Wanted, Dead or Alive

Elkrazy01

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If anyone seen this buck this year during the hunts or on the winter range, I would love to know about it. Unfortunately, I wounded him twice with a bow this year, yes twice. First time I made a bad shot, second shot 2 weeks later the arrow hit ribs and I'm not sure what happened, but the arrow only went in about an inch. I am almost positive he lived just due to the arrow not penetrating past the ribs. I put a lot of time into him, but he disappeared after the second shot.

Also, he fell down after the shot, and broke off his front fork on the left antler, so he only has his G2, G3 and inline left on the big side. So I have that in my house if someone is fortunate enough to find his sheds or deadhead. His G4 and main beam after the fork are both 13"+. Mass around 4.75" for the H4.

I'm just wanting to know if this dinosaur made it through. I'm very confident no one else killed him, I've never ran into a deer hunter within miles of the hole this guy was in. Any info would be greatly appreciated!



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Well I gotta commend you for coming on here and owning up to shooting a bucks twice and not recovering him. Your probably going to get blown up pretty good eventually.

I’ll get the first one out if the way. You keep hunting and kill another buck?

P.s I don’t care. But at least now no one else can go off on that tangent
 
I’m also guessing that second shot was a pretty long one. I’ve shot a lot of stuff with a bow. A deers rib bone would sure have a hard time keeping an arrow from slipping through
 
If you pm me GPS coordinates, I'll be glad to help you search for him!! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Just razzin.

Unfortunately, I know how sickening it is to wound a buck and never find him. And most people that hunt any amount of time will eventually feel it.

If it were me, I'd be back in there during shed season and next summer scouting for him. Sounds like you know where he lives!
 
It’s a good possibility he’s dead after the second shoot, coyote maybe got him if he had badly wounded
 
First shot was 35 yards and I just grazed his neck. He was behind a bush and I thought he was standing different than he was. When I saw him 2 weeks later, he acted 100% fine.
Second shot was cornering away, and when the arrow hit it looked like it deflected off the first rib and stuck in the second. And was solid when he ran off. I trailed him for a mile and found three pin drops of blood total.

I kept hunting to try and find him again. Most of my hunt was spent trying to help family tag out since we needed the meat this year, and things didn't work out for them for one reason or another, even though opportunities came along on good deer. Near the end of my hunt I sat where I hoped this buck would show up. After sitting all day, just before dark, a different, older buck stepped out that was nice but not near as big as some others I had seen this year. I ended up killing him, and was the only one to tag out, so the meat was greatly appreciated. He ended up being 7.5 years old, which I was very happy about.

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This is a Wyoming buck, I forgot to mention that. The area he winters in is barely accessible due to motorized restrictions. His summer/Fall range is basically the same, and only elk hunters would really see him.
 
Unfortunately, I'm not sure if the photos are clear enough to identify a particular buck, especially one that is now mostly broken... I hope someone finds his sheds and you can give them the broken part... thatd be a pretty sweet tale.!!
 
I shot a buck quartering away one time and the broadhead sliced the hide open from mid rib cage to the shoulder where it finally went in and was a dark shot. It really surprised me when I walked up to it as it looked like someone ran a knife across its rib cage.
 
Elkkrazy. Jpickett said you may get blown up on this. I’m not here to do that. I live in Pa so I certainly have not and will not see him. your description of your shots is the reason I asked if fixed or mechanicals. That second shot description is the classic possible outcome on a quartering shot, doesn’t happen all the time but does happen. And the first shot through branches is not advisable either, especially with mechanical heads. Who knows if the heads had any effect on the outcome or not. Maybe you’ve an experienced archer and it was just bad luck. Hope he’s alive, and you get a redo next year.
 
I shot a buck quartering away a long time ago with Muzzy four blade broadheads, shooting 70 lb draw weight. Shot was at 35 yards. It did the same, hit a rib, ricocheted into another rib and stopped. I ended up being able to watch the buck bed, and finish him after a stalk. But, there was no blood, and rocky area so would not have been able to track him. Lucky that I was able to watch him the whole time. After that, I decided no more quartering shots. Only broadside or close to it with a bow. Just not comfortable with them anymore, even though I have changed broadheads to a G5 Montec. I have lost animals while bow hunting, I think pretty much everyone has. With new broadheads, arrows and bows, it is a lot harder to do, unless you take questionable shots. I wouldn't say quartering is questionable, just my preference at this point after seeing my situation play out. Wish I still had pictures of it.
 

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