Hit a elk can't find him

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This morn was our last morn to hunt here in CO we had a bull follow 8 cows past us at 17 yds I let my son shoot first he hit him quartering to just a bit when he shot,
The bull ran our to 70 and I put one behind his front led quartering away a little low.
The bull ran for 30 yds then walked up the hill and would stop every once in a while we saw the blood coming out of him when he stopped, we tracked him 600 yds out in a field and lost all blood.

This is what the blood looked like where he stopped, pretty sure he is dead just no idea where,
Any advice ?


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[Ikeepitcold]

Holy cow that's a lot of blood for him to have stopped. Hope some archers will give you some advise. That bull has to be dead. Good luck! Hope you find him

 

[velvetfvr]

Has he been traveling the same direction during the blood trail? Was he ever running after he ran the 30 yards? Have you bumped him? Need to know a little more info

 

[Work2hunt]

Don't give up. That looks like some frothy blood....maybe lung. Start following trails if there are any from where you lost blood. If you know the direction he was going start with trails going that direction first and keep your eyes open. If trail following don't turn up any blood start walking the grid. A gps works great for this. Turn on the tracking function and start walking and looking for a dead elk and blood. Nice thing about the gps you can see where you have been walking.

Good luck. He's out there you just need to find him.

 

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We never saw him run at all, thought he wouldn't make the hill but he did, down the other side he stumbled a few times,
He the field he came into was a half mile across and uphill was the general direction he was headed from the last blood,
We did kick up a bull and he crossed the field in a hurry did not look hurt thinking it was not the same bull .


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[Work2hunt]

Did you check where that bull was bedded? I've seen bedded animals get up that don't look hurt but after examination you find blood.

 

[velvetfvr]

We never saw him run at all, thought he wouldn't make the hill but he did, down the other side he stumbled a few times,
He the field he came into was a half mile across and uphill was the general direction he was headed from the last blood,
We did kick up a bull and he crossed the field in a hurry did not look hurt thinking it was not the same bull .


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Follow the direction he was going. If he was stumbling he is dead in that direction. If there is water near, search around that if the first failed. Also, if there was any thick trees or cover that was near or the direction he was headed, check that. But I am betting he died in the hoof and is there somewhere. Somewhere crashed along the trail

 

[ivorytip]

you lost blood in the field? didn't find any after you lost blood in field? he's dead in that field somewhere I bet, surprising how hard it is to see a big body dead on ground sometimes, you guys may have walked right past him, well done and congrats for not giving up!

 

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He did run off of public onto private witch I did obtain permission to walk the prob is that most of it is prairie with clumps of trees here and there which we walked and kicked out that other bull, could not get a hold of any of the other neighbors,
I'm kinda at a loss


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[velvetfvr]

He did run off of public onto private witch I did obtain permission to walk the prob is that most of it is prairie with clumps of trees here and there which we walked and kicked out that other bull, could not get a hold of any of the other neighbors,
I'm kinda at a loss


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He is there. How long have you looked? Did he run into SB alfalfa field??

 

[ivorytip]

blue light in the dark, you will be amazed at how any spec of blood will stand out that's naked to your eye in day. run to wall world if you don't have a blue light on your head lamp,

 

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He ran across prairie sage stuff had 6 guys at it till 2:30 this afternoon and covered the ground we had permission to be on


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[ivorytip]

car pool anyone??

 

[Work2hunt]

Good luck man. He is there. Keep looking.

 

[ivorytip]

I know that feeling brother, sickning.

 

[Team Kabob]

That's lung butter. He is down

 

[jjenness]

I would bet you bumped him in the field. How much time had passed from when he was shot until you saw the bull in the field? I shot my bull last Wednesday at 245 in the afternoon and waited to track him until the last hour of light and I bumped him out of his bed at dark and he got up and trotted away like he wasn't hurt at all. Went back the next morning and found him dead 500 yards from where I bumped him. The shot was perfect quartering away, entering in his ponch and exiting in his opposite armpit. The bull went 1.5 miles from where I shot him, makes zero sense how he made it that far but they are some damn tough animals. If you remember which way the wind was blowing start making loops downwind from where you lost the blood, every elk I have ever shot that didn't die quickly has put the wind at his back when leaving the area so he can smell you coming. Also look at any vantage points as they tend to bed down where they can see danger coming, the only bulls I've seen die in the bottom of draws is when they die quickly after getting shot. Stay vigilant and positive, say a prayer, you'll find him.

 

[ivorytip]

I would bet you bumped him in the field. How much time had passed from when he was shot until you saw the bull in the field? I shot my bull last Wednesday at 245 in the afternoon and waited to track him until the last hour of light and I bumped him out of his bed at dark and he got up and trotted away like he wasn't hurt at all. Went back the next morning and found him dead 500 yards from where I bumped him. The shot was perfect quartering away, entering in his ponch and exiting in his opposite armpit. The bull went 1.5 miles from where I shot him, makes zero sense how he made it that far but they are some damn tough animals. If you remember which way the wind was blowing start making loops downwind from where you lost the blood, every elk I have ever shot that didn't die quickly has put the wind at his back when leaving the area so he can smell you coming. Also look at any vantage points as they tend to bed down where they can see danger coming, the only bulls I've seen die in the bottom of draws is when they die quickly after getting shot. Stay vigilant and positive, say a prayer, you'll find him.

he knows his stuff

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Great info JJ.

 

[birdhunter]

Hard to say, I shot a cow a few years back a couple hours before dark. Her blood looked just like that. We kept bumping her and she would run away. We left her and came back the next morning. The blood trail was huge!! We started an hour before light and the blood trail grew smaller. We finally found her at about noon. Had to put another arrow in her. She was still alive just couldn't move too fast. I thought the meat would be spoiled but she did alright over night. Very tough animals. I shot her through one lung and into the other.