[Dirtdog]

Just got of the phone with my Buddy down Arkansas, he said he shot a nice buck. Went down to look for his arrow...no blood. Found his arrow 15 yards from where the deer was in the opposite direction no blood on the Rage or shaft, but the fletching had some so so blood on it. Did he hit in no mans land? Any opinions? I didn't know what to tell him

 

[Dirtdog]

oh yah I also told him to smell the arrow or gut smell and he said the arrow was clean

 

[showmethejewels]

if he shot it with a rage it shouldve dropped right there tell him to give up

 

[MoBowman]

Probably just shot a bit low and cut it a bit. No blood on the shaft would mean no entry in my book.

 

[rangerdvr]

Tell him to go back home and chill out till the morning. Get on the trail tomorow. Best advice you can tell him

 

[Dirtdog]

Ya thats what he did, he left right away after finding his arrow.

 

[Refuze2falo]

I'd say resume search in the broad daylight

Circles and such. May find that blood trail in just a few mins?

 

[Mailman]

A few years back I shot a young doe right where you are supposed to hit them....right behind the shoulder. She was only about 15 yards from me. The arrow sliced right through her. She jumped at the hit and ran about 30 yards and stopped. I thought I had missed the way she was acting. She stood there for about 2 minutes and just laid down and died on the spot. Hardly any blood at all from her or along the path she ran. I went and looked at my arrow and it was clean as a whistle except for a couple of hairs on the fletchings. Once I opened her up she gushed out enough blood to float a boat. If she had ran out of sight I would have thought I had completely missed her. Todays bows are really fast and with the razor heads we use they slide through a deer especially a small one a bit to quick.

 

[hoboheaven]

[rquote=1514866&tid=105623&author=Mailman]A few years back I shot a young doe right where you are supposed to hit them....right behind the shoulder. She was only about 15 yards from me. The arrow sliced right through her. She jumped at the hit and ran about 30 yards and stopped. I thought I had missed the way she was acting. She stood there for about 2 minutes and just laid down and died on the spot. Hardly any blood at all from her or along the path she ran. I went and looked at my arrow and it was clean as a whistle except for a couple of hairs on the fletchings. Once I opened her up she gushed out enough blood to float a boat. If she had ran out of sight I would have thought I had completely missed her. Todays bows are really fast and with the razor heads we use they slide through a deer especially a small one a bit to quick.[/rquote]
Yep. I shot a small one one time and thought I missed the way she ran off. Went and looked and blood everywhere.. I would at least go back and look in the morning.

 

[Dirtdog]

Yah from the way he described it to me it sounded like from where the deer was shot at and from where he found the arrow there were in opposite directions