Ended up being back-whacked…..There was good blood for the first 75 yards or so where the deer was falling all over himself but once he got his feet back up in under him then it got sparse. We found a few more drops of blood along the patch and a place about 400-500 yards from the hit site where he wiped blood high up on some sedge grass but he never did bed up. We called it off after about 900 yards. I believe the deer will live and show back up on camera again.
Got another call from this morning we’re gonna track this evening. It sounds like a classic low gut shot. Big wad of white hair at hit site and decent blood for a ways before losing the track. Hopefully this deer will be dead but these are the kind that sometimes live for 18-24+ hrs. He was shot at 8:00 this morning so we’re gonna give him until about 2:30-3:00 before going in after him.
