A Real Bummer

[JoePa]

The grandson shot at a buck and knows he hit it - we go down to the edge of the pond where the deer was - a lot of blood in one spot - close to a cup of blood - see a blood trail leaving the spot and start to follow - at this point there are 4 of us looking and trying to follow the blood trail - we see one spot where there is some blood with issue - it starts getting dark but we try for an hour - the blood trail becomes spotty and it is hard to follow - so we decide to come back Sunday morning to continue to look - 2 try to find the blood trail and 2 keep looking around the woods - after about 5 hours we give up - can't find anymore blood - can't say that we didn't try to find the deer - figure what happened was it was a single lung shot which finally stopped bleeding but the deer still had one good lung and kept going - the grandson was using a 243 which I think is marginal for deer - next year I'll let him use one of the lever action .35 Remington I have - we did manage to keep 4 doe so far - got another week of rifle season then archery after Christmas - stay safe guys - Joe

[Marker]

Good work getting the kids out hunting.

[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

The .243 will do just fine.

It's all about proper shot placement.

I have lost a few deer over the years to. It happens and hope it doesn't rattle and discourage him too much.

[sabmgb]

Should have tried a tracking dog. Not sure of your area but there seems to be a lot around. I know there is one in Ontario and it is volunteer, maybe help pay for gas. But don't let the young lad fret to much, it happens to everyone. I know of 2 already this year and they both have my number and know I would bring my dog to find it even the next day. I'd think a 243 is enough of gun as well. Like a bow have to keep in mind the angle of the shot.

[glen]

If use a 243 on the biggest whitetail there is out to 300y.

[Species8472]

Regardless of the lost buck good to hear you are still kicking and out in the woods. How old are you now? 90? Merry Xmas from a 60 something pagan who can grudgingly respect your tenacity as an old white Christian Yankee.

[JoePa]

Regardless of the lost buck good to hear you are still kicking and out in the woods. How old are you now? 90? Merry Xmas from a 60 something pagan who can grudgingly respect your tenacity as an old white Christian Yankee.

yep - I'm 91 now - can't see as good as I did - can't hear as good as I did - can't get around as good as I did - but still going - can't complain - I have a couple sons and now 2 grandsons who are into hunting - had a lot of action last Saturday - the one grandson dropped two doe and the other had a crack at a buck - I'm blessed with a nice large family

[Found]

yep - I'm 91 now - can't see as good as I did - can't hear as good as I did - can't get around as good as I did - but still going - can't complain - I have a couple sons and now 2 grandsons who are into hunting - had a lot of action last Saturday - the one grandson dropped two doe and the other had a crack at a buck - I'm blessed with a nice large family

91 and still getting out, I hope I can be so fortunate.

[FISH-ON]

By chance can you pass on his #? We hunt in WMU 81, lost a doe this year we kept bumping...after 3hrs of trekking no more blood trail once the doe found a swamp

Should have tried a tracking dog. Not sure of your area but there seems to be a lot around. I know there is one in Ontario and it is volunteer, maybe help pay for gas. But don't let the young lad fret to much, it happens to everyone. I know of 2 already this year and they both have my number and know I would bring my dog to find it even the next day. I'd think a 243 is enough of gun as well. Like a bow have to keep in mind the angle of the shot.