4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I shot a decent buck about 3:45, 20 yard shot. I shot, I hit his shoulder, the arrow only went in about 4 inches, I saw him take a few steps, and the arrow came out. He limped off, with his left front leg being held up, totally limping like a dog would limp with a sore paw. It bled a lot, like cup fulls every 10 feet for about 100 yards, where a couple spots within 50 yards he stopped, which I visually saw, where he bled 6 inch wide, 2 feet long spots. Then about 100yards, it started to get smaller, like 1-3 inch spots every 10 feet, then 1 inch spots every 20 feet, then it was gone. We went about 200 yards before we lost blood. I let him sit from 345 until 5 before I left stand, and I only walked to the arrow, and looked at it, then went and got some help. I never saw any hair, the blood wasnt pink with tiny bubbles, just red blood. Never say and fat chunks.
My question, is 4 inched deep enough to hit the heart? Is it a mere flesh wound, that just bled a lot? He went towards someones land I dont have permission, so I stopped for tonight, with plans to ask permission in the morning. Just kicking myself, not being able to find it tonight. The wolves, and coyotes have been thick around here lately, and I even got a picture of one while we were tracking.
My question, is 4 inched deep enough to hit the heart? Is it a mere flesh wound, that just bled a lot? He went towards someones land I dont have permission, so I stopped for tonight, with plans to ask permission in the morning. Just kicking myself, not being able to find it tonight. The wolves, and coyotes have been thick around here lately, and I even got a picture of one while we were tracking.