Bitter sweet

[ken frearson]

A week ago I went back up on the hill to revisit a tracking job I had on a buck I lost last bow season on my property. I spent half one night and more than half the next day looking for him after the shot. I had a good blood trail for a couple hundred yards then nothing. Most of my neighbors call me when they loose a deer cause most likely I will find it I cause I've been successfully tracking critters for 50years . This one I did not, well I knew it wasn't over and went back on the mission looking for light colored leaves knowing it would be from deer hair scattered we're he layed. That's what I found at first then 40 yrds away there's the head and he's a beauty I had him aged he's deemed to be at least 4 1/2 .

 

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[whaler1]

Subject title is dead on.  Had to really suck at the time but pretty cool to finally find him.  Special deer.

[Gill-T]

Glad you found it. Good thing coyotes don’t eat antler. I lost a doe this fall that I 10 ringed with a perfect shot. The neighbor found her 500 yards away.  Arrow must have found a gap between vital organs and did not cut enough. You do this long enough it will happen 

[scobar]

Call Deer Search, we are licensed with DEC to track w a dog


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[Eastforkmarine]

A week ago I went back up on the hill to revisit a tracking job I had on a buck I lost last bow season on my property. I spent half one night and more than half the next day looking for him after the shot. I had a good blood trail for a couple hundred yards then nothing. Most of my neighbors call me when they loose a deer cause most likely I will find it I cause I've been successfully tracking critters for 50years . This one I did not, well I knew it wasn't over and went back on the mission looking for light colored leaves knowing it would be from deer hair scattered we're he layed. That's what I found at first then 40 yrds away there's the head and he's a beauty I had him aged he's deemed to be at least 4 1/2 .
 
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That’s a shame... great you found him a year later intact!!!!


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[NymphO]

Ugh. Tough to describe the feeling when you finally put your hands on a deer like that in that scenario. Meat was donated, but you now have that head forever and will be something to share around the campfire. I admire your persistence !