I know it's gonna be hard to do Coosa but if it was me I would wait til in the morning to go get that beast...gonna be plenty cold tonight, coyotes might get to him first but you will still be able to recover him but that's just my thoughts

I agree, that is a great deer and I wouldn't want to push him any more.

How did he act? Was he weak or strong?

If he was looking weak, I would wait until about 4:00 PM and then try one more time. Go real slow and look hard with your binos. I hate leaving them overnight. Dang yotes get them. If I didn't find him before dark though, I would wait until morning.

I didn't see him get up but he didn't sound like he was full out running. We're gonna go back in around 330 with a dog and see if we can find him. If not I'll try again in the morning

If it's that thick in there take a shotgun and some buckshot. Give him until 4:00 and go back after him...

Good luck! Can't wait to see the pics when you find him

Hope you don't bump him again. Me personally I wouldn't take a dog in this afternoon if you just bumped him a few hours ago. Speaking from experience. Only take the dog if you know he's dead. My vote is wait til tomorrow morning. I'd hate to see you regretting not doing so if you bump him again this afternoon

Not sure why the dog would be necessary if you know the last place you saw him.

These threads usually have happy endings. Cheering for you.

That's exactly why I said to take a gun, get you some buck shot and ease in on him, you ought to be able to get right up on him if he is still alive.

Updates??

the suspense is killing me...

Well???????

Went to the last blood and searched for an hour, couldn't find another drop. But by that time the last blood was so dried up that it was hard for me to see to begin with. Brought the neighbors dog over(it's a German Shepard police dog) and it didn't even show interest in the blood or his last bed. I'm going to go comb the area again first thing in the morning but at this point it looks like I'm SOL.

Look for someone with an actual tracking dog. i believe there is a list of tracking dog on the aon website not sure. take the dog in before you track the place up even more. good luck.

^^this^^

Dang man. No way I'd go back in there after a buck like that without a true tracking dog. Good luck with the recovery. Surely he'll be dead, it's just a matter of finding him.

I contacted one of the guys on the list of tracking dogs. He's gonna call me in the morning and we're gonna try to work it out and find him.

Don't give up. He's there somewhere. I looked for an 8 point all day once till I was give out. Found what was left of him the first day of turkey season. Only missed him by 100 yards.

Any luck?

update?