Shot a big buck. Have decent blood. Can y’all throw out some numbers on here just in case.

Early Congrats!

Idaho Mike in Al dogs section

I think about all of these folks are pretty active trackers with good dogs.

Danielle Knight 205-712-4999
David Jones 256-476-7439
Joe Jones 256-221-6624
Joey Wright 205-275-9003
Misty Grissom 205-810-4728, 256-620-6499

What kind of sign have you found so far? Don't rush in if it's an iffy shot. How did the deer react to the shot?

I've got a couple of East Mississippi Dog trackers, if needed. They may be as close as anyone, for that area.

Idaho Mike.

He travels over the entire state, I think.

His number is 630-240-6394.

Two shots. Broadside, but running shot. I swear I blew his tail off on the first shot. Found good blood for about 200 yards though. Hard to tell reaction. Actually got the first shot on a trail cam. Hard for me to see on a small screen phone though.

He’s hurting, didn’t throw his tail up

That white hair is likely from a low belly shot. You need to back out until at least late this afternoon. Go ahead and get a dog lined up.

Back out til lunch and call a dog. He didn't react like he was hit very hard.

For reference…..see where this buck is hit…..that’s where you likely hit him unless you really did blow his tail off. This deer was still alive 18 hrs after the shot but hurt pretty badly. Go in with a dog about 3:00….if you jump him and he’s still really lively then back out until tomorrow morning.....or just wait until tomorrow morning to begin with and don't even track him today.

Really cool that you got the shot on the trail cam...

I think you are right about his tail being shot off.

I tried zooming in as far as I could and it looked to me like he buckled a little in the back end and then hunched up. Need to be able to make it full screen though and put it in slow mo some how.

Crazy thing is, that’s the only daylight video I have on that camera past month.

I think he is hit low belly or just in front of the hip in that long white hair. You’ll get that deer with a good dog and a little patience. No need to push him. Give him time.

You can shoot ones tail off. I Did it on a running shot and had great blood for 300 yards. Killed him 2 weeks later with no tail and a disgusting infection thing that I hit with my knife when cleaning him. It shot all over my shirt and I threw up

lol

Working on getting a dog.

That deer looked hit twice to me. And didn't look good running off IMO. I think you'll recover that deer.

Awesome video. Were you shooting from right to left?

I hope you find him Joe.

He is stumbling in that video. He will die, you just got to find him.

Left side entry in that video.

Did u shoot a spike last week that blew both his back legs off at the knee? Seen one at the processor that had a Joey lambert tag with it ??

Looked like you shot him straight in the arsehole and I beleive you did shoot his tail off. Neat video too.

can you re post the video. MAybe youtube it can get link to work.

Nope. I only make bad shots on big deer.

Did you find someone to track it for you?

Idaho Mike was already tracking and we are too far. Working on lining up Joey Wright.

Good deal!....

That's pretty cool. Hope you find him. I'm tuned in!

right click on the youtube post he has up, click on copy video url, then open another tab and paste the url in the address line. Should take you right to the youtube site and can play from there.

Or, just click the word "Youtube" at the bottom of the video once you hit play here.

Any updates?

Dog is working. Good blood. A lot of back and forth in thick stuff.

I think he's dead

Waiting on pics!

Me too.

Sounds like he dead.

Guy said he started finding some blood that had clotted. Hopefully a good sign.

Keep us updated...

Cool! First live from the dog tracking!!

Keep us posted and good luck Joe!

Heck yea, ready to see pics!

Picked up good blood 300 yards from where we lost it.

Man I hope he's piled up somewhere close

This could be better than Live PD.

Just find the stinkin deer already!!!!!

Play by play heck yea.

Yep!

Ive got $50 that says he will be found.

Sounds like a setup to me……..

The Dog?

I’m saying the deer is still alive. They’ve been tracking for two hours now. If he was dead then they would have likely found him by now. That’s assuming Joe is not slow playing this and stringing us all along. You never know around here.

This. If he is really tail shot he is gonna bleed a lot for a long ways but may still have all 4 legs and necessary organs

Somebody may need to get a dog and go look for joe.

we need go go backstand i-22?

Hope he finds him dead, but a heckuva story no matter what.

I think they must have found him and are trying to get him the two miles back to the truck

This is painful....... I want to go to bed but can't.....

LMAO @ james....

Getting sleepy! Guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow...

Joe. He gone

Somebody needs to call a dog

No recovery. Trackers and dog were great. They couldn’t believe the deer lost so much blood yet went so far. Will try to share more tomorrow. Going to bed.

That sux! Sorry Man...

I hate y’all didnt get him!

Well dadgum.....I was hoping to wake up this morning to pics. Sorry y'all didn't get him Joe.

Yep

Hate that you couldn't find him

Do you still think it was a tail shot?

That sux you didn't get him. Good job making every effort in finding him.

So here is the story, although not much to it. Got in the stand at first light Monday morning. This is a new spot on the property that I haven’t hunted at all until this year. 4 of 5 morning sits has had deer sightings, which is good for the farm. Every deer I have seen there had been with them just slowly easing through. About 7:30 yesterday morning, this buck came running through like a freight train. I hollered and hollered at him, but he paid me no attention. Fired off a couple shots the best I could (50 or so yards).

What was ironic is we had carted a deer out the previous morning on the same trail he was running so at first couldn’t tell if I got blood or if it was just from the other deer. We found where the blood trail went off in another direction though. Good blood. Probably the best blood trail I have had to follow. Most deer have been DRT this year though. Followed the trail for a couple hundred yards then backed out. We never went into the thick stuff. Dog arrived about 4:00pm. Last night was our only shot with having to get my son home and the weather going south. Long story short, found where he went back and forth in the thick stuff. Then the dog found where he had bedded down several hundred yards away in thick stuff near the road. A lot of blood and some scat. The deer had crossed the main highway.

I wasn’t prepared for this and it’s a hard lesson learned. Much of the farm is surrounded by timber owned by someone my family has known for years. Never would have guessed he would have gone the wait he did (toward the main road). The land across the road is small parcels of timber with no homes. No doors to knock on. Found out one of the land owners was in Illinois (public tax records). I should have spent the mid-day getting permission to enter. If anyone has tips for tracking down phone numbers for owners of vacant land, I’d appreciate the advice.

I THINK this is the buck. Not the biggest rack or old deer, but would have been my best by far.

Maybe the local game warden can help you out idk just a thought. Man that's a nice buck hate it for you

Do you think that is the buck that was with the drop tine buck?

Not sure honestly. Haven’t seen the trop tine buck in a while.

I may be wrong cuz I wasn't there but that buck you shot doesn't look near as big as the one you had trail cam video of.

I would want to see about leasing or getting permission to hunt on those parcels.

The buck in the video ain’t no joke. That’s a great deer and IMO not the deer you shot.

I agree that I don't think it's the same buck. This one has a taller rack.

I'm with you. The rack in the first video doesn't look near as tall as the second video. Could be an optical illusion though.

I have had that thought too. Just wondered if the head bobbing up and down made it hard to judge the height.

I agree.....not the same buck.

Could be. However, when I watch the first video I'm thinking yeah it's a buck running away, but when I watch the second video I'm thinking dang that's a slaunch.

Here are the choices for bucks on camera. Could easily be a new buck though. Maybe the second one down?

None of the above . He's smaller then all those deer . Fine class of bucks though .

Yea he ain't any of those deer