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I'll post more tomorrow, hopefully with some photos of him as well.
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Looks like you hit him up front judging by the last pic, lots of blood there, he's gotta bleed out from that one. Looks like you might have slashed him. I hope you can pick up the track again. Good luck.
My opinion I don't think you hit the plural cavity. The traces of blood look more in the front and centre of his mass I might think low brisket hit or with the small streamer of blood you have and the light spray low front of the neck shot. Any cougars in the area? They would likely find it before you do. Good luck.
If it's not greasy, it's probably neck. By hitting the ground hard , I meant with his feet, not his body. I should have said that better.
Good luck tomorrow. If he keeps moving he may keep bleeding, but as others have said, the coyotes will be on that trail real quick. Best blood trailers in the business.
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without seeing where the arrow went in you will only be guessing where he was hit..unless the blood was foammy or you were there to look closely at blood coulor..
for all u no ..he way only have a grazed wound ...ive seen alot more blood than that before and deer was never located
I agree. If you hit soft tissue, you wouldn't have heard a thud similar to what you describe as 'hitting a tree'. You also said there was hair stuck on the vanes, but no blood on the shaft. You also said that you found the arrow beyond where the deer was hit, so it's not likely you hit the heavy part of the shoulder. If you hit the shoulder plate or glanced off a leg and the arrow passed through, hopefully the blades cut an artery or vein big enough for him to eventually bleed out. Because it's on snow, it looks like a lot of blood, but it's really not that heavy. You should still have some blood to follow for quite a ways though, unless you ended up following the wrong tracks.
hotload is going to bring his dog tomorrow and we'll see what happens.
Thanks for all the thoughts and help.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors - Plato
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