Hmmm, I just realized this was in the Bow Hunting Forum... :eek
Them Anchors is slowing you down Jim.
:army
Them Anchors is slowing you down Jim. :army
Ha!! yeah that and probably OLD AGE! :crip But I don't think anyone comes from a life in the military without some kinda g-g-g-gglitches!
My last two bow kills were a doe and a buck. Doe fell within sight and I left her lay about 20 mins and then climbed down and found her dead. On the Buck he was slightly quartering to me and I hit what I thought was a good shot. I listened to him run expecting him to fall and when he didn't I waited about 20 mins to retrieve the arrow before it got dark. Arrow was drenched in blood. Started on the trail with good blood. Found where he stood with lots of blood, then nothing. Backed out and waited until daylight. Found the next day that the shot had angled out through the guts, which clogged and plugged the exit hole causing the blood flow to stop. Found him by trailing his tracks in the leaves about another 100 yrds away.
So I guess on a good shot I usually wait about 20 mins. Questional shot it all depends.
And since it was mentioned, Rifle Shot just go get 'em.
give it as much time as reasonable for time and temp and how well you think it was hit.every deer down and not moving is not dead. I shot a doe at less than 10 feet with a 12 ga slug, it fell right at my feet and didn't twitch. touched the eye with the bbl of my gun- nothing, put my foot on it's chest and rocked it- nothing, I took my foot off it and tried for another of the does (I had 2 doe tags), missed that 1 and when I turned back the dead deer was gone. it ran into a shallow pond and it was raining, never found it.
