I’m a little behind on stories……We got a chance to track one of those legendary Fitzpatrick giants yesterday but fortunately or unfortunately….depending on how you look at it…. I don’t believe he was hit very well. The hunter shot it with a crossbow at 45-50 yards just at dark. He could not tell where he hit it but found blood on his bolt. After coming back the next morning they were able to find some small spots of blood at around 100 yards but that was it.
We picked up on the track the next afternoon…..22 hrs after the shot. The dogs picked up on the scent and tracked it pretty well under the circumstances. We found one bed at around 400 yards with a minor amount of blood in it. We ran across a couple more beds along the way but none had blood in it so we couldn’t confirm whether or not it was from our target deer. After around 1200 yards the track just went cold. We grid searched another 500-600 yards farther with no luck. I believe this deer was very marginally hit.
