10-01-2014, 05:02 PM
Hey Chrome...That is not a good feeling and we have all been there before. It is the sucky part of this sport.
I had a very similar experience using slick trick broadheads this year. I just smashed a smallish 6 x 6 at 25 ish yards. He ran off. 30 seconds later i thought i heard coughing and then i thought i heard him crash. I got super stoked..marked my position and walked out. I found my brother and he had also shot a 6 point. After taking care of his bull we went in search of mine. Found my part of my arrow just soaked in blood. tried to find blood and nothing. We finally found blood and it was just a speck. it took us forever to follow trail. I thought for as good of a hit i would have just had to follow the red highway to my bull but there was literally nothing to go off of. Ended up getting some other help...my old man...and finally found the bull.
What happened when i shot was his front leg was extended and after the shot and hit him the skin and muscle covered the hole up. I am pretty positive that the blood we found was leaking from his nose/mouth. When we dressed him i bet there was 3 gallons of congealed blood in his rib cage...He just did not bleed through the entry hole (there was not an exit).
I have also had obscene R rated blood trails with slick tricks.
Hang in there man. This is the worst part of the game. It just happens no matter who you are or how long you have been playing.
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I had a very similar experience using slick trick broadheads this year. I just smashed a smallish 6 x 6 at 25 ish yards. He ran off. 30 seconds later i thought i heard coughing and then i thought i heard him crash. I got super stoked..marked my position and walked out. I found my brother and he had also shot a 6 point. After taking care of his bull we went in search of mine. Found my part of my arrow just soaked in blood. tried to find blood and nothing. We finally found blood and it was just a speck. it took us forever to follow trail. I thought for as good of a hit i would have just had to follow the red highway to my bull but there was literally nothing to go off of. Ended up getting some other help...my old man...and finally found the bull.
What happened when i shot was his front leg was extended and after the shot and hit him the skin and muscle covered the hole up. I am pretty positive that the blood we found was leaking from his nose/mouth. When we dressed him i bet there was 3 gallons of congealed blood in his rib cage...He just did not bleed through the entry hole (there was not an exit).
I have also had obscene R rated blood trails with slick tricks.
Hang in there man. This is the worst part of the game. It just happens no matter who you are or how long you have been playing.
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