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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 202828" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>"Down" under hunter</p><p></p><p>This may help. A few years ago a frend and I were hunting Fallow deer</p><p>(About the same size) and he made the same type of shot with a 7 WSM</p><p>and knocked the deer off its feet.</p><p></p><p>While we were high five'ing the fallow jumped up and ran off to our amazement.</p><p></p><p>So we started looking and the tracking was the same as yours,(red blood,bone </p><p>fragments and later large blood clots) .</p><p></p><p>We tracked for nine hours with no luck and desided to return the next day to </p><p>pick up the trail,after seven more hours we lost all signs.</p><p></p><p>For the next 4 days we watched for buzzards. Still no luck.</p><p></p><p>One year later we were looking forward to redeeming our selves with a great </p><p>shot on an equaly good Fallow.So we returned to the same aera and after </p><p>about 3 hours we spotted a fallow with a bad limp and one nice antler</p><p>on the left side and almost no antler on the right.</p><p></p><p>We had decided to take a cull if we saw one and this was definitely a cull.</p><p></p><p>So we flipped a coin hunting stile(Flip a loaded round in the air and when it</p><p>hits the ground who ever it points at gets the shot). My friend made the shot.</p><p></p><p>In the process of skinning the deer we saw the extent of his injuries.And it </p><p>was the deer we had shot the previous year !!!</p><p></p><p>The round had entered the hind quarter and had just nicked the femor turning</p><p>the round just enough to make it skid down the outside of the ribb cage and </p><p>cuting the right front leag almost off.( we found damage to the femor,ribs </p><p>and the front leg had no bone for about 2'' and was just hanging hence the </p><p>limp.</p><p></p><p>The bullet had never entered the body cavity so he survived.</p><p></p><p>Note : when antlered animals are injured the antler on the oppisite side will</p><p>not develop as well as the other side.</p><p></p><p>I hope this was not to long but maybe your deer made it and you will see him</p><p>again.</p><p></p><p>Good luck next year </p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 202828, member: 2736"] "Down" under hunter This may help. A few years ago a frend and I were hunting Fallow deer (About the same size) and he made the same type of shot with a 7 WSM and knocked the deer off its feet. While we were high five'ing the fallow jumped up and ran off to our amazement. So we started looking and the tracking was the same as yours,(red blood,bone fragments and later large blood clots) . We tracked for nine hours with no luck and desided to return the next day to pick up the trail,after seven more hours we lost all signs. For the next 4 days we watched for buzzards. Still no luck. One year later we were looking forward to redeeming our selves with a great shot on an equaly good Fallow.So we returned to the same aera and after about 3 hours we spotted a fallow with a bad limp and one nice antler on the left side and almost no antler on the right. We had decided to take a cull if we saw one and this was definitely a cull. So we flipped a coin hunting stile(Flip a loaded round in the air and when it hits the ground who ever it points at gets the shot). My friend made the shot. In the process of skinning the deer we saw the extent of his injuries.And it was the deer we had shot the previous year !!! The round had entered the hind quarter and had just nicked the femor turning the round just enough to make it skid down the outside of the ribb cage and cuting the right front leag almost off.( we found damage to the femor,ribs and the front leg had no bone for about 2'' and was just hanging hence the limp. The bullet had never entered the body cavity so he survived. Note : when antlered animals are injured the antler on the oppisite side will not develop as well as the other side. I hope this was not to long but maybe your deer made it and you will see him again. Good luck next year J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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