Found my deer
I posted Thursday about shooting at a deer with a 30-06 but couldn't find any blood so i thought maybe i missed. Today, Sat, i decided to look one last time, and found it laying about 120 yards over the bank behind some thick briers. Actually, my wife was helping and she spotted it first. Backtracked the blood trail. There was very little blood anywhere, and the first blood was at least 40 yards from where it had been shot. The shot took out the bottom of the heart and left a big exit hole. The bullet type was 150 gr Winchester power point. The blood must have all went into the body cavity, lot of it poured out when i gutted it. I asked several old timers if it was safe to eat it (after 33 hours). Was told it should be okay, as the temperatures had been pretty cold.
Thanks to all for the help on this. I just would never guess a deer could go that far without bleeding. BTW, it was a hefty spike buck.
Joe
Thanks to all for the help on this. I just would never guess a deer could go that far without bleeding. BTW, it was a hefty spike buck.
Joe
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Glad you were able to find it Thanks to them sharp female eyes.[:D] 
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as long as the temp remained below 40degrees (preferably lower) and you didn't puncture the "gut" you should be able to dress it and wash it out good. Have the butcher give you an opinion,..even if you cut it yourself.
why chase the game when the bullet can get em from here?....
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As I suspected, blood WAS in the body cavity. Congrats for not giving up and finding the deer. You were lucky that no varmints (coyotes, bobcats, other vermin) hadn't discovered it first and gnawed on it a while.
John
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Congratulations on being so persistent and finding that deer!
However, you say that:
"the first blood was at least 40 yards from where it had been shot. The shot took out the bottom of the heart and left a big exit hole."
This is not possible. When you have an exit wound there has to be blood right at the spot where the deer stood. There will also be deer hair there.
There was certainly a trackable blood trail to the deer. Little blood specks that were visible right after you shot the deer are dried up and invisible now.
Please re read my posts on blood trailing.
If I had been with you on the day you killed that deer, we would have found your deer in less than an hour.
Congratulations again for your persistence. Most hunters would have never found the deer. Also, good shot!
ps Besides looking for blood on the ground, it is also good to look for blood on bushes 15 to 20 inches off the ground, where the deer's bloody side swiped against the brush.0 -
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Stihlctin,
Good Job,
I shot a deer last year with my muzzle loader, 50 cal with 300 grain hollow point bullet. I hit it right in the heart lung area. It ran about 300 yards before falling over. I searched the area where I shot and down the trail it ran for about 3 hours, no blood, no hair, nothing. I thought I missed. I went back to camp had lunch at went back out. I was walking about 280 yards from wher I shot at the deer, I was tired and sat down on a log to rest. By some fortune, there was a single drop of blood about the size of a pea on a leaf below my feet. I got re-energized quick, and the deer was laying abouot 20 yards from where I was sitting. Sometimes, you just get lucky.
However, yesterday, it shot at a big doe in Virginia with my 30-06, It was running through some brush, I searched the area of the shot, and down the trail for 1-1/2 hours, Found nothing no blood, hair etc. I guess I missed, Looking back it was not a high probality shot and I should have kept that bullet. I really get aggrevated when people shoot at animals and then do not put in the effort to track them. I get upset with myself for taking that shot when I knew better than shooting into the mountain laurel and brush.
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Stihlctin,
Good Job,
I shot a deer last year with my muzzle loader, 50 cal with 300 grain hollow point bullet. I hit it right in the heart lung area. It ran about 300 yards before falling over. I searched the area where I shot and down the trail it ran for about 3 hours, no blood, no hair, nothing. I thought I missed. I went back to camp had lunch at went back out. I was walking about 280 yards from wher I shot at the deer, I was tired and sat down on a log to rest. By some fortune, there was a single drop of blood about the size of a pea on a leaf below my feet. I got re-energized quick, and the deer was laying abouot 20 yards from where I was sitting. Sometimes, you just get lucky.
However, yesterday, it shot at a big doe in Virginia with my 30-06, It was running through some brush, I searched the area of the shot, and down the trail for 1-1/2 hours, Found nothing no blood, hair etc. I guess I missed, Looking back it was not a high probality shot and I should have kept that bullet. I really get aggrevated when people shoot at animals and then do not put in the effort to track them. I get upset with myself for taking that shot when I knew better than shooting into the mountain laurel and brush.
muss0
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