Youth buck shot, FOUND HIM
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11/02/19 08:58 PM
11/02/19 08:58 PM
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TurkeyTime
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Hello. This post is mainly for me to have a forum to express my thoughts. Youth rifle deer season started today so son and I went out this PM. We were in an elevated box stand and a big one came out but was skylined. We were getting ready and he spooked and went into the woods. He came back out, son got ready, and shot when he was broadside at 70 yards. 243 frangible bullet. Buck dropped then stumbled a few feet and went down. After a second or two he lunged forward 5 yards and went down and slowly flailed forward 5 yards. His head was all we could see as the body was in tall grass. For about 7-8 seconds he laid there, moved his head some, and kicked a little. I have shot a lot of deer and I thought he was dead on that spot. He started to try and get up so we got ready for another shot. The mowed clearing he went through was maybe 10 yards wide. Son shot again, I think it was another hit but am not sure. His back end wasn't cooperating and I don't know if he ever really got his back legs under him well. Excitement was high and after how he acted I was sure he was dead just inside the woods. We waited 10 min and went to look. We headed in the direction he was and couldn't see him, went back to the field and didn't find a blood trail which isn't surprising with these bullets, went back in the woods and no luck. We only covered an area 70 yds x 50 yds that he went into. It is a triangle shape with one side he went into and the other 2 a ditch. It was getting dark and based on no blood trail we headed back. We will head back in the morning and hopefully I can post a picture here tomorrow. That was long but the rest of my family doesn't care about hearing the play by play details. There are way worse things in life but a quick prayer our way never hurt.
Last edited by TurkeyTime; 11/03/19 09:34 PM.
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Re: Youth buck shot, no recovery yet, thoughts?
[Re: TurkeyTime]
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11/02/19 09:03 PM
11/02/19 09:03 PM
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danny clifton
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well its nice and cold tonight. hopefully it bleeds good internally and the coyotes don't get it
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Re: Youth buck shot, no recovery yet, thoughts?
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11/02/19 09:13 PM
11/02/19 09:13 PM
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Do you have a good tracking dog or even a bird dog would probably hold track? If see if a friend has one you can borrow. Make sure dog is on a leash or you may be looking for the dog too.
Garry-
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Re: Youth buck shot, no recovery yet, thoughts?
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11/02/19 09:33 PM
11/02/19 09:33 PM
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I bet you find him in the morning , but more important dont beat yourself up over it if you dont !
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Re: Youth buck shot, no recovery yet, thoughts?
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11/02/19 09:41 PM
11/02/19 09:41 PM
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I would guess he hit the shoulder and it shocked the spine but didn't penetrate through the shoulder bone and cartilage.
frangibles need to be placed in the neck for DRT or slipped through the ribs into the lungs to be effective and even then seldom any exit wound deer can still run a good distance with no lungs.
where was he aiming ?
I don't care for the frangible bullets I tried them a few years ago I recovered the deer shot through the high back ribs , the bullet base almost exited low on the opposite side I found what was left of it under the hide on the far side lungs were destroyed didn't hit the heart with the bullet , it ran about 30 yards completely bloodless and dropped.
I like 2 holes and a blood trail and won't be using the frangible bullets again unless needed in which case shot placement will need to be the neck or in a fairly open place so I can see it run a ways and go down.
I hope you find it int he morning and completely understand the need to talk it over and the wife and daughters not wanting to hear about it any more. my son and I are outnumbered it the house.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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