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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1344216" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>I've had the opportunity to trail dozens of deer for myself and several other people (mainly others...) since I was a kid</p><p>The one thing I can say, is that there are no absolute truths to trailing a deer. They can and will break all the "rules" people will tell you they follow. There are things that the generally do, but don't bet the farm on any of it. I could talk for hours about the weird trails I've been on.</p><p></p><p>Some tips:</p><p></p><p>1. <strong>Don't push the deer. Give it time, it's better safe than sorry.</strong> I usually get down and find my arrow/shot spot and look for blood. I mark it and wait 20-30 minutes if I'm 99.9% certain I drilled the shot. If you think you have a gut/liver shot...wait several hours before taking up the trail.</p><p>That's hard where I hunt in the evening, because a deer left overnight is usually eaten by varmints.</p><p></p><p>2.<strong> Immediately landmark in your head where your deer was standing and what direction he ran at the shot. </strong>Get down and look for blood/arrow/leaf disturbance at the shot spot and mark it with something. Note the direction of travel, and then wait a bit depending on what you think of your shot/sign you found. Read your arrow, it can tell you a lot. Bright blood? Dark blood? Odor? I like white feather instead of blazers for this reason. They show more.</p><p></p><p>3. A hard hit deer will usually die within a couple hundred yards at the most, unless you push it. You jump a gut/liver shot deer from his bed....you're in trouble.</p><p></p><p>4. A double lung shot will almost always leave very good blood trail, bright pink with bubbles in it. Huge spray at the shot spot. I've never seen a double lunged deer go further than about 60 yards and drop dead in seconds.</p><p></p><p>5. A single lunged deer (shot at close range from a high angle, pretty much straight down) can go a long ways, and leave a sparse blood trail. You may not find this deer. </p><p></p><p>6. <strong>The hardest hit deer will not always leave a good blood trail, or even leave one at all. Look for clipped hair at the shot spot to confirm a hit, I've found that more than once on deer that didn't bleed externally.</strong> You can often tell where on the body the hair is from by color/texture/length. We had a heart shot (gun) buck that did this last year, left no blood until 5 yards before he dropped. He only went 45 yards, but between the thick brush and no blood...it took over 4 hours to find him. The clipped hair confirmed the shot, that was all we had.</p><p></p><p>7. Don't be afraid to put a second arrow/bullet in your deer should you need to. Quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1344216, member: 4319"] I've had the opportunity to trail dozens of deer for myself and several other people (mainly others...) since I was a kid The one thing I can say, is that there are no absolute truths to trailing a deer. They can and will break all the "rules" people will tell you they follow. There are things that the generally do, but don't bet the farm on any of it. I could talk for hours about the weird trails I've been on. Some tips: 1. [B]Don't push the deer. Give it time, it's better safe than sorry.[/B] I usually get down and find my arrow/shot spot and look for blood. I mark it and wait 20-30 minutes if I'm 99.9% certain I drilled the shot. If you think you have a gut/liver shot...wait several hours before taking up the trail. That's hard where I hunt in the evening, because a deer left overnight is usually eaten by varmints. 2.[B] Immediately landmark in your head where your deer was standing and what direction he ran at the shot. [/B]Get down and look for blood/arrow/leaf disturbance at the shot spot and mark it with something. Note the direction of travel, and then wait a bit depending on what you think of your shot/sign you found. Read your arrow, it can tell you a lot. Bright blood? Dark blood? Odor? I like white feather instead of blazers for this reason. They show more. 3. A hard hit deer will usually die within a couple hundred yards at the most, unless you push it. You jump a gut/liver shot deer from his bed....you're in trouble. 4. A double lung shot will almost always leave very good blood trail, bright pink with bubbles in it. Huge spray at the shot spot. I've never seen a double lunged deer go further than about 60 yards and drop dead in seconds. 5. A single lunged deer (shot at close range from a high angle, pretty much straight down) can go a long ways, and leave a sparse blood trail. You may not find this deer. 6. [B]The hardest hit deer will not always leave a good blood trail, or even leave one at all. Look for clipped hair at the shot spot to confirm a hit, I've found that more than once on deer that didn't bleed externally.[/B] You can often tell where on the body the hair is from by color/texture/length. We had a heart shot (gun) buck that did this last year, left no blood until 5 yards before he dropped. He only went 45 yards, but between the thick brush and no blood...it took over 4 hours to find him. The clipped hair confirmed the shot, that was all we had. 7. Don't be afraid to put a second arrow/bullet in your deer should you need to. Quickly. [/QUOTE]
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