Concerned about the shot placement. The dang arrow was sticking out quite a bit. Please say a prayer for recovery. Last time i made this shot i lost a doe.

Hope you get him man. I have never recovered a shoulder shot. Hope the angle was a good one.

I am 0 for 1 before today too.

Do you think you got at least half the arrow in him or less than half?

Let him lay and call a dog

I shot a buck 2 yrs ago where I thought it was a shoulder shot but it had gone three and hit the other shoulder causing the arrow to come back out at entry. Looked like the deer only had an inch of arrow sticking out. Only went 60 yrds.

If he’s down out of the tree and tracking it already….then I say we form a posse to drive up there and spank his little honey lou lou arse.

When in doubt, WAIT!

If you don't find it blame it on the "Nockturnal"!

Amen

What broadhead and how heavy of an arrow? Good luck, shoulder shots are bad news with a light arrow

I’m setting the over/under at……..

“I’ve got blood for 100 yards and then it just stops!”

Open for betting…… Who want’s on in on some of this action????......

Blood for 150. Jumps deer to never be found. Man I hope im wrong and you find him Lou Lou

No blood, no deer. Finds a new pack of nockturnals laying on the ground, trips over them and cuts himself on one of his broadheads.

Good luck Honey Lou Lou!

My bet, it was actually perch

My bet, He's gonna fall out of his treestand cause he's shakin so bad (safety harness has em there hangin) and He's gonna grab one of his nocturnals, flip it on, and it will be the only way help will find him basically saving him!

Hope you find em man!

Betting he ran home to change clothes cause he chit himself

Blood and hair for 75 yards, stops there, picks back up the trail at 100 yards, then jumps the buck at 200 yards and he gone forever.

Shoulder shot deer bleed well. I'm calling moderate blood starting 30-40 yds from shot, arrow fell out at 100yds, moderate blood till 250-300yds, before it clots.

Hopefully I'm wrong and it punched through.

Killed him and finds him under 100yds. Good luck!

Unfortunately, this ^^^

Well I'm going to go the opposite way,and think positive for him.buck piled up 100 yrds from the shot.
Good luck

Pat I'll take "After I jumped him the second time I decided to back out" for $1000!!!

Any update

Pat, I'll take Potent Potables for $500!!

Did u shot home with a wac em?

Update????

No update = not good!

I can’t believe we haven’t got an update yet. This type of behavior shouldn’t be tolerated. Bad form!!

^^

any update or is Honey lou lou still ou tracking ( pushing ) this buck around?

1/4-1/2 mile track. Call them dogs. Maybe you got lucky and hit something.

Gave him 2 1/2 hours and started tracking lost the blood after 450-500 yards...gonna need a dog.

Without me having to read this whole post...what was the over under?

Obviously heartbroke but you guys made me smile...I appreciate that.

Gonna be a bourbon night.

Did you find your arrow?....Was it broke in half or was is still intact?

broke in half 8-10" behind the broadhead

Should be plenty

The arrow being broken off is promising but that’s still a little iffy if you’ve been 400- 500 yards. You just gotta hope that it penetrated enough to get through the shoulder plate and into the body cavity. What county are you in? Are you remotely close to me?

Good luck buddy,it's a tough deal when you know you got him but ain't got him.

I really hope you find him man.

St. Claire. I am just slap tore up over this. I believe that anyone on this forum would be proud of this buck.

this is 40 seconds before I shot him

That's a good buck

Dang man I hate that. Did you look for him near a water source that's close to the direction he was headed? Worth a shot if there is water.

Ok, time to be serious. That is one heck of a buck... have you got a dog headed your way first thing in the morning? I sure hope so. Get that dog in there, get out of his and his handler's way, and let that dog do his thing. I would think if you got 8" into the shoulder, then the broadhead should be deep enough to get into one of his lungs. Hopefully he will lay overnight and die. Now for the bad part... if you get a dog and you track through 3 or more bed down areas after the point where your 500 yard track ended, then you probably ain't gonna find him.

Hoping for the best!

Good advice, I believe there is an Alabama blood tracker Facebook page, look them up

Booger gave good advice too,if there is water he will go to it.

A source, who prefers to remain unnamed at this time, is reporting that the picture may be doctored. My source makes specific note of the fingerprint on the picture.

Just sayin'

So it's a hoax?

I don't know if it's a hoax, but he sure has a dirty lens. See the finger print ? LOL

That is not a finger print. When you take a picture of a computer screen or tv, lines show up that repeat in a pattern that cannot be seen by the human eye.

lol

Austin tagged me in the FB page and I have a bunch of calls out. most guys can't come till late this afternoon so far...

Hope you find one

Good luck

Chalk that one up as a coyote meal.

Don’t write it off just yet. If he can get someone out there this afternoon then you never know. It’s really pushing it to try to track one that old……. but if Ammon is coming out, he has a good dog that would have as good of a chance of finding it as any. It could just be 50-100 yards past where he lost blood. Good luck!

No rain, a decent dog will find him three days out.

Being this dry is a bad thing for a dogs nose

It is a pic of a computer screen. If you, are kidding then so be it, but if not you are straight up delusional and you and your source can go to hell. I am tore up over this and a little ribbing is one thing, but I aint keen on being called a Liar under any circumstance. If you are funnin' I apologize. I have had a rough time since 7:30am yesterday.

What is “FALSE” Pat………


Alright, let’s see…..I think I’ll take “Actual tracking facts” for $1,000 Pat……

If my cur had not been hit by a car 5 years ago I would be happy to show it to you. He did that and longer enough times to show it wasn't a fluke.

The sad thing is the brother to, son of and grandson of the same dog is probably only a few miles from Honey right now. No way John Payne would put him on a deer though - he's a squirrel dog and nothing else.

Being this dry is a bad thing but a strong rain will wash the trail away completely and makes it a terrible thing.

I’m not saying that it isn’t possible.…..but it’s just not accurate to make it seem like a 3 day track is routine for any decent dog out there. It takes a special dog to be able to find deer after that long and it also takes the right conditions for it to be possible. We are under just about the absolute worst conditions possible right now. If they’re able to find it this afternoon after 36 hrs in this kind of drought then it’ll be something special for the dog and handler to really be proud of.

I may have been spoiled with Jeb Stuart and his son Colonel Moseby. I probably shouldn't say things that could be considered inflammatory either. I did not mean it that way but I could see how it might be taken as such.

I don't have as good a context as I should. I had never even heard of a tracking dog when I discovered the ability in my OMCBA and Kemmer curs. I've not known any trackers since other than the guys on here to make comparisons to.

Just ribbin' ya bro!

Honolua
Any word?

Copying my reply from the Blood Trailing page:

Christian Westen Update: I took my buddy's dog out there and bumped three different deer from three different locations within 200 yards of last blood. The dog I took is not a tracking dog but can sure as hell get on some deer. I may have ruined the scene out there but I had to try because most of you boys were working till late this afternoon. If I had waited we would have been pushing 36 hours of the time of the shot. It is dry as hell and in the mid 70's yesterday and likely to be in the 80's today. You boys know better than most that these are terrible conditions. Having said all that you have all shown tremendous kindness in calling back and offering suggestions. Most only charge basically cost and it is clear that you all do this cause you love it. I growed up bird huntin' so I know the feeling of working dogs.

If you can get a dog on it this afternoon - I would try.

If no luck, start walking concentrically larger circles from last blood four yards (or less if too thick to see the ground) apart. Mark the circles as you walk them.

I don't have a good light with me but I'm halfway to you. Let me know if you find it before 4:00pm. If not, I'll head out that way and drink your bourbon while I bark orders at the searchers.

There's probably a 50/50 chance that this deer is still alive.....just something else to keep in mind. If you were up in a tree above the deer shooting down into the shoulder plate at an angle then it's possible that it just buried up in the shoulder.

Did someone mention Bourbon?

I have to work tomorrow. No more than 15 or maybe 20 shots for me.

Geno…. I knew you weren’t being inflammatory…me either….just talking dogs.

I want to apologize again and more clearly to 300Ruger for what i said above. He was pokin' fun at me and I misunderstood and took it serious. I guess after yesterday my vagina was hurting from all the stress.

I sent him a PM also but I think it needed to be said publicly as well.

So 300 please accept my sincere apology. I hope you will forgive my uncharacteristically short temper.

Buddy, I think everybody understands where your head was at. I hate it that you didn't find your buck.

Buddy I'm sorry I couldn't get out there today .I didn't get off work until 4 .hate you couldn't find it. Maybe you slowed it down for a better follow up shot. Couple years ago my buddy buggered up a deer on the opening morning of rifle season at 7 am and is killed it the next Saturday morning out of the same stand at exactly 7 am.

THAT'S CRAZY!

The more I think about it the more I think: A. He won't Die or B. If he does die it will take forever.