I buried an arrow 12 inches deep into this WV buck on October 2nd. It looked high shoulder. I found the broken back 2/3 of the arrow 40 yards away and felt I had a good shot given the angle. I gave the buck 3 hours and started tracking. After very little blood to track, a light drizzling rain and 500 yards I lost the blood trail. I then did a search of the hollow and came back a week later and did the same thing. Still nothing and nothing on camera. After not getting there for a month I checked the cam Saturday and there was 1 pic of him on November 7th. This is the side I hit...I can't find any entrance wound. The neighbor also had a few pics of him on the 16th. Amazingly tough critters.
I was using a G5-T3 mechanical....going back to fixed blades next year.
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