Well, it was just another one scratched up……..We didn’t pick up a single speck of blood until about 250 yards where we found a couple spots the size of a skoal can where the deer had stopped and stood. From there we went another 250 yards or so where Otis got the buck up out of it’s bed. It bayed up long enough for Otis to get out about 4 barks and then it broke. I let Otis push him for a good ways before we came to a really tall, steep ridge for this area. It was probably 150 feet or more to the top and damn near straight up. When we caught up, Otis had already made it nearly to the top of the ridge. We all decided at that point that with the little sign we had found and with the deer climbing that steep ridge with no issues that he probably wasn’t hurt too bad. That’s where we called off the chase.
