3 months until a duodecennial….

[double browtine]

Congratulations TC! So glad y'all found him!

 

[AT Hiker]

That's awesome! Congrats!!!

How far did he go?

Right at 600 yards the best I can figure. I blood trailed for 75 yards and it stopped, then after we found him I back trailed (guessing the route but with a good hunch) it back to last blood and it was .3 miles.

Here is a pic from another ridge looking toward the location I killed him. X is where I shot him, the red line (he took the flat route, hit the timber and drop some elevation) is the approximate route he took after the shot and the red circle is where he died. The yellow line is where he came from when I was calling him in.

Definitely punched the liver. I never did find the arrow(s). No exit wound(s) on opposite side either. I really don't know if I hit the artery or not. I did the "gutless" method on him and once the tenderloins were out (which were perfectly fine and no gut puncture there) I dug through his internals. No arrow, perfect broad head puncture in liver and all damage appeased on the shot side.
I give up on trying to figure out what that arrow did.