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 A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
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11/02/14 01:30 PM
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Mavric
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I shot this nice 8 pointer last night...and after 90 minutes past light I was really worried. Pass-thru shot, arrow nicely coated in blood, but could not find blood on the ground ANYWHERE. Called in family/friends....had 6 people searching hard problem is this place is very dense with several deep gullies. One of the friends, a girl, was meticulous finding a spec of blood on a leaf - 60 yards from the shot. When I say spec I mean maybe quarter size of a dime spec...another 20 yards she finds another. Over the next 90 minutes she's plotted the trail with toilet paper...we're 150 yards from the shot and no blood droplets bigger than a dime. We're now down in one of the deep gullies with a steep embankment...I would have sworn on a stack of bibles this buck did not scale this - especially injured. Mid-point up embankment, another spec. I'm literally climbing with my hands and knees....on top nothing. Then incredibly 30 yards in a dinner plate size blood spot where he obviously fell, got back up and went another 30 yards and collapsed for good. Amazing 250 yards including scaling a deep gully. His rack was marginal, I only took him because of the brow tines but man what a stud. He'll look good on my wall... ;-) 
Last edited by Mavric; 11/02/14 02:25 PM.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5393409
11/02/14 01:56 PM
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erniejs
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Congrats and kudos to your tracker !
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
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11/02/14 02:11 PM
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stxranchman
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 Great looking buck and outstanding tracking job 
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5393434
11/02/14 02:13 PM
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TCB
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Buy that girl breakfast!! Sounds like a heck of tracking job.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: erniejs]
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11/02/14 02:32 PM
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Seadog
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Congrats and kudos to your tracker !
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
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11/02/14 03:43 PM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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80% of guys on here would like to take that 'marginal' buck. Congratulations and way to stick with it! Bout to head out on a tracking job myself.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5393569
11/02/14 03:52 PM
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txshntr
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Heck of marginal buck and nice job on the tracking
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
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11/02/14 04:06 PM
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Western
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heck of a way to stay at it, nice BT, looks like 16" of bone, just in the BT's!
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
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11/02/14 04:06 PM
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That can't find him , he should be right here feeling is the worst....glad you got him.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
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11/02/14 04:52 PM
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RDNCK
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Glad you stuck with it, congrats on a heck of a marginal buck! Sounds like a great tracker you had with you!
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5393813
11/02/14 06:39 PM
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USA
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I enjoyed reading this hunting experience. Very cool story
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5393980
11/02/14 08:01 PM
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Great job
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Texsun]
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11/02/14 08:02 PM
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Mavric
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That can't find him , he should be right here feeling is the worst....glad you got him. Yeah I lost a decent 10 pointer 3 years ago...we found only after the buzzards showed up he had circled back and crawled under a cedar no more than 100 yards from my stand. I was depressed for a week over that one.... Last night I started questioning my shot...I remember perfect double lung, evidence said something else (little blood trail)...turns the shot was solid.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: TCB]
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11/02/14 08:04 PM
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Mavric
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Buy that girl breakfast!! Sounds like a heck of tracking job. LOL I was gift card shopping first thing this morning! ;-)
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: QuitShootinYoungBucks]
#5393993
11/02/14 08:06 PM
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Mavric
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80% of guys on here would like to take that 'marginal' buck. Congratulations and way to stick with it! Bout to head out on a tracking job myself. Good luck...and post a pic when you find 'em!
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: TCB]
#5394371
11/02/14 11:25 PM
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I'd be taking her hunting with me! Buy that girl breakfast!! Sounds like a heck of tracking job.
I'd ask him if he's pregnant. He missed a s__tload of periods. I'll take "things that look like a uterus" for $200 Alex.
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Re: A buck, a gully, and a bloodhound (of sorts)
[Re: Mavric]
#5394391
11/02/14 11:31 PM
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kry226
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Keep that one on speed dial. She could probably make a few bucks during the season too. 
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