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I shot a deer this morning thought I had a good shot on it but I haven’t found it. When I shot it lowered its front end and hauled ass. No blood where I shot him followed a deer trail nearby and found blood about the size of pie plates out 40 yards from where I shot him. Then no blood until I went about another 30-40 yards again about the size of a pie plate. The last blood I found was around 50 yards away same thing about the size of a plate. No blood in between the areas I found it was all on the ground like underneath on the trail none on sage grass, pine trees or anything else. So where could I have hit it and why was the blood trail like it was? I looked for 3 hours after the last blood walking trails and making semi circles the best I could!

brisket possibly? color of blood?

Bright red!

Veinous blood, brisket or lower leg, if I to speculate. And I am

Pools...Pausing, watching his back trail.


Now you say bright red, ???

Meh, this all subjective.

Should have waited an hour to follow up.

Nice avatar ribka.
Lol

I did that with a bow once. Chased that damn thing all night. A week later I see him step out of the woods, just fine. A razor cut will do that.

How far away was this shot taken from? And what are you hunting with?

I waited about 20 minutes or so before I got down!

He was around 150 yards 30/06 with 165 grain!

Deer probably died fairly quick. I’d suspect the blood puddles you found were from where it fell…go back to where you found the last puddle and walk in the general direction you were headed except in a zigzag pattern…

What did the blood look like?
Bright red
Pink frothy
Dark red?

Plus there has to be hair where he was standing when you hit him

I did that with a bow once. Chased that damn thing all night. A week later I see him step out of the woods, just fine. A razor cut will do that.

I had a similar deal one time. Couple spurts then nothing. I did ended up finding he deer mostly by luck turned out I'd shot the aorta off right at the heart so it bled out in seconds but all into the body cavity except the initial couple spurts out the would channel.
Could be a lot of things. Know anyone with a dog?

front end shot. probably white hair around the first shot area. i shot one like that up on top of a friggen cold ass mountain one morning. bright red blood, trailed it all day in the snow nice and slow. never saw it again and gave up.

No, I wish I did I would have already had it on it.

Lordy who knows! What’s your gut feeling tell you?

That’s why I shoot ‘em in the head.

I thought I made a good shot. I watched the deer eat for 15 minutes before I pulled the trigger!

My guess is the deer is laying with in 200 yard of where it was hit. Not to be harsh, why did you quit looking before dark?