Saw this guy on my camera earlier today. Looks like someone shot it with a bow and just had a bad shot.
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One tough little deer!
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They are soooo tough. The opening week of bow season I took a 55yard shot on a 6pt and screwed up. I hit him right in the upper thigh (butt)... He ran off with my arrow and we looked for hours, found no blood.
A month later I got him on cam at the same feeder (this time it was at 1am) I bet he will grow nice and big now seeing how he has learned a painful lesson.
A month later I got him on cam at the same feeder (this time it was at 1am) I bet he will grow nice and big now seeing how he has learned a painful lesson.
If infection doesn't set in then he should have a unique rack in years to come...thanks for sharing
^^^^THIS^^^^ Most of the time its on the other side of the body too, so if the injury is on the left side the rack will be affected on the right.
Dude... mistakes happen... A true archer knows that things like this happen...a deer can jump, twitch, or step the wrong direction...an arrow flies at 300 fps give or take a few...not a 2000+ fps bullet...I don't blame the hunter...
Don't worry if you hunt it will eventually happen to you too
The worst is an unrecoverable gut shot...worst feeling in the world...an inevitable death but can run for miles
For the most part you are right....but the reality for me is that my shot placement with my arrow was a bit off (I would have gut shot him) but being a 55 yard bow shot and my PSE not being the most quiet bow around, when my strings popped, he dipped his front end forward and down big time causing my arrow to hit his thigh......It made me sick and I looked through those woods for hours.....I dont ever want to just "wound" a deer....I learned from that though to wait for him to get closer with a bow.
