Kingcreek
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Got into my tree stand at 2:40 yesterday. At 2:45 a big buck walked across open field crosswind to me about 75-80 yards away. He was moving like he was injured. I tried calling with grunt tube to see if I could turn him around but he ignored me. 2 minutes later an even bigger buck followed him like he was going to run him into the next county.
I tried calling again but he ignored my calls.
A little forkhorn came from behind me and was under my stand for a little while before going back the way he came.
At 5pm about 10 minutes after sunset another nice buck came by from a different direction and gave me a broadside shot. I hit him a little low and back and my arrow passed thru. ot into my tree stand at 2:40 yesterday. At 2:45 a big buck walked across open field crosswind to me about 75-80 yards away. He was moving like he was injured. I tried calling with grunt tube to see if I could turn him around but he ignored me. 2 minutes later an even bigger buck followed him like he was going to run him into the next county.
I tried calling again but he ignored my calls.
A little forkhorn came from behind me and was under my stand for a little while before going back the way he came.
At 5pm about 10 minutes after sunset another nice came by and gave me a broadside shot. I hit him a little low and back and my arrow passed thru. He was standing behind some heavy brush for awhile and looped in again at 30 yards. Light was going but I stuck him again and he bolted into thick cover.
I called a friend who said he would head out to help. waited about an hour before tracking him. Almost no blood. After 100 yards found 2 hand sized splotches of jellied red blood then almost none again. Tracked him 1/4 mile thru thick creek bottom. Lost any sign of tracks or blood after 3 hours. Never found my second arrow. We were down to a fleck of blood every 10-15 yards.
I’ve killed over 70 Illinois whitetail and only ever lost 3, none in recent years and never one I hit twice! I’m frustrated as hell and can’t figure out what happened.
I’ll probably be back out to try and figure it out. I’m just sick about it.
I tried calling again but he ignored my calls.
A little forkhorn came from behind me and was under my stand for a little while before going back the way he came.
At 5pm about 10 minutes after sunset another nice buck came by from a different direction and gave me a broadside shot. I hit him a little low and back and my arrow passed thru. ot into my tree stand at 2:40 yesterday. At 2:45 a big buck walked across open field crosswind to me about 75-80 yards away. He was moving like he was injured. I tried calling with grunt tube to see if I could turn him around but he ignored me. 2 minutes later an even bigger buck followed him like he was going to run him into the next county.
I tried calling again but he ignored my calls.
A little forkhorn came from behind me and was under my stand for a little while before going back the way he came.
At 5pm about 10 minutes after sunset another nice came by and gave me a broadside shot. I hit him a little low and back and my arrow passed thru. He was standing behind some heavy brush for awhile and looped in again at 30 yards. Light was going but I stuck him again and he bolted into thick cover.
I called a friend who said he would head out to help. waited about an hour before tracking him. Almost no blood. After 100 yards found 2 hand sized splotches of jellied red blood then almost none again. Tracked him 1/4 mile thru thick creek bottom. Lost any sign of tracks or blood after 3 hours. Never found my second arrow. We were down to a fleck of blood every 10-15 yards.
I’ve killed over 70 Illinois whitetail and only ever lost 3, none in recent years and never one I hit twice! I’m frustrated as hell and can’t figure out what happened.
I’ll probably be back out to try and figure it out. I’m just sick about it.