10/07/2026
SCENARIO OF THE WEEK 🦌
This buck was shot from a tree at no more than 20 feet of elevation. The buck was about 15 yards away, slightly downhill from the hunter and standing broadside.
The hunter shot into the left side, and the arrow did not pass through. A short distance up the trail, all but about 8 inches of the arrow had broken off.
There was blood within the first 20 yards or so. After losing it, the hunter and his dad did a small grid search trying to pick the trail back up, but they never went more than about 20 yards beyond last blood before backing out.
If you saw my previous post, you already know the outcome. But, like our other scenarios, the outcome really isn’t the point.
As a tracker, how would you initiate this track?
What does the broken arrow tell you, if anything? Does the lack of a pass-through change how you approach it? And what questions would you want answered by the hunter before you ever put your dog on the track?
Or, if you were the hunter, how would you have handled the recovery after losing blood?
There’s a lot that can be learned from what looks like a pretty simple setup.
