Lost a Buck...help

[KickerPoint79]

Very nice buck and good shot. I shot my mule deer this year with a 270 130 grain Hornady.
He went about 5 steps!

[Kurdawg]

Nice buck congrats!

[RF76]

Hope you can get some pictures of the deer after you skin him and see how the bullet performed.

[Stan R]

Glad you found him!

[Capt Glenn]

Congrats! I am glad you found him.

They are amazing animals and you may knock 9 in a row on their butt and the 10th one will take the same hit and run a long way. Over the years I have seen them do amazing things when shot, even with solid hits.

[Kdog]

Glad you found him, great news!

[Swampa]

Glad you found him

[Huntindad]

congrats on finding your buck. I shot a buck earlier this year with my bow. I center punched the heart...still ran about 100 yards.

they are very resilient animals.

[Slick8]

Congrats on the recovery and a great looking deer.

I know the feeling, I shot a doe just behind the shoulder on Wednesday with a 45-70 and saw her go down about 75 yards away. Hardly a drop of blood. It was all internal. When I skinned her and started to remove the first shoulder it just poored out.

[Steady_Hand]

Good find, congrats!

[venado]

Only amateurs get worked up to a lather over the various calibers and their ability to kill Texas WT deer. The pros know that bullet placement is the key. One of the finest dog men in south Texas has kept records on the caliber used on deer his dogs have tracked and guess what? the 7 mag is the winner. But I will bet that in recent times the 7 mag has replaced the older 270, 30-06 and 25-06 guns in use in south TX, so my guess is that it doesn't prove that a 7 mag is inherently worse than other calibers, just that many people shoot them poorly due to recoil ending up with poor shot placement.

You found your deer under less than ideal circumstances, congratulations and know that it would not have been any deader with a different caliber.

[Artos]

Thanks for mentioning O'Conner ! Over 25 years ago, I read one of his books that my Dad had left me...

I just wish more people knew what he accomplished with his love of the .270 & 7x57...

I had a feeling the deer would be no more than 20-30yds when he last saw him...I've been there & a vital shot with bullet failure or not in a good boiler room hit (or lost trail to rain) they seldom make further than that when they hit the safety of the thicket.

They will usually stop & cough once in the brush...run till dead.

Great hill country deer!!

[bcfarmhunt]

Glad you found him nice deer.

[Etxbuckman]

Awesome buck! Glad you found him.

[Txbownut]

Very nice buck. Congrats!