I shot this little buck on the 13th of October. The arrow did not pass all the way through as it hit the off side shoulder. Turned out that this was an excellent track for Koa as the deer did not bleed hardly at all and only made it about a 150 yards.
After shooting the deer, waiting until dark, checking for sign at the hit, and gathering up my gear I headed home to get Koa. We made it back to the hit site about an hour and a half after I shot the buck.
At first Koa would not get on the trail which was frustrating but turned out I was putting him about 15 yards off the hit site. I marked the wrong tree on the way out, but once I found the right tree Koa found the trail and was off. He covered the distance in a couple minutes and was quickly rewarded with a chew on his deer.
What made this trail exciting for me was seeing Koa track a deer with no visible sign. We have been called out of couple times this year for the shots have all been unrecoverable...two high shoulder and a high back. We did let Koa track these deer but ended up stopping him at a good point with lots of praise and treats.
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| Koa (Grock von Moosbach-Zuzelek) is a 2009 son of Billy and Gilda |
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Rex Marshall from Ohio wrote today that his Radar (Oak v Moosbach-Zuzelek, a son of Joeri and Emma) has found this season two ten-pointers.
Radar, my 1.5 year old WHD, found a typical 10-point buck (140 class) after 2 false starts yesterday afternoon (about 30 miles southeast of Cincinnati). We could not find any blood after the first 30 yards. Ten yards later we found the arrow, but again no blood on the ground. On the 3rd try from the last blood, Radar went nearly 300 yards to the dead buck. The hunter told me "I could have never found this buck without you guys". Boy, it was neat to see the hunter smiling from ear to ear. He said it was the biggest buck he ever shot and will get it mounted. That made me feel very proud of Radar and his abilities (thanks to John and Jolanta!!)...it was his 2nd 10-pointer found this season.
PS. The hunter said he shot the buck smack dab in the middle of the chest at a perfectly broadside aspect. Upon examination, he indeed did hit where he said he did, but the arrow must have hit a rib and deflected down and to the left, possibly hitting the liver before exiting. I was surprised with 2 holes in the deer he didn't bleed any more than he did, but evidently Radar was wise to his tricks.
Chris and Rex, we are so pleased to hear that your youngsters are doing a good job. Way to go!
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