Live from the stand thread

[bueller]

It was a fun morning in the stand. There was a deer in the field when I went to the stand on the e-bike , but the red lamp I used did not scare it, it just walked out of the field. Twenty minutes before shooting light a friend text me birthday wishes. When I responded, a buck snort-wheezed close by and continued to snort-wheeze at least 20 times as he left the area. As I “reflected” on being busted, I realized the light from my phone (which I held low—well under the line of sight for the deer) reflected on my eye glasses. Lesson learned! Around sunrise a doe entered the plot…and the rest is history. I found the lighted nock at the point of impact, but no arrow. This started a long blood trail that went off our property, so I decided to give the doe some time and go home to enjoy a birthday breakfast of baked oatmeal and sausage. Afterwards I resumed the search. About 10 yards accross the property line I found the bolt, sans the broadhead. Another 50 yards or so I found the deer near in the tickets just over the property line. Thus ends a memorable view from the stand.
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Congrats and happy birthday!

 

[Brian662]

 

[T-Max]

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You are such a tease…


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[Brian662]

You are such a tease…


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I probably jumped the gun, I haven't recovered him yet...

 

[Brian662]

Any of you blood hounds have an idea on this arrow blood? Shot looked good, but it always makes me nervous when I don’t find much blood by the arrow. I backed out and waiting for a friend to show up. It'll be 4+ hours from the shot until we press on looking for him but it'll be after dark. Wish I was more in tune with reading blood on an arrow.

 

[356]

Any of you blood hounds have an idea on this arrow blood? Shot looked good, but it always makes me nervous when I don’t find much blood by the arrow. I backed out and waiting for a friend to show up. It'll be 4+ hours from the shot until we press on looking for him but it'll be after dark. Wish I was more in tune with reading blood on an arrow.
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Give it the sniff test. I’d say liver/stomach. I’m interested in what others think.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I’m not great at blood, hell im colorblind, but is there any chance it was back some based on what I’ve seeing there?

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Give it the sniff test. I’d say liver/stomach. I’m interested in what others think.

That’s where my head initially went

 

[356]

I’m in a south property stand. Beautiful evening but no deer yet. I watched several buzzards eating what was likely rodents who didn’t survive the combining.

 

[Brian662]

It was back a little further than textbook but it doesn't smell at all like guts. I have to assume without gut smell it was in the vitals somewhere. He dropped and spun from the sound of the bow, but I saw the arrow sticking out his backside when he bounded off, complete pass through.

How long do you wait on a liver shot?

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

It was back a little further than textbook but it doesn't smell at all like guts. I have to assume without gut smell it was in the vitals somewhere. He dropped and spun from the sound of the bow, but I saw the arrow sticking out his backside when he bounded off, complete pass through.

How long do you wait on a liver shot?

Honestly a while. I know you said it would 4 hours butd that’s minimum in my mind. Liver to me is the one where you just want them to lay down and die. I think with a liver shot they can potentially be well enough to get up if you jump them and go for a long way or they can lay down lick their wounds and never get up.

 

[fishin coyote]

If you think it’s a liver shot, 8 hrs minimum would be my recommendation… I forgot to say Good luck I hope he’s laying in the 1st bed

 

[356]

It was back a little further than textbook but it doesn't smell at all like guts. I have to assume without gut smell it was in the vitals somewhere. He dropped and spun from the sound of the bow, but I saw the arrow sticking out his backside when he bounded off, complete pass through.

How long do you wait on a liver shot?

Generally 4 hours for a liver is sufficient. If the weather is cool, go longer unless you have a high risk of coyotes or bears. Good luck on the recovery.

 

[Brian662]

Trailed it for 150 yards on a light and spotty trail, didn't find any beds. Decided to back out and will try again tomorrow hopefully with the help of a dog or drone.

 

[Brian662]

Sorry to leave you guys hanging. Searched with the drone for 2.5 hours this morning before I decided to pick back up the blood trail. Found him 20 yards from where we stopped looking last night, stiff as a board, died on the run.

Wasted time and money on the drone but I guess it was cool to see the capabilities. Also got to see that there were mature bucks in the area (and I mean pretty close) that I've never had on camera...pretty incredible really.

Didn't get a tape on him, shot was back a little as expected, believe it was liver and single lung. He went 150 yards, died on the run, must have expired within minutes of the shot.

 

[Mortenson]

Congrats!! Love mass

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

Sorry to leave you guys hanging. Searched with the drone for 2.5 hours this morning before I decided to pick back up the blood trail. Found him 20 yards from where we stopped looking last night, stiff as a board, died on the run.

Wasted time and money on the drone but I guess it was cool to see the capabilities. Also got to see that there were mature bucks in the area (and I mean pretty close) that I've never had on camera...pretty incredible really.

Didn't get a tape on him, shot was back a little as expected, believe it was liver and single lung. He went 150 yards, died on the run, must have expired within minutes of the shot.

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Hammer! Congrats! So you meant the drone didn’t find it but you were able to?

 

[bwoods11]

That’s a damn nice buck !!

 

[Brian662]

Hammer! Congrats! So you meant the drone didn’t find it but you were able to?

Correct, the overhead canopy was too thick for the thermal to penetrate.

 

[T-Max]

Slammer, dude! Great buck! He looks to be in good shape still too!