One In A Million Shot - '23 PA Archery

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  • @giddyupoutdoors275
    @giddyupoutdoors275 Рік тому +13

    Same thing happened to me 11/5…. Thought the shot was perfect, buck went down immediately. In 10 seconds got up and ran off. Good blood for 150yds then it disappeared. Grid searched next property and the one past that. Nothing…. It’s the perils of archery hunting and the only positive I can take from it is that the negatives make the successes even sweeter… I have a large appreciation for how difficult archery hunting is. Chin up and keep huntin!

  • @ronkopp9612
    @ronkopp9612 Рік тому +47

    I have never seen a deer flicker his tail like that after being hit and not die. I believe he is dead.

    • @usmcscout0311
      @usmcscout0311 8 місяців тому +2

      I was thinking the same, he dead.

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  4 місяці тому +1

      Check out our other vids. We had him on trail camera weeks later

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      They have 2 different videos of the buck weeks later, broken front leg, still wagging his tail. It's a common thing deer do even when they're not injured or distressed.

  • @MrElmesk
    @MrElmesk Рік тому +7

    Deer are way tougher than most people think. We had a huge trophy 180 points plus guided hunt, stalked within 80 yards. Shooter took the shot from a rest with a 300 short mag. He shot it straight on, not waiting for it to turn broadside. That buck went down crashing and thrashing in the alders and went silent. After giving it a half hour they walked up and poked it. It jumped up and took off. We followed that buck for 3 days bumping it up from where it beaded with lots of blood. We finally had to give up the search and did find it at the edge of the lake weeks later. The moral is don’t give up the search, or at least use a tracking dog.

  • @williamcornelison4721
    @williamcornelison4721 2 місяці тому +1

    My first buck was a 42 yd shot that I had a gap of 6 inches between to trees. But that year 1985 when I was the Missouri State Champion (Fingers) I knew I could make that shot. It was a jungle... And I'm still bowhunting at 76 year old today... It never gets OLD...

  • @efen7120
    @efen7120 2 місяці тому

    I feel for you dude. Last year I shot the biggest buck of my life and thought it was going to die right away but after 24 hours and lots of help from some great people the buck survived. I've played the entire scenario out in my head a million times but in the end, it's hunting not killing. The good news is the buck was back on his scraps several weeks later.

  • @rollingreedranch6395
    @rollingreedranch6395 Рік тому +2

    Man I really appreciate this video. I’ve been super bummed that I didn’t find my biggest buck of my hunting career… a nice 8 point I couldn’t find… not many videos showing this part

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому +1

      We like to show people the trueness of Hunting. Hunting is not always as what is shown on TV.

  • @youdontceemee4436
    @youdontceemee4436 4 місяці тому +2

    I shot a huge doe last season. Smoked her through one lung from above. When I was gutting her. The opposite lung was collapsed and shrapnel shriveled. She has a g5 montec floating around in her chest cavity. My friend was a witness. They are very tough animals!

  • @tpit617
    @tpit617 Рік тому +3

    Dude, I had a very similar shot last week. Never recovered the arrow though, and the blood trail dried up. Searched for two days over a few miles. Landowner kicked me off his property as a result of doing everything I could.

  • @RJ-qq8kb
    @RJ-qq8kb 3 місяці тому +2

    Anyone that picks up a stick and string, or a rifle, assumes risk. That’s hunting. “When you go deer hunting, go with peace in your heart, not blood on your mind”.

  • @kcooks2612
    @kcooks2612 Рік тому +2

    This same exact thing happened to me on 11/3. Thought the shot was perfect, loud thwack and mule kick. Found my broken arrow with about 10” missing from it with some blood and hair. Had little to no blood at times when we tracked him. Ended finding first bed with only droplets of blood in it. My hope is it was not lethal or he was shot the following morning during rifle opener. Best of luck the rest of the season.

    • @joecuillo5005
      @joecuillo5005 Рік тому

      Except you thought the shot was perfect so he must've been closer with a cleaner shot. This arrow was flung threw the woods with a poke and a dream😂 Don't do this kids

  • @dw3164
    @dw3164 4 місяці тому +1

    that pop sure sounded good brother

  • @tomdavis1694
    @tomdavis1694 Рік тому

    I did the same thing awhile back. Heard the telltale smack of the arrow, buck bolted off. Looked for an hour - no blood and called in reinforcements to search. Found arrow with broken off broadhead, some hair, little blood and missing knock. Searched a solid day and then following 3 days. Never found him. It happens.

  • @BG-bx4ey
    @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому +1

    These comments embarass me as an outdoorsman. So many inexperienced and/or dishonest people lying to themselves speaking in absolutes on a topic whose only absolute is occasional, unavoidable, certain heartbreak.
    32 yards, broadside, stopped in a perfect shot window. The shot, itself, even looked great. But, none of that overcomes the fact that shit happens. That's really why we do this. If we wanted to do something pointless, we'd play golf and just pull out the foot wedge and take a mulligan when times get tough.
    In some states, studies have shown a near 50% recovery rate on archery shots. So, for every 1,000,000 people who have taken 20 shots and claim to have never missed a recovery, no more than 1 in that million is being honest.

  • @houndsmanone4563
    @houndsmanone4563 3 місяці тому +1

    Sorry you didn't find the buck but he may make it through another season. Sure wish there were some tracking dogs that could have helped you retrieve the injured buck. Thanks much for taking us along during the entire hunt. Hey, I meant to ask. What part of PA are you hunting? I was born and raised in Franklin County and hunted as a kid before I went into the Marine Corps. I hunted mostly military installations for decades before converting to archery hunting. Once I started archery hunting, I never gun hunted for deer again. The only time I gun hunted was during rabbit, squirrel, (small game) season. Enjoyed a full-watch of your hunt. Take it easy and be safe out there. 👍🏽🤠 09/14/24

  • @mitchbrooks5527
    @mitchbrooks5527 Рік тому +3

    That hurts but it happens. You can only control so much.

  • @jaybeliever1479
    @jaybeliever1479 Рік тому

    Reminds me of a nice 8-pointer I shot many years ago. Same sound, and as the deer ran away from me, the end of the arrow was actually bouncing on the ground. Never found any blood, nor the arrow. I figured it was a hit right in the socket of the shoulder. Your deer was obviously limping and carrying his left front foot in that footage. It happens.

  • @OriontheHunter333
    @OriontheHunter333 Рік тому +12

    Bet if you get a tracking dog, he will lead you to a dead buck!

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      Nope

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      How much we betting???

  • @chuckadams9842
    @chuckadams9842 Рік тому +1

    That's a helluva shot

  • @johnmcquinn180
    @johnmcquinn180 Рік тому +2

    Just to add a "same thing happened to me". Good blood for 120 yards, red blood not lung blood. Shot looked beautiful. Must have hit the Humerus bone. Couldn't find it with dogs. Buck was a monster. All the ones that get away are.

    • @joecuillo5005
      @joecuillo5005 Рік тому

      Yep I gut shot the biggest live buck I'd ever seen. Never found him wish we had a dog on that 1

  • @beatsmeman
    @beatsmeman 4 місяці тому

    Been there buddy. That is a huge bummer. The tail flicker like a lot of others said was weird but all in all at the end of the day. Archery can throw some nasty curve balls at you

  • @schl8675
    @schl8675 Рік тому +2

    It looked like a really good shot at first, but the footage after the shot and the limp makes it look like a leg bone shot. I slowed down the video to .25 speed and it sure looks like it hit in front of the shoulder and low. If you slow the video down and enlarge it, it shows either a very front shoulder or leg bone hit, I believe that deer is still alive.

  • @Prog27801
    @Prog27801 6 місяців тому

    Such is hunting !! Thanks for the video! What part of Pa? Im guessing south western?

  • @elkskiutah8204
    @elkskiutah8204 Рік тому

    A note there is now a cadre of thermal drone operators nationwide who get amazing results finding deer. Even after 24 hours. One guy on UA-cam is getting a website to help find a local pilot and recruiting more pilots.

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому +2

      Unfortunately using a drone to locate deer is illegal in PA

  • @Arguilez
    @Arguilez 2 місяці тому

    What camera did you use to record yourself taking the shot?

  • @anrenes3459
    @anrenes3459 Рік тому +1

    The first deer I ever shot I saw my arrow move through the woods with a lighted end and it fell out. I saw her lay down and I waited a long time, more than a half an hour and went expecting her to be long gone dead. She stood up like nothing was wrong and walked into the neighbors yard with a limp one one front leg. There was not a drop of blood anywhere in the bed she had been in. It had snowed so i just let her walk with no chase as I had no right to shoot in that yard and it was after dark. I could follow tracks in the snow past the yard by driving around and picking up where i saw her go. Waited a long while more and went back out with a light and easily followed her trail a long way. No blood, steady stride (besides the one google drag here and there). Finally I stopped. I don’t know how long i went but I believe that deer is alive and I hit her bone somewhere they did not shatter for some reason. I found my arrow and it looked like yours, like I’d hit concrete. But was only sticky and damp with fur the top third. Not much on any blood in it. I know many will say I let a dead deer walk but if the coyotes don’t catch her, I think she lived. I’ve never tried to take a heart shot again. More successful after that lesson. Especially if they dip to run, it’s to risky to hit that hard bone.

  • @anchor2056
    @anchor2056 Рік тому +3

    Tough break. I thought he was hit well by the indications. That's the way it goes sometimes unfortunately.

  • @snomoelk
    @snomoelk Рік тому +4

    The tail fully indicated a death shot.

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      Shut up. Deer do that all day long throughout their lives.

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      Why do people think this??? Deer wag their tails all day long. I'll bet you anything you got this buck was still wagging his tail weeks after the shot (don't take the bet, I don't gamble).

  • @martinmullins280
    @martinmullins280 Рік тому +4

    Did you try taking a dog in there to get on its track?

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      I called a tracker and he was unable to come with his dogs. I think he told me that he had 20 calls already for tracking.

    • @martinmullins280
      @martinmullins280 Рік тому

      @@gandtoutdoors5 wow he’s very busy

  • @aarfdood
    @aarfdood Рік тому +1

    that sucks man. I lost a dang GIANT from the ground at 15 yds, he wouldn't stop walking for me. Hit his shoulder, just happens......Get him next year!

  • @862057
    @862057 Рік тому +1

    After that happened to me, I only shoot when I have one within 20 yards.

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      That's great, but the range doesn't matter if you hit the leg bone, and they move down and back when they jump, so there is no way to accurately predict a perfect placement unless you shoot something faster than the speed of sound.

  • @usmcscout0311
    @usmcscout0311 8 місяців тому

    No update, no late season recovery? Trail cam pics?

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  8 місяців тому +1

      There is an update video, check it out by looking at my playlist.

  • @talk2chianow
    @talk2chianow Рік тому +1

    Good video

  • @jasonnester9514
    @jasonnester9514 Рік тому +1

    Happened to me 4 mornings ago and the shot was well placed lost him went out that evening shot a bigger one

    • @markothegimp
      @markothegimp Рік тому

      Well placed? So you killed 2 but tagged 1?

    • @joecuillo5005
      @joecuillo5005 Рік тому +1

      Yep he killed 2 bucks in 1 day. I wouldn't of been hunting that same evening cuz I woulda been still looking for the buck that I shot with a well placed arrow. Horrible

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      ​@@markothegimpWait, you are so clueless you think every well-placed bow shot kills? Lmao come on, kid.

  • @georgeallen8721
    @georgeallen8721 Рік тому

    Always Better To Stay On The Side Of CAUTION, and back out give it more time. Unless weather conditions dictate otherwise.

  • @cray-z7404
    @cray-z7404 Рік тому +1

    Same thing happened to me , smack upper leg hit !

  • @X-Pox798
    @X-Pox798 Рік тому +1

    That’s a Shame You Didn’t Find him, it’s been a Month since this Vid, did he ever show back up??? On a Different Note, this Has got to be the Clearest, Crispest Video I’ve Ever Seen, just Hope You could’ve had the Wrap Up Segment to go Along W/ it!

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому +1

      Check out the other videos we got of him weeks after the shot

    • @X-Pox798
      @X-Pox798 Рік тому

      @@gandtoutdoors5 Oh, Ok, I’ll do that , Glad he Made it! ✌️

  • @N.R.S.412
    @N.R.S.412 Рік тому

    My 10 yr old son had same thing happen ona doe this year. Shot looked so good but hit that knuckle, bled a little then nothing. Went back next morning and jumped her and she literally ran on 3 legs. It's disappointing when that happens but part of bow hunting unfortunately.

  • @williamgoswick4392
    @williamgoswick4392 Рік тому +1

    Sorry that happened the way it did, been there done that. Never easy 🤪

  • @reddye2331
    @reddye2331 Рік тому +38

    No way tht BUCK is alive walking around the woods with a little limp. Tht Deer is dead somewhere within 1/4 mile of last sight. 1/2 mile at very very most. I would be shocked if really made it to the 220 yard mark. Almost every deer I shot with a fatal shot did same waggy flappy tail. Don’t take my word as Bible but I would be walking in to hunt in direction of its travel. Looking in the sky for scavengers try get a free meal.

    • @Nick-li3ut
      @Nick-li3ut Рік тому +3

      Looked like he was hit good to me too. Usually if the arrow doesn't come out the other side you get a lot less blood even tho he's hit good.

    • @lindsay9203
      @lindsay9203 Рік тому

      You are out to lunch!😊

    • @coreyhallman3134
      @coreyhallman3134 Рік тому +4

      Yep he’s dead

    • @schl8675
      @schl8675 Рік тому +3

      If you slow the video down it looks like he hit it in the leg, if it would have been hit in the vitals they would have found it, look at the shot it either hit the leg or the heart, a deer is not going a 1/4 mile with a hole in its heart, besides a heart shot would have produced blood. the only way that deer dies from that shot is if dies from infection.

    • @johnnyheld7377
      @johnnyheld7377 Рік тому +1

      The way it was walking it could very well be alive.

  • @stevenfan1218
    @stevenfan1218 10 місяців тому

    When you see that tail flipping around like that
    .he's gone die for sure.

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      Nothing is for sure in deer hunting except for self proclaimed experts in the comments talking directly out of their ass.

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      Fyi, deer wag their tail like that every day of their lives.

  • @Wildirishmanbiker
    @Wildirishmanbiker 3 місяці тому

    I hit a deer about 5 years ago. Shot alittle back and all kinds of bloods and broken area. It was my largest buck ever. He went into a thicket. I took stand back to my vehicle and came back to look for him. They were calling for rain. I made my way into a thicket. I wasnin about 30 yeards when he jumped up and ran. Bed wasnfull of blood. I searched until dark and then the next day and walked over 10 miles aroundnthat mtn. I still have nighmares

  • @ephlax18
    @ephlax18 5 місяців тому

    I know everyone at the time was saying that should be a dead deer but to me that was low and forward. Hit shoulder blade which is why he was limping but no vitals. Deer should have survived.

  • @dougyoak9078
    @dougyoak9078 Рік тому +2

    Hit the front leg bone

  • @OTRWP
    @OTRWP Рік тому +1

    Wat for broadheads are you using by chance?

  • @AlanRuechel-lg5we
    @AlanRuechel-lg5we Рік тому +1

    Guaranteed the coyotes finished him off

  • @scott5931
    @scott5931 Рік тому

    How far was that shot?

  • @TurdFerg117
    @TurdFerg117 Рік тому +1

    Looks like you hit him low caught some white fur maybe in brisket

  • @stephenmanukas7601
    @stephenmanukas7601 4 місяці тому

    Broke his front left leg. He will heal and be fine. Sucks but it's part of bowhunting. Good luck this year.

  • @miked2802
    @miked2802 Рік тому

    It happens bro, nothing you can do about it.

  • @chiseltip1734
    @chiseltip1734 3 місяці тому

    The deer is dead under a log or in a brush pile somewhere

  • @stevenfan1218
    @stevenfan1218 10 місяців тому

    Can't say much about that..shot one looked like the arrow went all the way throgh..watched it run a ways.and waited about an hour.got the arrow.looked were I last saw it.blood every where. Tracked him around the moutain.up a bank were he tore it up trying to get up.up to the ridge down the ridge.and all the way back and under my stand..wind started blowing really hard..leave blowing everywere...lost track.looked and looked.guy said he killed a buck with a weard horn on one side.had to be the same deer..he said it had hit the bone and it cut his Legg and cut his brisket..

  • @randyweaver1437
    @randyweaver1437 Рік тому +4

    That deer is dead..

  • @Glaciershark
    @Glaciershark Рік тому +1

    Looked normal to me. That’s bow hunting

  • @timhill5939
    @timhill5939 Рік тому

    It made n odd sound... might have been the breaking of the arrow or something.. i shot one "perfect"this year and it ran figure 8's over its blood trail n me n 3 of us looked. It became the first deer i lost a deer in over 30 years. I switched to fixed broadhead for this shot. Went through like a greased bb. I'm back to my setup that keeps the arrow in the deer. No more tracking for me.

  • @elkskiutah8204
    @elkskiutah8204 Рік тому

    Brace of you ro show this side of archery. The sound was for sure a leg hit. You should have shown us how much arrow broke off. I think there is a chance the deer lived. They are amazing animals.

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      You can see in the video how much of the arrow broke. If you missed it, 7” of the arrow was missing

  • @larrygross745
    @larrygross745 Рік тому

    You need four people and walk 60 yard circle. He’s dead somewhere. But that’s bow hunting man.

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      The buck is still alive based on trail cam videos

  • @philipentwistle
    @philipentwistle Рік тому +1

    Looks like it hits the leg to me. Slow down the video and you can see blood appear on the upper leg upon impact.

  • @patrickosier3644
    @patrickosier3644 4 місяці тому

    That buck is dead yall walked right by it

    • @BG-bx4ey
      @BG-bx4ey 4 місяці тому

      You are wrong.

  • @joeb8162
    @joeb8162 Рік тому

    RAISE your safety strap.

  • @craigbranstrom4749
    @craigbranstrom4749 4 місяці тому +1

    That deer is dead.

  • @stefanopappalardo9185
    @stefanopappalardo9185 3 місяці тому

    Should have never taken that shot. As bow hunters or any hunters we need to be ethical. Let it go, there will be others. To have that beautiful animal suffer like that SUCKS!

  • @SafetySal
    @SafetySal Рік тому +1

    That's bow hunting. It makes you sick to your stomach.

  • @bham311
    @bham311 Рік тому

    Nobody in your area has a tracking dog? I would have at least done a Google search to see if there was a good dog around.

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      I called a tracker and he said I was his 20th call that day, he was unavailable.

    • @bham311
      @bham311 Рік тому

      @@gandtoutdoors5 that sucks. Keep grinding Brother, you’ll get another opportunity.

  • @n2trkys18
    @n2trkys18 Рік тому +5

    That was terrible penetration. You need to reevaluate your arrow/broadhead setup. I’ve never lost a nock when shooting deer. That deer is dead. You shouldn’t hunt again until you improve your setup and knowledge.

    • @schl8675
      @schl8675 Рік тому

      I have heard of nocks coming off with expandable broadheads when they hit solid bone, in my opinion nothing beats fixed blade broadheads, enough things can go wrong while hunting, i don't want to worry whether my broadhead is going to open to early or not at all, or stop dead when hitting bone.

    • @KillinYotes
      @KillinYotes Рік тому

      I trying to figure out what the “one in a million shot” is.

    • @sid6315
      @sid6315 Рік тому

      lol

  • @jimanders9971
    @jimanders9971 Рік тому

    If its a million to one shot it should not have been taken. No respect

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      Why should the shot not have been taken? I’m curious to know why?

    • @jimanders9971
      @jimanders9971 Рік тому +1

      @@gandtoutdoors5 if it is a million to one shot then taking such a shot shows zero ethics. What part of that is hard to comprehend?

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      Thanks for the explanation

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      If the video was title one in ten shot, would that have made the shot more ethical?

    • @jimanders9971
      @jimanders9971 Рік тому

      @@gandtoutdoors5 One in 10 is certainly not ethical. And there is no such thing as more ethical. It is either ethical or it isnt.

  • @rodberens4741
    @rodberens4741 Рік тому +1

    Light and fast not as good as a little slower and as heavy as possible
    A good two blade good steel never have penetration problems .

  • @adamwiech4874
    @adamwiech4874 4 місяці тому

    First time in 35 years , last year , i hit a giant low nearly heart shot low shoulder upper leg ,, about the same penatration , broke my arrow off. , deer showed up 9 days later in my food plot , and then after 11 days my neighbor saw him limping pushing doe around , ended up getting him late season almost 2 months later

  • @tima3830
    @tima3830 Рік тому +1

    "One in a million shot" click bait, got me but will not subscribe, 13 min of breath I won't get back.

  • @johnblevins4920
    @johnblevins4920 Рік тому

    He got down too soon

  • @joecuillo5005
    @joecuillo5005 Рік тому +1

    And why are people trying to film there hunts when they should be focusing on killing the deer? Learn to hunt then learn to film

  • @itstimbo1741
    @itstimbo1741 2 місяці тому

    Crying over bait ive baited my hole life and killed less then a handful on the pile hunting is hunting...to hell with all these rules its the reason no one hunts anymore

  • @jimmyriffe2988
    @jimmyriffe2988 4 місяці тому

    Cover your face helps

  • @TT-ft2dk
    @TT-ft2dk Рік тому +2

    Try taking off some weight on that bow!!! Dude you could hardly pull it back... lack of experience shows

    • @gandtoutdoors5
      @gandtoutdoors5  Рік тому

      Not lack of experience, but instead cold muscles due to 15 degree weather.

  • @davidzellers3537
    @davidzellers3537 2 місяці тому

    He is dead

  • @SOtis472
    @SOtis472 Рік тому

    You didn’t do your due diligence smh ….. please stay out from behind the bow

    • @joecuillo5005
      @joecuillo5005 Рік тому

      Thank you finally someone sees it my way😂

  • @OakRidgeTaxidirmy.
    @OakRidgeTaxidirmy. 4 місяці тому

    That deer is defently dead no doubt