Bright and early the next morning, the family heads out to blood trail.
Hair at the shot site, pick up spots of blood five yards later. Dried overnight, but it is dark, not watery. No appreciable smell that I can tell.
Twenty yards from the start, a very bloody arrow. Right at the lip of the canyon. Dark, no bubbles, I am starting to think liver.
Struggling with the trail a little bit, and finally lose it. Three of us start circles, I send Ian over to check a steep cut. Historically the deer tend to end up in the bottoms of two cuts, running into the canyon.
First one came up empty, so I send him to the next one.....
A very happy young man with his FIRST archery buck.
And a very proud Father that had to get into a pic, per Mom's orders.
Bow is a Sarrel's Blueridge S/R purchased off the St. Judes auction a few years ago and promptly confiscated by my son. 48 @ 28. He is drawing 26", maybe a shade more as he keeps growing.
Arrows are Easton Traditionals, 27 1/4", Eclipse broadheads w/insert that weigh 200gr, with a total arrow weight of 514gr.
The buck ended up traveling about 100 yards. Upon autopsy, the liver was sliced open, and the back of one lung hit.
Entry was mid body, smack in between the hindquarters and ribs. Ian was spot on, but missed the quartering away angle. Exit was 3.5 ribs in from the back.
Did not spend a lot of time with pics and such as Mom and Dad had work, the boys had school.
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