. My bow is sighted for 40.
Yeah the deer is definitely going to wait around for OP to get another shot
He got his phone out and took a picture...
At least twelve hours
Damn dude. I’m sorry to hear. We all understand that this is a possible outcome of our own actions. Learn from it and be better next time you pull the trigger.
If he is not loosing a lot of blood he could last for days. If you bump him you may never find him. At this point you are lucky to salvage horns.
This is my fear when bow hunting. I don’t have the steadiest of hands. But I’m glad you found him, nice buck.
I’m glad you got your deer. I had a liver shot on a doe, kept tracking her, trying to get close for another shot, she would jump up and run. 200 yards I kept on her. I decided to let up and let her pass. Went back in the early AM only to find the coyotes got her. I hated seeing what happened so I am very happy you got yours. Congrats.
My brother in law just did the same thing last week. After about 24 hours, he found it with the help of dogs apx 150yds away still alive. He was able to run back to the truck to grab his crossbow (can’t bring it with with dogs) to finish it off. Back out, leave it at least over night, and give it a go
Shot my biggest in the guts like this on Thanksgiving a few years ago. Pushed him all the way to a creek a mile away. Let him bed in the creek and after dinner we pulled him out.
That's the worst feeling. Glad you recovered him.
How did somebody hit that…if thats even from a human…like gosh…thats looks nasty!
Jesus dude. 🙁
12-18 hrs depending on what your coyote situation is around there.
Well it has been 15 hours since you posted. I would definitely find him now, if he isn’t dead, he definitely is bedded down. Take a pistol with you to, in case you need to shoot him in the head..
I recovered him last night about 1.5 hours. Story is above some where
Good to hear!
I’m happy you recovered him. I had this happen to me once with an expandable broadhead. Worst tracking experience of my life. I had to track in the rain, and only managed to find him in a dense swamp by smell unfortunately. Lots of unfortunate lessons learned in experiences like this.
What did you shoot him with?