NEED HELP!!!

[Cody Gruchow]

well the buck i have been hunting the past year gave me a shot today at 55-60 yards. slightly quartering towards me. well i had a decent rest and i did rush the shot a little, but i was confident i made a connectionon him. well on the shot he dropped his head real low and ran like that with his tail down. now the problem..... cant find any blood at all...looked for over an hour in the dark. with the primos blood hunter and also looked with the regular flashlight. all i found was a small amount of hair. now i may be just worrying a bit, but do you think i made a good hit with how he ran?

[jigglestick]

you'll find him.
he's down. with no blood, be sure to search every trail leading into or away from that area.
then make sure to cover the old "double back"
almost lost a forkie one year because of that, but i found him the next morning.
you'll robably even notice blood at or near the impact site. lets hope you didn't blow him out pushing to early.
good luck!

[Cody Gruchow]

Well i was confident that i had a good hit so i waited 30 minutes and the woods i shot him by are only 40 yards across its a small strip that seperates the driveway and the pheasant cover im just hopin that he is down the coyotes dont get him and that he didnt make it to the neighbors cause then its gonna be tough cause they anti

[ChrisWallace]

Well i was confident that i had a good hit so i waited 30 minutes and the woods i shot him by are only 40 yards across its a small strip that seperates the driveway and the pheasant cover im just hopin that he is down the coyotes dont get him and that he didnt make it to the neighbors cause then its gonna be tough cause they anti

Coyotes can be the best tracker you can have....next time if you can, call a buddy out and bring ya dinner and sit in your stand or where you last seen him go and listen...if there are yotes around, theyll find him, wait for their greeting than home in on them!

[22lex]

Well i was confident that i had a good hit so i waited 30 minutes and the woods i shot him by are only 40 yards across its a small strip that seperates the driveway and the pheasant cover im just hopin that he is down the coyotes dont get him and that he didnt make it to the neighbors cause then its gonna be tough cause they anti

Did you get back out there yet?

[Cody Gruchow]

No i havent been able to yet i have 2 hunts one this mornin and 1 this afternoon  also got a buddy to come help me for this afternoon hope i can find him i really dont want to lose this deer

[bowhunter73]

  Now I do not want to be the bad guy here but, you shot a deer last night and you think you hit it.
Pulling out last night was most likely a good idea.

 Then you logged on and seemed worried about finding the deer. But in the morning, you didn’t get back out and look for him. I personal think you should be looking for him and finishing last night’s hunt, instead of planning you next hunt.

Maybe just something to think about.

I have lost deer before but you can bet the bank I tried my best

[jigglestick]

No i havent been able to yet i have 2 hunts one this mornin and 1 this afternoon  also got a buddy to come help me for this afternoon hope i can find him i really dont want to lose this deer

umm call me stupid, but if you are guiding pheasant hunts or something where you have clients, it's still not acceptable.
you have an obligation as a hunter to get out there at first light and find the deer you wounded.

you better explain yourself, I'm borderline pissed here...and I dont care if I sound like the bad guy

[Big_D]

I would have been out at first light, that's your best opportunity if he was hit...lay down for the night and won't get back up

[beeker]

what type of white hair was it? with the tail down and head down my guess is a gut shot. sometimes the guts will plug the wound.. but if you didnt see any blood at the impact site that's not too likely from what you described.  you could have just grazed him.  or hit his briscuit in which case he's probably gone forever. your probably sick enough over this as it stands. either way it's cold enough where the meat will be fine if you find him today, otherwise you have to count this up as a learning experience in not forcing/rushing a shot.  if your around north branch let me know and I'll come help you look.

[Cody Gruchow]

Well just got back in from lookin and we came to a conclusion that i just grazed him its just a small amount of brown hair and thats it not even a drop of blood im sick enough about not droppin him right there and i tryed the best i could to get out this mornin but the boss would have none of it said that its cool enough for him to lay

[HUNTER2]

All you can do is just keep making circles tell you get tired of it. If it was white hair I would say belly or brisket, but when you say brown, I;m thinking to high or to far back. At least you tried.

[HD]

Did you find the arrow?

[22lex]

Did you find the arrow?

Gun, pretty sure.

[HD]

I guess I need some clarification then..........

It does not say in the original post 

Just that you had a decent rest....So, I would assume gun, but wasn't sure.

And at 55-60 yards, might be a little far for a rushed shot with a bow.........

The story was a little vague.......... 

[kenhuntin]

Grazing a deer usually leaves alot (LOTS)of hair. The amount of fat a Deer is carrying can close a pretty severe wound. I have had a heartshot Doe go 25 yards with no blood trail in the snow. Half of her heart was left and she had blobs of fat in front of her thighs and most every where else. I have no idea where this Deer was getting the diet coke from.

[jigglestick]

well i had a decent rest

this and the 55-60 yard shot made me lean towards firearm.

[GOLDTIP]

bad deal, definately makes it sound like a dandy and then just wait till tomorrow   wish i could see a deer

[Go Big Red!]

   Did you find him? 

[Cody Gruchow]

no, i just shaved him a little, i know this because the adjoing landowner said he seen him after i shot and he was to far for him to shoot but was walking fine and pestering the does.