last night I got off work and decided to go for a bow hunt like every other early day this season.this is my first year bow hunting and I practices realy hard to get good groups out to 40 yards my comfort zone on animals is 30.I went to this good deer spot I know and saw 2 nice mule bucks at about 200 yards eating in a hay feild.I used bales for cover and took about 30 minutes to cover the ground between us.I was in range and hiding behind a bale my heart was beating so fast that I waited for a couple minutes to calm down and think about the shot.I steped out from behind the bale very slowly and drew.I took a long time to aim and when I decided it was right I slowly squeezed my release but as soon as I did the deer jumped and my arrow hit him in the back.the hit was about a foot high and a foot back.I followed the trail and lost it about 300 yards out.I looked till dark and couldn't pick it up again.I was worried sick all night and it is all I can think about today.I went back and walked every bush around and still couldn't find him.I will go out tonight to see if I can find him alive and finish the job.this is the most I have ever been disapointed hunting and I have been hunting for years.I hate bad shots so much.anyhow I confesed this.flame away.
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- Thread starter impala
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- marmora ontario
That's what you get for "Stabbing" an animal to DEATH!!! JITC
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC
It seems you did everything right, and even then things can turn out not to your liking. At least you made a good attempt at finding the deer. I hope you do find it in time to put it in the freezer.
Learn from this and move on. It sounds like you put in a good effort to find the deer, and by the sounds of it you feel remorse from what happened, this is what seperates hunters from killers. Do you know anyone with a dog? Sometimes a dog will find a deer, or pick up a scent trail, where you would never think to look.
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That's OK Impala - you did your best - you tried hard for a clean and humane kill and guess what - sometimes #### happens. I've been in that same situation but with a rifle. Don't beat yourself up over it. Just continue to practice hard and try again. I'd hunt with you anytime man - you've got good solid hunting ethics.
As in most things in life we learn more from the things that are hard or go wrong than the things that are easy. The important thing is that you make a good solid effort to recover any game you shoot at and take a lesson from any experience in the bush. It's amazing how fast an animal can jump a string and when they do the first thing they do is crouch down to get some spring in their legs, this is what causes most high hits. It took me a while to get over aiming for center body, I now aim for 1/3 of the way up or even a bit lower if the animal is nervous.
JITC: If you have some helpfull suggestion we would like to hear it, if you don't put your pointy hat on and turn to face the wall
JITC: If you have some helpfull suggestion we would like to hear it, if you don't put your pointy hat on and turn to face the wall
Big JD-From the hills
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Saskatchewan.
What about a dog for tracking wounded game, is that A-ok in most provinces?
I want to get a bow and try my luck, but am worried about doing the exact same thing and not having the ability another arrow for a follow up like a firearm. I used to have a small dog when I was small, And it realy was good at tracking down coyote ect that I shot with the .22
I want to get a bow and try my luck, but am worried about doing the exact same thing and not having the ability another arrow for a follow up like a firearm. I used to have a small dog when I was small, And it realy was good at tracking down coyote ect that I shot with the .22
I can't imagine any CO giving you a hard time for having a dog out with you to track down a wounded animal, as long as you explain the situation to them. Most CO'S I know would probably give you a hand searching. If they did hassle you, well what the heck are they doing in that line of work. If you don't own a dog, you surely must know someone with one that has some hunting abilities. Dogs are wonderful in this type of situation, cause invariably they will cover 10 times more ground than you or I. The problem might be that that they start to chew on your game meat, but then again they probably deserve the treat, and more, for finding your lost prize.
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A deer that is wounded in a non-critical area can go a long ways...don't beat yourself up over it....Many years ago a buddy of mine shot a deer in the jaw with a 30/06 and blood was everywhere..we tracked him for miles in the snow and didn't catch up with him...we found him the next day, many more miles away, he had been half eaten by wolves, sh$t happens!
Another expert opinion from an ignore list candidate. I think there is a reason you are in the corner
.If he doesn't have the bow or a firearm with him, he isn't hunting, that is how the CO gave it to me. I shot a doe at last light, and she ran into some deep scrub. I saw the shot, and she was hit well, but I couldn't find her before dark. One phone call, and we were out there with two hunting mutts and some flashlights minus the pointy hardware, and the dogs found her buried under some thick goose berry's. Paid off cause we had the coyotes hanging around just outside headlight range while I gutted her. I broke her onside shoulder knuckle, taking heart and two lungs out, and she still went 50yds. Thats right, she went 50 yds and I couldn't find her
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john-brennan
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
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I had to use my English Pointer to find two deer over my bow hunting career and she found them both, even if she is a bird dog she picked up the trail immediately, a dog is the answer.
I had to use my English Pointer to find two deer over my bow hunting career and she found them both, even if she is a bird dog she picked up the trail immediately, a dog is the answer.
That sucks. My brother was bow hunting with me, we were hunting stands on opposite sides of the property. Just before dark, you know the best time to be out. I see him walking up to my stand, turns out he took a shot at a deer and said he hit it and it took off. We searched for 2 days. I was worried sick, felt it was my fault for taking a rookie out. Went back to the exact spot he was sitting and found the arrow. No blood no nothing on it, didn't even cut a hair. I slept better the next night.
Did you find the arrow?
Ben
Did you find the arrow?
Ben
- Location
- St. Joe's Island, Ont
Hey Dude, you got the wrong site, PETA is somewhere else, google it.
If you've got nothing positive to say on this topic kindly stay out of the "hunting" section.
