I believe this is #4 of 8 back on camera.
Look at spot high behind shoulder.
Wire Haired Dauchund
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I believe this is #4 of 8 back on camera.
Look at spot high behind shoulder.
This was the phone call nobody wants to get...
I literally covered all 70 acres of this man's property. Deer trail hit a dead end at a 3 way blacktop intersection and a bridge. The fields were very flat you could see both of them very well. The deer was found under the bridge! Hunter had given up, and just happened to look under the bridge..... Dang That Hurts!
It should have never went this far... but at this point it is what it is.
Remember this is the buck that they jumped twice.
Went S. of Chandlersville yesterday. Told him it was shoulder and deer would live. (Blood was really brite red) He was from out-of-state and was leaving this morning, so begged me to come down.....
I told him the chances of getting his deer by those pictures was about 2% or less. I also told him I was pretty sure when Maxx showed him where last blood was, that the trail would die just after that....
Maxx ran the trail flawless to the end!
After 6 restarts, there was nothing. I finally said " Come on Maxx, we going home".... I feel for them all...but bad shots are not my fault...
I told him the chances of getting his deer by those pictures was about 2% or less. I also told him I was pretty sure when Maxx showed him where last blood was, that the trail would die just after that....
Maxx ran the trail flawless to the end!
After 6 restarts, there was nothing. I finally said " Come on Maxx, we going home".... I feel for them all...but bad shots are not my fault...
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Maxx can’t make them dead. Maxx can just find the dead ones.
Maxx Got Busy Today! Tyler seen guts on his arrow and backed out. We waited 9 hrs and Maxx made short work of it. About 300 yds total. No blood at all for like 50 yds in the beginning. Maxx straightened it right out. We needed that one! Goooo Boy Maxx!
Took a track tonight in Nashport. Pretty tall 8 pt. Hunter had no arrow and hardly any blood. Maxx tracked it for 250 yards and then started standing on his back legs sniffing air real hard. Found deer in a small thicket ahead of us. Was close enough to see him good. Blinks but his head is down. Hunter chose to back out and go back in at 9 am.
Deer got up and moves 8-10' 4x last night. Dead in his bed but body parts were still flexible and very warm on the inside. That was at 15 hr mark. Hunter sure likes Maxx!
He was qtr'd to, lil high, angled down steep w/deflection. Nicked liver, blasted guts.
We have had a bizarre streak of shoulder shots. Like 5 in a row! 15 total already. 5 of those are back on cam already.
Shoulders create lots of blood and dead end trails...
Rule #1~~GET AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER!
Rule #2~~STAY AWAY FROM THE SHIULDER!
RULE #3~~DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE SHOULDER!
The size of lungs vs heart is 3 to 1. 2/3 of heart is covered by leg/shoulder bones. (The perfect qtr away shot does not apply for precision archers) So now you're looking at 9 - 1 ratio. Broadside, the lungs are a much bigger target and if they can't breathe, they can't run!
This will not apply to most people on here. As a group, we loose very few deer vs general facebook warrior/shooters.
Bad shots can happen to anyone...me included! When you listen to the "recap" of the shot... many create the mess they're in!
Shoulders create lots of blood and dead end trails...
Rule #1~~GET AWAY FROM THE SHOULDER!
Rule #2~~STAY AWAY FROM THE SHIULDER!
RULE #3~~DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE SHOULDER!
The size of lungs vs heart is 3 to 1. 2/3 of heart is covered by leg/shoulder bones. (The perfect qtr away shot does not apply for precision archers) So now you're looking at 9 - 1 ratio. Broadside, the lungs are a much bigger target and if they can't breathe, they can't run!
This will not apply to most people on here. As a group, we loose very few deer vs general facebook warrior/shooters.
Bad shots can happen to anyone...me included! When you listen to the "recap" of the shot... many create the mess they're in!
Got a call today "Can your Dog find an antler?"
Why yes, he has before while tracking.
I shot a deer, he ran into a tree on death plunge..... can your dog find 1/2 the point that broke off?
We did not take the track....
Why yes, he has before while tracking.
I shot a deer, he ran into a tree on death plunge..... can your dog find 1/2 the point that broke off?
We did not take the track....
Got a call last night from my daughters friend. "My Uncle is a trophy hunter, will not shoot unless it is 150+. Believes he shot the biggest he ever seen yet. Should be 170 plus.... Then I talked with the Uncle....
Deer was hit just a tad low, blood everywhere, arrow is thick with bright and dark blood, tracked and jumped him TWICE! Deer is only going 60-70 yds and lays back down. Plenty of blood still after 200 yds. And still good blood after struggling to get up the last time. And blood on trail leaving last bed (Looked ahead and backed out}. Called his nephew and he had one of my cards.
Writing this now to compare with what actually goes on. I believe this guy pretty much. Hunts by himself, has Never even owned a camera, and if wind is not right, he stays home! I have to meet him at 9:00 at his house. (I'm hoping he shows me these mounts..... "Lots of big ones" he said).
He asked me to never tell anyone where we are going. I promised "No Faces and Places". He said I will be amazed by where he shoots all these deer.
We could sure use this all coming together. We've had 6 dead-end muscle shots in a row. Yesterdays ~~ the deer was bleeding on a scrape (drops in different directions) and he did not believe the deer was alive. Called his buddy out of a stand to help.... his friend was sorta laughing when he seen the scrape... Maxx had progressed that track 150 yds from last blood but "died out" at the scrape.
Deer was hit just a tad low, blood everywhere, arrow is thick with bright and dark blood, tracked and jumped him TWICE! Deer is only going 60-70 yds and lays back down. Plenty of blood still after 200 yds. And still good blood after struggling to get up the last time. And blood on trail leaving last bed (Looked ahead and backed out}. Called his nephew and he had one of my cards.
Writing this now to compare with what actually goes on. I believe this guy pretty much. Hunts by himself, has Never even owned a camera, and if wind is not right, he stays home! I have to meet him at 9:00 at his house. (I'm hoping he shows me these mounts..... "Lots of big ones" he said).
He asked me to never tell anyone where we are going. I promised "No Faces and Places". He said I will be amazed by where he shoots all these deer.
We could sure use this all coming together. We've had 6 dead-end muscle shots in a row. Yesterdays ~~ the deer was bleeding on a scrape (drops in different directions) and he did not believe the deer was alive. Called his buddy out of a stand to help.... his friend was sorta laughing when he seen the scrape... Maxx had progressed that track 150 yds from last blood but "died out" at the scrape.
Buckmaster
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At the beginning when you got Maxx I was like how cool would it be to be doing what you are doing but now I don't know lol. Good luck on this track!
Nah, we just need to keep sharing these stories so we take better shots and do the right thing after the shot. People just don't know any better. We are guilty here. Telling guys to get out of stands, neck shots are just to name 2 this weekend. Can't fault the person for not knowing. Unfortunately, in the past we learned the hard way. Today we don't have to. We can use social media to help educate and promote high success shots.
For sure Dave! Thinking back on the ones I lost I had one shoulder shot on a doe. She lived. The spot above the lungs but below the spine cost me on a couple. Lucky no big bucks wounded. Those were just pure clean misses way over there backs lol. Also wounded a few trees in the early years lol. Been pretty solid since the crossbow came into play.
Yes, as a matter of fact we can and should blame hunters for being ignorant idiots exactly because all this information is readily available at the click of a mouse. Inexperience is one thing, lazy and stupid is something completely different. This has happened because the majority of people hunting in archery season today do not know anything about archery hunting. Gun hunting experience/mentality with a crossbow in their hand leads to inappropriate shots and serious mistakes tracking. We can only lead that horse to water and admonish it for not drinking. Bowhunter Education should be mandatory to hunt in archery season. It would fix a lot of stupid.