Post by BT on Sept 27, 2008 18:31:54 GMT -5
Well....I got a call at around 5:00PM today but I was at a customers home (doing a bid) so I didn't pick up....even though I saw that it was Spiker 
First thing that went through my mind was that he had hit a deer and was calling me from the stand
6:00....Spiker gets me and sure enough....
But....
He had been looking for maybe an hour and no blood
On a 20 yard broadside shot
With a spitfire
My reaction?.....
So....
We went over the shot
Where I ask....
In the crease he says.....tight and high
And did you hear it open I ask
Yes he says....just like on the turkey
Do you know right where she was standing when she got hit I ask
Yes he says
And there was a half handful of hair there...right?
No....nothing he says
So....now we start talking about the shot and suddenly he interrupts and says that his friend just found blood
SO.... thats pretty much all I know at this point.
His friend and he both heard a crash after the exiting deer disappeared into the woods but Spiker said that the deer was running super fast with 1/2 the arrow (fletch end) sticking out of it.
My guess is that the arrow hit the off side shoulder/leg and the deer is down 120 - 150 yards out.
I have the evening free (kind of) so I will be headed up (3 hours north) if he needs the dog.
No worries....if he hit brown it's down with the spitfire (IMO)
If I can get there before the rain , we will get that deer
First thing that went through my mind was that he had hit a deer and was calling me from the stand
6:00....Spiker gets me and sure enough....
But....
He had been looking for maybe an hour and no blood
On a 20 yard broadside shot
With a spitfire
My reaction?.....
So....
We went over the shot
Where I ask....
In the crease he says.....tight and high
And did you hear it open I ask
Yes he says....just like on the turkey
Do you know right where she was standing when she got hit I ask
Yes he says
And there was a half handful of hair there...right?
No....nothing he says
So....now we start talking about the shot and suddenly he interrupts and says that his friend just found blood
SO.... thats pretty much all I know at this point.
His friend and he both heard a crash after the exiting deer disappeared into the woods but Spiker said that the deer was running super fast with 1/2 the arrow (fletch end) sticking out of it.
My guess is that the arrow hit the off side shoulder/leg and the deer is down 120 - 150 yards out.
I have the evening free (kind of) so I will be headed up (3 hours north) if he needs the dog.
No worries....if he hit brown it's down with the spitfire (IMO)
If I can get there before the rain , we will get that deer
Good luck !!!
Ended up doing a grid search 150yds in the direction where she ran. Came up clean. My verdict is she was able to drop away from my already high shot and I missed completely. Just wish I could find my arrow to comfirm it.