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Assuming that it was a gut shot I would suggest pushing the deer.
It had a whole night of not being pushed so it has probably calmed
down and stiffened up a bit. I would say push the deer until you
find it, if you jump him and he gets away, then take a break for
about 45 minutes. When ever he moves he will probably tear open
anything that may have healed, pushing him should tire him out.
He probably had enough energy last night to go along ways, maybe
miles. I would suggest lining at least 3 people up. One on the
track, the others off to each side. Have the 2 outside guys just
look for the deer, the one on the track should concentrate on the
track. He may be watching his backtrack, so move as quietly and
as quickly as you can. The outside 2 will probably be the ones
that see him first.
Keep that deer moving.
--Bob
P.S. I have no experience in this matter, this is from memory from
reading.
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I would be MOST concerned about not being able to pick up a major
blood trail. Who knows how long the deer can run over the countryside
before he succuums. And when he does drop for good I would say it'll
be from urine poisoning his system. From what you say it sounds
like the bladder was hit, or the hit caused him to loose control
of his bladder.
All in all I couldn't imagine tracking a deer that was able to
get away after a hit like this, and show practically no blood trail
for over 600 yards. Like .1 said, if you find the trail, hound it,
but if it disappears you might want to just try a "scouring" of
the area. Try to pick up a "delayed" blood trail that could have
occured maybe 1000 yards after the hit. A deer's body cavity, from
what I understand, will contain a lot of internal bleeding until
it becomes impossible for the region to contain the blood. Then
it'll start to exit from the wound...
Either way, good luck in finding it!
Joe
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"MOST concerned"....
Like I said Joe, there was no blood for over 600 yds... he was dragging
one of his legs through the snow though, which made the tracking
process a little easier... as this area is full of deer and the
tracks are everywhere.. the little snow that is left has really
helped... but no blood... i can't get over it, but last year Dave
Ayotte hit his deer in the liver and paunch and there was no blood
for 300+ yds, however the deer did drop due to the liver being hit...
Iv'e never tracked or been involved in a gut shot trailing job before,
with the exception of Dave's (but his was hit in a vital organ),
this one looks like a long tracking job... Anyone know how long
they can keep moving from this hit.... and will he act normally
until he expires? meaning should someone take a stand and wit him
out... this is really pissing me off cause i'm not even the one
who shot the damn thing and i'm all worried about it!!! And to top
it off i'm stuck in this place today...
Fra
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| Boy,what a mess, as well as a shame.hate to hear of a deer thats
hit and leaves you wondering.sounds like it was hit in the rear
leg of which the arrow passed thru the urine tract.if it was hit
in the leg or the gut it will go for a real good distance.but not
being pushed when it was shot it could of also layed down,but where?
is there some type of swamp or heavy greens nearby.depending on
the area and only you know that and the direction,ask yourself if
you were a deer where would you go? 600 yds you say,deer tend to
make a circle,did it start to? did you zig zag.no blood,drop here
drop there,i tracked a deer this year same stuff drop here drop
there i mean a drop the size of your baby finger every 30 or so yds.
to my self i said,when this deer stops and stands still i should
see a pool of blood,of which i did,after 400 yds,when the deer started
to move again i was back to a drop here and there.this deer was
also shot at 4:30 pm and not tracked til the following A.M.. in
the slash no snow also it rained all that night,which made tracking
tuff.when i could no longer find blood cause in the slash no prints
were left i went back to where the last blood was seen (left my hat
there)and started to zig zag ,thats how i found the pool of blood,she
was heading you gussed it, for the swamp.spent two days going back to
the last blood dozens of times but never found the deer.the color
of blood was a deep maroon,what was yours? I have to say i tracked
at least a thousand yds and could no longer find anything.I belive
that the deer was dead in the swamp somewhere.to bad,like you i
did not shoot this deer but it still bothers me today to lose such
a fine animal,a clean miss would of been so much easier to swallow
keep trying ,don,t give up ,go slow ,try zig zaging its worked more
than once.if the guy who shot it said it ran to the left try the
right,a friend of mine shot a deer and when we could no longer find
the track,he said i saw it running to the left,I found the deer
to the right 20 yds under a blowdown that we had walked by and around
many times.
I wish you guys the BEST and let us know.
Rick..
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