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Please Help!!!!
marchello19:
Hey guys it happened to me tonight with the crossbow. I had a nice 8 pointer come right in to my grunt call just before sunset. I got a little nervous and didn’t stop the buck before it was right on top of me! I’d say 12 yds, so I heard contact and he jumped and ran. I found the arrow the broad head was buried in the dirt. The shaft didn’t have any blood on the shaft but there was some blood, and fat on fletchings. Also some white and brown hair and very small amount of stomach content. This being my first experience with a crossbow is it normal not to have much blood? Do you guys think it was a fatal shot?
DXT:
Better let him lay overnight. Sounds like a gut shot, if you found stomach contents, you gotta give him time to expire. If you push him it will be hard to find.
Crossbow should be no different than a regular bow, it's still a broad head, I think the reason you are not getting much blood is because the stomach and guts plug it up. Let him lay overnight, you will probably find him close if you don't push him.
marchello19:
Thank you DXT I really appreciate the advice. I backed out right away. I was just surprised over the lack of blood on the shaft itself. I feel like I’ve been shut it the gut.
Tippin'Scales:
I had my first deer shot with a crossbow also in close about 15y I had very little blood on arrow and didn't start bleeding for about 20y from shot. I think the xbow is so fast in close mot a ton of blood is on arrow at times.
If some stomach contents on arrow I'd say look in morning and hopefully it's not far .
marchello19:
That makes me feel a little better thank you. I was thinking that the speed could have something to do with it.
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