Another call came in this afternoon about an hour after dark. The hunter stated that one of their hunting club member’s little boy shot his first deer this afternoon just before dark with a .243….. It was a basket rack buck and being his first deer they think he just aimed for dead center of the body. The deer took off out of the field and only ran a short distance before they saw it go down. They went to get the truck to load the deer up and when they came back the buck was gone. They started searching for it and couldn’t locate any blood to track by. Not too far into the search they jumped him up and watched the buck disappear into some thick stuff. They decided after this to go back to camp and give the deer some time. This is when they called me and after talking it over we’ve decided to give the deer overnight and meet up in the morning. The hunter on the phone said that he is almost sure that it’s a straight up gut shot. It sounds to me like the deer is hurt pretty good and wanting to bed up so I don’t figure it’ll go far if we don’t push him. As long as we give it some time I think we’ll find it dead in the morning within 200-300 hundred yards.

To be continued………………. smile

Last edited by CNC; 11/22/15 03:57 PM.
Folks that know don't shoot old does........ wink