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No never did unfortunately, that is unless somehow he survived. Sucks but hey as big as he was he had years to spread his genes all over this hill, maybe with good management and some luck I might have another chance someday Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Thank you, yeah I’m pretty sure I’ve pushed him a bit already, that or his core area was larger than I thought, luckily now I believe I’ve found everywhere he goes Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Thank you, I hope so and I appreciate it Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

I’m guessing that’s what this is now, I think I just hit intestine alone, now that I’ve found balls of half digested cud. When I posted this I never believed we would’ve lasted this much longer Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Thank you but my moral is starting to fade, I even went again this morning, I want to quit so bad but I can’t. The bullets was a big mistake, I thought I had a few more than that but when I opened the box opening morning that’s what I had left, should’ve checked ahead of time, it’s kicking me in...

Same stuff as the stomach content I found Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Top right corner hard to see in the pic, when we had 12 inches of his bed wouldn’t fully melt and you could see a lot more Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

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Yeah 2 weeks and two days, I didn’t get pics of the beds when the snow was fresh but I’ll show you what I got, it’s sometimes greenish or brownish but smells like a gut shot deer I’m not sure if it’s actually bile but it’s definitely some sort of gut liquid, and the stomach contents I found...

Trying again in the morning, it’s going to be somewhat warm and rain pretty hard all day so maybe I can follow tracks and catch him in his bed Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Can’t unfortunately, that would be nice, the woods are far to thick here, too many pines, and we have hill and valleys but they’re gradual so you can’t see too far, and the thick woods don’t help with that even when you can get on top of a hill Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Still alive. Found beds with blood and bile again even had a little bit of stomach contents in it, bloody urine, bile. Seams to be leaking more now than before. Guess I’m just going to have to keep looking Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

That is great advice though, after 5 days into it a sign of a predator or scavenger was as good as a sign of him. Every time I hear a crow or see yote prints I’m following them

That photo is from 100 yards with a phone, zoomed in several times. I should’ve taken another photo in the swamp when I was 30-40 feet from him but my phone died trying to text my wife for bullets and when I saw him nodding his head then put his head down I figured it was only a matter of time...

I have yotes around here but not as much as I’m used to, I bought the house I live in 3 years ago, about 20 miles from where i grew up. Where I grew up there were packs and packs, during dear season you’d hear them howling half hour after dark every night. Here pretty much never but theyre still...

To tell you the truth at this point I would take it back if I could and just keep hunting him, have another chance later in the season maybe or next year. It wasn’t the best shot but I was still pretty confident, I was hunting with an open sight rifle because I was in thick woods mostly but came...

Urine, I never took a picture of the blood and bile in the beds because I was so sure I was going to find him right after Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

Very hard to see I know but if you look closely you can see a black dot in the middle of the photo, that’s his nose, front legs below, you can see one side of his rack on the right, the left is blocked a little bit you can see the base and the top Sent from my iPhone using Deer Hunter Forum

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Thank you for the info! I know it’s not a sure thing but it makes sense, if you know, how long does it take for a deer to die once peritonitis sets in? I’m just trying to figure out a timeline of when I should do what. Like if I get 10 people here sunday to do a grid search and he’s still alive...