Pictures Buck Shot...Don't know what to think now..... - Page 3

flatcoats · 11-08-2008, 05:12 PM

5 1/2 hours, over 500 yards of blood. no buck. looked like he never bedded down and just continued to chase the doe all night. some spots of blood the size of a basketball and extremely dark red. eventually just lost the blood trail and was about 200 yards into a standing corn field. doesnt look good. he just never laid down to stiffen up.

Matt Watson · 11-09-2008, 01:32 PM

I talked to the neighboring landowner and asked him to give me a call if anything turns up.

**Catfishsteve** · 11-09-2008, 02:45 PM

Dang. Sorry man!

It happens. Take a deep breath and press on!

DiggerDog · 11-09-2008, 05:25 PM

Keep your head up and continue to hunt the area. You just might get another shot at him.

Matt Watson · 11-10-2008, 03:17 PM

Went and hunted my new piece of property this morning. The landowner asked me to shoot some does so that was the plan. At around 7:30 i spotted a big doe and 2 fawns to the north heading my way. They were moving the wrong way and very close to downwind so i was hoping they wouldn't wind me. As they slowly worked their way toward me following a trail that would put them at 28 yards, i readied myself for the shot. I drew, stopped her in my shooting lane and let her have it. The arrow flew perfect disappearing behind her shoulder. If she would have ran another 5 yards along the trail she was using i would have gotten a pic of her on my trail cam but instead she went behind it crashing through all sorts of stuff. She found her way to a brush pile and shortly thereafter she was done. Went probably 40-50 yards. Ended up getting both lungs and making a large slice through the heart. (Now if i only could have done this last week) Believe it or not the buck that i lost last week dumped twice as much blood as this doe. That makes 4 does so far. Feels good to have a little redemption.

DiggerDog · 11-10-2008, 03:35 PM

Nice doe; nice job.

tc_topshot · 11-10-2008, 03:37 PM

Great looking doe there matt! good shooting!

BPbowhunter · 11-10-2008, 05:23 PM

Nice doe!

Waterfowler · 11-10-2008, 06:15 PM

Good Job Matt!! Way to bounce back strong

Scotty · 11-10-2008, 07:01 PM

A few years we back we looked for a buck that was shot well, great blood trail, but could not find in a week of searching. Next year it was shot, and when we caped it there was a scar from the arrow passing through the year before. just didn't collapse the lungs for some reason.

11-09-2008, 05:25 PM	#44 (permalink)
DiggerDog Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: At home, in the field, in a blind, in a boat, at our cabin, on a plane, or in a hotel room Posts: 454 Thanks: 14 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	Keep your head up and continue to hunt the area. You just might get another shot at him. __________________ "When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first." - Ernest Hemingway

11-10-2008, 03:35 PM	#46 (permalink)
DiggerDog Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: At home, in the field, in a blind, in a boat, at our cabin, on a plane, or in a hotel room Posts: 454 Thanks: 14 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts	Nice doe; nice job. __________________ "When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first." - Ernest Hemingway

11-10-2008, 03:37 PM	#47 (permalink)
tc_topshot Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Broken Bow/Lincoln Posts: 385 Thanks: 6 Thanked 7 Times in 4 Posts	Great looking doe there matt! good shooting! __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid." - Murphy's Laws of Combat

11-10-2008, 05:23 PM	#48 (permalink)
BPbowhunter 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 2,514 Thanks: 8 Thanked 32 Times in 24 Posts	Nice doe! __________________ Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

11-10-2008, 06:15 PM	#49 (permalink)
Waterfowler Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Elkhorn Posts: 67 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Good Job Matt!! Way to bounce back strong __________________ aim small... miss small Last edited by Waterfowler; 11-10-2008 at 06:21 PM.

11-08-2008, 05:12 PM	#41 (permalink)
flatcoats Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,329 Thanks: 15 Thanked 39 Times in 29 Posts	5 1/2 hours, over 500 yards of blood. no buck. looked like he never bedded down and just continued to chase the doe all night. some spots of blood the size of a basketball and extremely dark red. eventually just lost the blood trail and was about 200 yards into a standing corn field. doesnt look good. he just never laid down to stiffen up.

11-09-2008, 01:32 PM	#42 (permalink)
Matt Watson Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 222 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	I talked to the neighboring landowner and asked him to give me a call if anything turns up.

11-09-2008, 02:45 PM	#43 (permalink)
Catfishsteve Director Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plattsmouth, NE Posts: 6,847 Thanks: 22 Thanked 115 Times in 35 Posts	Dang. Sorry man! It happens. Take a deep breath and press on!

11-10-2008, 03:17 PM	#45 (permalink)
Matt Watson Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 222 Thanks: 3 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Went and hunted my new piece of property this morning. The landowner asked me to shoot some does so that was the plan. At around 7:30 i spotted a big doe and 2 fawns to the north heading my way. They were moving the wrong way and very close to downwind so i was hoping they wouldn't wind me. As they slowly worked their way toward me following a trail that would put them at 28 yards, i readied myself for the shot. I drew, stopped her in my shooting lane and let her have it. The arrow flew perfect disappearing behind her shoulder. If she would have ran another 5 yards along the trail she was using i would have gotten a pic of her on my trail cam but instead she went behind it crashing through all sorts of stuff. She found her way to a brush pile and shortly thereafter she was done. Went probably 40-50 yards. Ended up getting both lungs and making a large slice through the heart. (Now if i only could have done this last week) Believe it or not the buck that i lost last week dumped twice as much blood as this doe. That makes 4 does so far. Feels good to have a little redemption.

11-10-2008, 07:01 PM	#50 (permalink)
Scotty Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Grand Island Posts: 268 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	A few years we back we looked for a buck that was shot well, great blood trail, but could not find in a week of searching. Next year it was shot, and when we caped it there was a scar from the arrow passing through the year before. just didn't collapse the lungs for some reason.

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