Hey folks,
After 15 years of hunting, I lost a doe last night. :oops: I would like to get some of your input on what you think happened. I had a perfect 50yd broadside shot on a feeding doe with a 30-06! I hit her in the vitals and she kicked and ran. I found good lung blood right where she was standing, then there was fine spray for about 15 yrds. Right on the woodline there was what looked like a clot of lung blood about 3 inches long and 1/2 wide then nothing at all. I never found blood again. I circled for about 50yrds, even where I knew she could not be. After failing to find any more blood, I did a grid search for about 200 yrds in all directions, several times. After 3 hours of steamed up glasses and disgust, I gave up. Our nights are still too hot to eat a deer after being left out all night and I feel horrible. What do you guys think happen? After the shot and especially after all the lung blood I thought she would be piled up just out of sight.