bowhuntingrook
Old Mossy Horns
First BUCK:
I helped some good guys find their fathers buck. They had lost blood just 25 yards from hit site but we're smart enough to back out. When I arrived we started the track, Cooper took us 150 yards past where blood ended until I could see the eye shine of the buck, he was bedded 15 yards in front of me, facing me, I had Cooper stay, I yelled did they want ME to shoot, buddy yelled yes so I took a shot before the buck took off. Well I don't think I hit him after investigating his exit from the bed, and there wasn't much blood in the bed at all so that had me a little concerned but the buck had let me get close in open cover, he's obviously not feeling well. We thought the buck may be gone now across the road which was a short distance, although I'd normally back out we needed to confirm if we were going to have to end the track, was it on another property, we moved forward with Cooper to see if the deer crossed the road but another 75 yards further Cooper made a right turn and stayed in the woods, I looked ahead and could see the deer had bedded again just 30 yards in front of me. The deer bumped again as we tried to sneak in for the shot. We then used Cooper again to advance the track, the deer bumped and as the deer came toward us we were able to dispatch the buck, Cooper kept us on the deer and made some happy hunters.
2nd BUCK:
Cooper, Dachs and I were able to take a call 5 minutes from the house and make another recovery tonight, the hunters, now friends lost blood 75 yards after hit site before the deer left the field. With little to go on Cooper took to the track confidently and confirmed it was correct with blood at barbwire fence 150 yards past last blood. After crossing that and tracking another 75 yards we eventually found a bed with white hair in it but no blood. We restarted at the fence to confirm the track to bed and Cooper was able to work out a sharp backtrack to the original field where we dispatched the deer. The deer made a big loop, Cooper was first but Dachs impressed me the most navigated a backtrack out of a woundbed. It looked like a liver shot with ML.
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I helped some good guys find their fathers buck. They had lost blood just 25 yards from hit site but we're smart enough to back out. When I arrived we started the track, Cooper took us 150 yards past where blood ended until I could see the eye shine of the buck, he was bedded 15 yards in front of me, facing me, I had Cooper stay, I yelled did they want ME to shoot, buddy yelled yes so I took a shot before the buck took off. Well I don't think I hit him after investigating his exit from the bed, and there wasn't much blood in the bed at all so that had me a little concerned but the buck had let me get close in open cover, he's obviously not feeling well. We thought the buck may be gone now across the road which was a short distance, although I'd normally back out we needed to confirm if we were going to have to end the track, was it on another property, we moved forward with Cooper to see if the deer crossed the road but another 75 yards further Cooper made a right turn and stayed in the woods, I looked ahead and could see the deer had bedded again just 30 yards in front of me. The deer bumped again as we tried to sneak in for the shot. We then used Cooper again to advance the track, the deer bumped and as the deer came toward us we were able to dispatch the buck, Cooper kept us on the deer and made some happy hunters.
2nd BUCK:
Cooper, Dachs and I were able to take a call 5 minutes from the house and make another recovery tonight, the hunters, now friends lost blood 75 yards after hit site before the deer left the field. With little to go on Cooper took to the track confidently and confirmed it was correct with blood at barbwire fence 150 yards past last blood. After crossing that and tracking another 75 yards we eventually found a bed with white hair in it but no blood. We restarted at the fence to confirm the track to bed and Cooper was able to work out a sharp backtrack to the original field where we dispatched the deer. The deer made a big loop, Cooper was first but Dachs impressed me the most navigated a backtrack out of a woundbed. It looked like a liver shot with ML.
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