Locating Your Harvest After The Shot

Ten Sure Fire Steps To Locating Your Deer After The Shot

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You have spent many, many hours getting the chance to shoot a trophy buck the last thing you want to do is cripple one. Every hunter know that you'll get more opportunities for quick kills by knowing the limits of your accuracy and hewing to them. You're not at the firing range so almost all of your decline shots could not be made unless you were at the bench. Trying to make long shots, moving, shots and any other shots from difficult and improper positions are risky at best.

Even the best of us will see a bullet go awry. Here are some helpful steps that will give you the advantage of recovering your harvested deer.

1. Call the Shot. Just like a golfer lines up the location of his golf ball after his tee shot so he can walk right to it you need to learn to do the same. Register the position of the sight when you shoot. Calling a shot tells you where the bullet should of hit and what to anticipate on the trail.
2. Make the Assumption you hit the deer! You did fire so you had to be certain you were going to hit the target. Make sure you listen right after you pull the trigger for the sound of bullet on ribs. Even if you don't hear anything, proceed as if you did make the hit.
3. If You Detect movement or still stand after the shot, shoot again. If the deer looks mobile, shoot at what you can see, right away.
4. Stay Still After The Shot.