Just shot a deer could use some help

[BowWeldingJohn]

Hi there I shot a doe around six. and tried to find it but I am having problem finding it. Heres were I shot it can anyone tell me were I might of hit by the color of blood?

[ididnotvoteforobama]

no picture showing up. What does your arrow look like ? Covered in blood or a little blood and stinky like a gut shot.

[PREDATE]

No pic showed up bud.

Are you still out there? If so, head home and resume the search in the morning. Do you feel like it was a good vital hit? How did the deer act after the shot?

[Geno C]

no pic... please provide full details, yardage, angle and so on to better help ya

 

was the deer quartering to, broad side or quartering away?

[Catskill Hunter]

When in doubt wait until morning

[BowWeldingJohn]

Yeah sorry my phone wont let me upload.

 

Okay it was a ground level shot maybe a slight downward angle, Broadside shot I beileve I hit near or just above the lungs lemmmie go check the arrow.

[BowWeldingJohn]

The arrow dosen't seem to smell bad and I got about 4-5 inchs of blood on the arrow and the broadhead is not on the arrow. As for how the deer acted it droppdd right away got back up then walked triped (thats How I think the arrow broke then it ran away a few yards then I lost sight.

 

 

[PREDATE]

broadside, high lung shot? She's probably dead (unless the shot was too high)

[Mr VJP]

Did you see any blood on the ground that you could trail?

 

[ididnotvoteforobama]

Sounds like a solid shoulder hjit , all bone , no penetration , no vitals . Let it go overnight and pick up the search in the morning . Pictures of the blood would help , but I think you got solid bone.

[jjb4900]

my guess is you hit in one of the vertebrae, that's what knocked it down due to the initial shock of the arrow impacting close to the spine and is what also resulted in the lack of penetration and broadhead snapping off.......

[PREDATE]

sounds like a pass through and her opposite shoulder snapped the broadhead side off. That's good! So she's leaking out both sides.

Edited October 28, 2014 by PREDATE

[PREDATE]

the blood trail will tell the tale. How far could you see her run after the shot?

[Geno C]

does the arrow have good blood?

 

dropped from a high lung shot? cant see that happening unless it nipped the spine maybe but then again not sure how fast it would get up on a shot like that. any chance you may have drilled the shoulder or maybe off shoulder causing the deer to have that stumbling affect and lack of penetration? 

 

id say if you hit in either of those spots there is a chance of finding that deer, id just give it a little time.

[ididnotvoteforobama]

sounds like a pass through and her shoulder snapped the broadhead side off. That's good! So she's leaking out both sides.

 

He said only about 4-5 " of blood on the arrow.

[BowWeldingJohn]

I've been able to trail blood for about 45-55 yards.

[Geno C]

give it time, let it sit a bit

[Mr VJP]

If you only got 5 inches of blood on the arrow, I believe you hit it high in the shoulder and probably missed the lungs.  If you hit the spine, it would have dropped, but I think you were below it.  You may have hit the shoulder and the arrow didn't penetrate into the vitals.

 

Unless there is a blood trail or obvious tracks to follow, all you can do is look in the direction it was going when you last saw it.  If that doesn't find it, you can walk in ever expanding circles from the last point of sign and hope you can locate it.

 

If all else fails call for the trackers with the dogs to help you.

 

[PREDATE]

He said only about 4-5 " of blood on the arrow.

yeah what's left of the arrow. Edited October 28, 2014 by PREDATE

[PREDATE]

so was the arrow snapped or is the broadhead the only thing missing?

[BowWeldingJohn]

I just found another blood drop.

 

 

 

[BowWeldingJohn]

the arrow is snapped.

[PREDATE]

Compared to your other arrows, how much of the arrow is missing?

Edited October 28, 2014 by PREDATE

[ididnotvoteforobama]

Here is a picture of the bone structure. I think you hit the wide bone in the shoulder , scapula maybe is  what its called.

[jjb4900]

Here is a picture of the bone structure. I think you hit the wide bone in the shoulder , scapula maybe is  what its called.

or clipped one of those "fingers" that stick up off the spine....that'll drop them on the spot, but they'll recover quickly and take off.