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Tracking a deer after shot #436838 10/30/12 10:38 PM 10/30/12 10:38 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden D desertdog OP 8 point
desertdog OP 8 point D Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden	What would the temp have to be to let a deer lay over night if you think you made a marganial shot?I think I am loosing to many deer by pushing them when I need to back out.

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436857 10/30/12 11:09 PM 10/30/12 11:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 13,754 Hoover burbank Booner
burbank Booner Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 13,754 Hoover	How many have you lost?

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: burbank] #436862 10/30/12 11:16 PM 10/30/12 11:16 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden D desertdog OP 8 point
desertdog OP 8 point D Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden	More than I want to say.

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436876 10/31/12 12:32 AM 10/31/12 12:32 AM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 8,456 Harpersville, AL tfd1224 14 point
tfd1224 14 point Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 8,456 Harpersville, AL	It doesn't really matter what temp it is. Coyotes in Alabama can usually eat a deer overnight anyways. Yeah c�mon. Daniel White

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436877 10/31/12 12:55 AM 10/31/12 12:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,921 Huntsville B buckbrush 10 point
buckbrush 10 point B Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 2,921 Huntsville	20 Minutes with a good shot. If you can't make a good shot you shouldn't be taking it. Everybody messes up every so often. Gut shot I would wait a couple hours. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436899 10/31/12 06:49 AM 10/31/12 06:49 AM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 8,756 bessemer, al H hunterturf 14 point
hunterturf 14 point H Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 8,756 bessemer, al	What broadhead do u shoot?? Give me bout 15 more minutes, I was dreamin about beavers.......... Si Robertson

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: hunterturf] #436918 10/31/12 07:12 AM 10/31/12 07:12 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden D desertdog OP 8 point
desertdog OP 8 point D Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden	[quote=hunterturf]What broadhead do u shoot?? [/quo Gator Expandbles switched to Slick Tricks this year,have yet to shoot anything yet with them.I agree you should only take ethical shots but in 20 years of hunting it's going to happen.

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436920 10/31/12 07:13 AM 10/31/12 07:13 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,347 Prattville AL E ElkHunter Booner
ElkHunter Booner E Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,347 Prattville AL	When I look back at the deer I have lost, the vast majority of the time it was shots that I should not have taken. Practice Practice and Practice some more. Know your limits and then have the ability to stick to them. I rarely shoot at a deer over 25 yards. In fact, I don't think I have shot at one over 25 in the past few years. Maybe just a yard or two over but not much at all. Even with that said, I still lost one last year to Lake Martin. Not much you can do about a deer that decides to go swimming. Review your shots and shot situations. Learn from your mistakes. Try to evaluate if it is you or your equipment. Be honest on that one. It is rare that it is really the equipments fault. You owe it to the animals to do your very best to make it quick and clean. I have no idea if you are using a rangefinder or not, if not, work save and skimp to get one. It will make a big difference. Alabama Hog Control, Inc. www.alabamahogcontrol.com Barry Estes The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: ElkHunter] #436926 10/31/12 07:18 AM 10/31/12 07:18 AM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden D desertdog OP 8 point
desertdog OP 8 point D Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,499 Gadsden	Originally Posted By: ElkHunter When I look back at the deer I have lost, the vast majority of the time it was shots that I should not have taken. Practice Practice and Practice some more. Know your limits and then have the ability to stick to them. I rarely shoot at a deer over 25 yards. In fact, I don't think I have shot at one over 25 in the past few years. Maybe just a yard or two over but not much at all. Even with that said, I still lost one last year to Lake Martin. Not much you can do about a deer that decides to go swimming. Review your shots and shot situations. Learn from your mistakes. Try to evaluate if it is you or your equipment. Be honest on that one. It is rare that it is really the equipments fault. You owe it to the animals to do your very best to make it quick and clean. I have no idea if you are using a rangefinder or not, if not, work save and skimp to get one. It will make a big difference. Thanks Elkhunter I agree I have to much respect for the animal to not try and make a clean kill.

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #436940 10/31/12 07:38 AM 10/31/12 07:38 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,290 Near the Trussell BPS 10 point
BPS 10 point Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3,290 Near the Trussell	rangefinder by far the best tool i ever invested in for bow hunting. If your decoy doesnt have holes in it, your not letting him get close enough... J.H. "Life lessons are almost never found where you think they should be, sometimes they're in the middle of a small, muddy creek in the woods with steep banks"... DeadorAlive

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: BPS] #436953 10/31/12 07:59 AM 10/31/12 07:59 AM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,311 Alabama T T-town 8 point
T-town 8 point T Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,311 Alabama	If you only get 1 lung and/ or marginal liver hit, it can take hours for the deer to expire. Gut shot, it might be 2 days before they keel over. No sense worrying about the meat if they're still alive. Most doublelung/ heart shots don't make it out of sight or hearing distance. Anything other than that it's a wild ass guess?

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #437060 10/31/12 09:30 AM 10/31/12 09:30 AM
Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,575 Tuscaloosa H hawndog 8 point
hawndog 8 point H Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,575 Tuscaloosa	I lost a bunch of deer with those gator broadheads. I decided to shoot a dead deer with them to see what the problem was. Most of them would only penetrate 3-4 inches. I put one of by buddies fixed blades on, and it was a pass through everytime. Same bow same arrow. That was the last time I hunted with those. To answer your question, I would say low 50's.

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: ElkHunter] #437085 10/31/12 09:47 AM 10/31/12 09:47 AM
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,156 Alabaster Bowhunter84 Old Mossy Horns
Bowhunter84 Old Mossy Horns Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 16,156 Alabaster	Originally Posted By: ElkHunter When I look back at the deer I have lost, the vast majority of the time it was shots that I should not have taken. Practice Practice and Practice some more. Know your limits and then have the ability to stick to them. I rarely shoot at a deer over 25 yards. In fact, I don't think I have shot at one over 25 in the past few years. Maybe just a yard or two over but not much at all. Even with that said, I still lost one last year to Lake Martin. Not much you can do about a deer that decides to go swimming. Review your shots and shot situations. Learn from your mistakes. Try to evaluate if it is you or your equipment. Be honest on that one. It is rare that it is really the equipments fault. You owe it to the animals to do your very best to make it quick and clean. I have no idea if you are using a rangefinder or not, if not, work save and skimp to get one. It will make a big difference. very well said "Just remember a gobbler has to win every time, you only have to win once" BC

Re: Tracking a deer after shot [Re: desertdog] #437159 10/31/12 10:59 AM 10/31/12 10:59 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 37 Silverhill, Alabama C country boy06 spike
country boy06 spike C Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 37 Silverhill, Alabama	Originally Posted By: desertdog What would the temp have to be to let a deer lay over night if you think you made a marganial shot?I think I am loosing to many deer by pushing them when I need to back out. Think of like a frig if it 44 and lower degrees it is good to let lay meat will be find if it hotter it depends on how long before it died but always if made marganial shot let lay long as possible before tracking get down check for arrow and blood and see if it is good blood or bad blood meaning if you see bubbles in blood or not. bubbles are good that means lung any thing else would let lay no blood green on arrow gut shot come back next day and good luck. that is just my 2 cents and way i look at it.

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