The buck was now only 15 yds away following the same path as the other deer. He stopped a step or two just short of my small opening to shoot, in heavy brush. It appeared he was looking at the other deer.
In slow motion, the buck stepped into the small shooting lane. I remember picking a spot on the buck and starting to pull the Great Northern Critter Gitter longbow back. The next thing I know, the woodden arrow, with a STOS broadhead is
sticking into the buck at the spot I was looking at, up to the white bannana flething.
The buck was running flat out instantly. He ran into the woods in the direction of the other deer. I could hear him running for about 120 yds then everything was quiet. I did not hear him crash like I thought I would. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? Was the shot not as good as it looked? Did he go down and I didn't hear him?
I finally came to my senses. I took an arrow out of my Arrowmaster Quiver and shot it in the quail habitat where the buck was standing. I climbed out of the tree as quiet as possible and headed back to the house. I called my bowhunting buddy and told him what happened. He has a female wirehaired dachshund that is just under 2 yrs old, born and bred to track deer.
It took us over an hour to get the dog, lights etc, before we got back to where I had shot the buck. We started the dog right where I had shot the arrow into the ground for a starting point. Within 20 yds that little wirehaired dachshund had the blood trail. At 60 yds we found th back half of the arrow. It looked good, however, the blood trail was not the best. The little dog was working her majic and at about 120 yds we found where it looked like the buck had laid down. There was quite of bit of blood but it was not good that the buck was not laying there dead. We stopped and discussed whether we should stop and come back in the morning. I said lets take the track another 30 yds and see what happens. We took the blood tail about 10 steps and buddy turns around and says congratulations! There is your buck. The shot was quartering away just a little. It took out both lungs but most of the blood stayed in the deer. He made it about 150 yds from where it shot him. What a great night! This is the best buck I have ever taken.
I am going to send some photos to another member to see if he can post me them for me.
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