Shot a decent 8 on public land 7:24 in the morning, saw him run about 60 years a and laid down. I thought he was dead but I waited 20 minutes and claimed down to pull him to my stand and wait for prime time to be over. When I got down he was gone! Decent pool of blood with bubbles in it. I Tracked it down to a patch of small bamboo and bumped him, he took off like Usain Bolt! I must have spent 3 hours and walked 4 miles but never found him. During lunch break I was walking back to the truck and saw a doe at around 80 yards walking. I put my sight on her and gave her a bleat, she turned and looked, I squeezed to trigger and she drops where she stood. I came up to her and noticed that she smelled weird and her fur was wet, I flipped her over and saw she had been shot in the butt area and as infected. Just my luck I guess. I have a picture to sure but don't know how to upload
Dang, talk about some crappy luck for the day.
At least you got the doe... Just cut out the bad stuff.
Too bad the buck got away.
I learned the hard way.... If I jump them once I come back hours later with my Belgian Malinois tracker.
Really sucks when that happens during last light power hour.