shoulder shot with a rage

• Sep 18, 2011

• #1

gobblergitter

Senior Member

Here's the deal. My son shot a deer with a rage bout 815 this am. The deer whirled at the shot and he feels the arrow smacked him square in the shoulder. He said got a little less than half the arrow length in penetration. We gonna wait til 1230 to go try and find his deer. The deer didn't bolt at the shot. Just loped off. He said no blood at point of impact but didnt go any farther looking for fear of spooking the deer. Whatcha think? Any chance of recovery? The penetration is what concerns me. We'll see in a little bit.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #2

dtala

Senior Member

half an arrow of penetration is into the opposite shoulder, plenty of penetration. Go find him.

troy

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #3

BattleAX

Member

Good luck man give us an update! If you live near Coweta CO I'd be more than happy to help you look.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #4

The Arrow Guru

Senior Member

Half an arrow. That's at least 12 - 14". The average deer is 14" wide. Go get your deer.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #5

lungbuster123

Senior Member

BIGRNYRS said:

Half an arrow. That's at least 12 - 14". The average deer is 14" wide. Go get your deer.

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x2 sounds like a dead deer to me.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #6

nscrash

Senior Member

dtala said:

half an arrow of penetration is into the opposite shoulder, plenty of penetration. Go find him.

troy

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x2 dead deer if thats the case!

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #7

Gentleman4561

Senior Member

Sounds like a dead deer. Good luck

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #8

Rip Steele

Senior Member

Were is the picture of the dead deer.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #9

John I. Shore

Senior Member

Found that deer yet? We are waiting......

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #10

yellowhammer73

Senior Member

2:23 pm you guys have any luck finding him? come on man some of had to stay home bound this weekend. please i am living thru you guys today.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #11

Killdee

Senior Member

Good luck, hope you find it.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #12

100hunter

Senior Member

Let us know asap.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #13

HatchetRX8

Member

Maybe he's just too busy skinning it to post that they found it. *crossing fingers*

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #14

Rip Steele

Senior Member

I keep checking but now I see he is looking at the post now

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #15

hound dog

Senior Member

Rip Steele said:

I keep checking but now I see he is looking at the post now

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Hmmmm

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #16

gobblergitter

Senior Member

Well guys no luck. Waited til 1230 to get on trail. Found one small speck of blood close to impact spot. Spent 45 minutes looking for the next spot only to find it close to 40 yds away. Started trailing decent blood then it would stop. Pick it up again then lose it. Long story short we looked til 400 and covered probably 300 yds through the woods til it ran out at the edge of a 100 acre cotton field. Waded in cotton til it got chest high and gave up. Never found the arrow. Assuming its still in him. Just don't know what happened. Blood never looked like lung blood. Never found where he laid down. Maybe it wasnt a lethal hit. Just dont know. If you hunt long enough, is gonna happen.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #17

HatchetRX8

Member

I hate that for ya. Like you said, if you hunt long enough it WILL happen. Take it in stride and on to the next hunt. I missed my first deer I shot at with a bow a couple years ago and am waiting to redeem myself. I'm sure it will be running through my mind when I draw back on the next.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #18

BattleAX

Member

Sorry to hear the story end like this, I know a bunch of folks were following this thread pretty closely with their fingers crossed! You are right that it's an unavoidable eventuality for any bow hunter though. I remember the deer lost more than the ones recovered sometimes! Sounds like you guys gave it all you had though, if anything changes let us know!

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #19

hound dog

Senior Member

Sorry man. It happens to the best of us.

 

• Sep 18, 2011

• #20

JDARRACOTT

Senior Member

I had the same thing happen to me last year with a rage. A shoulder shot is hard to track when it doesn't come out the other side. The bone around the arrow will stop most of your blood and keep it internal.