Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Deer Hunting What did this guy do wrong?

The guy used the wrong bullet for that shot, and then didn't look nearly hard enough to recover that animal. With 3" of snow on the ground one of those sets of tracks is that bucks. Just my .02
Not passing judgement. I've lost a deer myself. It happens.


THS, guilty as charged. The only time I've ever done it was back a long time ago. The shot was about 40 yards on a nice fork horn. Bullet
started its journey on the bung and finished its journey in his neck.

That gun /bullet combo was 30- 06 and a 165 grain "X" bullet. PMC Eldorado factory load.
That bullet pic I posted in the barnes recovered thread is the only one I've ever recovered. Still weighs 165 grains.

Just how much resistance do some think a bullet encounters going up the intestines while most likely severing some major arteries, and perhaps the liver and kidneys. While at the same time busting hip bones. If necessary stick your finger you know where, for a clue.


It wasn't the bullets fault

If it wasn’t a fully rutted anorexic buck .if it ended up in the lower 2/3 ( ventral) of the rumen, I doubt it left that area. It’s called the fiber Mat. Left side of a ruminate. About like 3 milk jugs full of wet lawn clippings.

But like was said earlier if it was hit sweet it should have dropped quickly.

Only thing I shoot in the butt are quail.

Do you think that makes you a more ethical hunter?

Only native Texans are qualified to take Texas Heart Shot’s.

Poor judgement, unethical and irresponsible. Deer aren't that scarce that one needs to take that kind of low percentage shot. Good likelihood of having produced a gut shot deer condemmed to die a slow painful death.

That's because they can spot an aśśhole a mile away. I only lived there 7 years and I can spot 'em at a half mile:

Poor bullet selection for that type of shot! “A man had got to know his limitations”……or in this case, the limitations of the bullet!

Assuming the proper bullet impact location…..a good bullet would’ve exited the sternum, and be searching for another deer! memtb

The only bullet that I’ve ever recovered was a 160 grain Nosler Partition from my 7mm RM on an 8 point whitetail that I was snow tracking that had a broken breast bone. That bullet was in the front chest after it went lengthwise through the deer. Not only that surprised me, but the buck didn’t drop at the shot either. It turned 90 degrees and needed a lung shot finisher.

Not really. Just less confident in hitting the right spot on a deer running directly away from me.
I’d probably aim for the neck if I did.

Another Texas heart shot blacktail

Nice FB.


There's a pic here of the product of a 280 yard TH shot, have to scroll down a few posts:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...showflat&Number=17864996&page=25

Rear end, front end, if it’s done right it’s lethal. The middle is where the problem lies….

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Truth

This. If he had hit square or busted bone that deer is down.

He had enough time to count points, sinks an ass shot, then takes two hours over snow to lose it. Hell of a day.

What did this guy do wrong? He went hunting with a lack of understanding of the sport, the anatomy of the game, or a thorough understanding of hunting ethics.

after reading all posts , it appears he was a rookie and rookie`s make mistakes its all part of learning we have all made mistakes . i was lucky when i started deer hunting i had a family helping me learn my young woods skills . i would now have found that deer with what i know now at 69 years of age but if i was young with little help i may have not found that deer ? > wisdom comes with age and people helping you learn those skills. better luck next time ,Pete53

I am curious as to how trespassing looking for game works out in Wisconsin?

I think in Montana it is a very tricky proposition?