FIRST TIME EVER

sometimes when they are so tired from hammering does all week.. that when something stresses them they bed down.. happened to my buddies dads buck last year.. he shot him while he was chsing a doe.. ran like 60-70 yards bedded down for like 15 min then got up..this time of year they run themselves ragged.. hell be where he laid down for sure unless something bumped him.. which i doubt.. sounds liek you were very careful backing out. sounds like a great hunt..my brother got an 8point on saturday.. he shot him he took 15 steps and bedded down.. so this isnt too uncommon this time of year

Layed down cause he hurt. hopefully he didn't hear you marking the spot he layed first. If he didn't , should be a short morning trip to pick him up. Good luck.

We looked for him for 5 hours today.The blood stopped about 250 or 300 yards after tracking.We never did find my arrow.We wnet back an look where i shot found some white hair there and twig cut off.I'm hoping that i hit that twig an grazed his chest or belly.Still can't figure out why he went an layed down like he did.I suck

Bull Lifter he was broadsided at 26 yards ranged it today.I usally always see my arrow strike a deer but last night i didn't or did i hear a thud like when u blow through them.The blood trail was easy to follow up to where it ended.Where he laid down wasn't alot of blood but a descent amount with some white fur in it.I'm not sure if he would come to the well road or not.Boy do you guys every think about what you should of did different?

my guess is you may have hit the meaty part of the upper leg, my buddy almost the same story hit a doe saying he blew right threw the deer and saw the arrow come up high on bush, and i kept telling him if you blew threw the chest and got a pass threw the deer is gonna lay down and die, but not getting into his story too much im figuring he hit the leg too and the deer kicked it up "high"..one time i hit a doe smack dab in the shoulder and got about 6 inches my arrow in her and the blood was great for about 250 yards and then just stopped, it was more like a "thin' blood though kinda like a thing spray of blood and not big blown out drops everywhere. and I think about doing something different every time. hell i got my deer and thought to myself what if i woulda waited? would he have turned more broadside for me? orrrrr just RUN..but

just keep your head up, you'll get one. the same year i wounded the doe in ohio,(wounded a doe in pa too)
((on a side note for anyone else reading this, dont think i was an arrow flinger! both shots were under 20yrds...i hit the pa doe first far back and then the ohio doe in the shoulder..musta been afraid of shooting her far back too)).

i was "done" and my dad kinda pushed me into going back out and i did and a 3 point came under me and i drilled him(ohio).


sorry hearing that you didnt get him. its not too long til gun season so maybe he's still kicking and you'll get a chance at him that way!

yeah, atleast your trail cameras are still there and not stolen like mine