bad deal
digger
9/13/07 11:36pm
dont kill me on this. I was bow hunting one of my favorite spots when I dropped Of a ridge into a very small canyom and there was a spike a cow and a calf being in a spike only unit he was perfect I closed the distance from 200yds to 50 took my shot and the arrow flew way high and left but the bull went down i watched him for about 20 min and he didnt move I was sure he was dead
I walked down to where he was and he stood up with my arrow sticking from his temple at a downward angle I tried to get another shot but couldnt ive looked for him for a week and a half and no luck this is the first animal ive shot and not found it sucks but i found a stolen jeep stuck about a mile up a reclaimed rpoad and had a bull moose chase me from about 200 yds from my truck too about 2 miles a away in the dark so it was an adventure. this is the short version ive tried to post this twice and lost it so i'msick of typein sorry about the grammer Ive had a couple of drinks
I walked down to where he was and he stood up with my arrow sticking from his temple at a downward angle I tried to get another shot but couldnt ive looked for him for a week and a half and no luck this is the first animal ive shot and not found it sucks but i found a stolen jeep stuck about a mile up a reclaimed rpoad and had a bull moose chase me from about 200 yds from my truck too about 2 miles a away in the dark so it was an adventure. this is the short version ive tried to post this twice and lost it so i'msick of typein sorry about the grammer Ive had a couple of drinks
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I understand your pain on not only losing the bull, but waisting an animal. Any ethical hunter hates for that to happen and does everything in thier power to avoid it. However, you stated that you have looked for the bull for a week and I commend you for your efforts. A less ethical hunter would have chalked it up as a lost animal and just continued his/her hunt.
It sounds to me like you've done everything you can to recover the animal. I guess you can take solace in that, get your bow sited in again, and see if you can fill that tag again.
About 10 years ago I hit a buck high and to the rear for much the same reason. As I found out later, somehow my scope got knocked off center and I was shooting high/right. I looked for the buck for the remainder of the season and for two days afterward with no luck. It REALLY bothered me that I was unable to recover him. Since that day I site and re-site my rifle as often as possible in an attempt to keep that from happening again.
Good luck my friend and good luck.
Believe it or not, he may make it. Strange things have happened. I remember reading a story about a guy who was rifle hunting and had a buck walk directly to him, never lifting it's head. The hunter took the buck only to find out why it never lifter it's head. There was an arrow that had entered from behind the neck and through the head, sticking out in front of the the nose.
Now, there's now way that deer would have survived this throughout the rest of the year, but did survive long enough for another hunter to harvest it.
If the arrow didn't penetrate the skull, there's a good chance it may survive. Or it may be harvested by another hunter. You might have just given it a splitting head ache, no pun intended (well, maybe just a little bit!).
I now have an excuse for all my problems!
I'm just playin with ya man! In all seriousness that's too bad, but it happens. Nobody likes it when it does, but, it happens! Hang in there!
I'd say if this buck can make it so can your bull.
Just plain crazy.