Module 9 of 9 Advanced
After the Bow Shot
Recover the bow-hit animal: read the arrow and the sign it left, choose the right wait time, and track a deer that an arrow kills differently than a bullet does.
Best after: The Bow Shot in the Field
Lessons
4 lessons in this module · 33 across the path
- Reading the Arrow The first clue after the shot: what the recovered arrow's blood and hull tell you about where you hit, and why bowhunters always find and read the arrow.
- Blood & Hair Sign Interpreting blood color and bubbles and the hair at the hit site to confirm a lung, liver, or gut hit. Builds on primer: blood-sign-trailing-principles.
- Wait Times by Hit Type Leads with the correct model: how long to wait before tracking based on the sign, why pushing a gut-hit deer loses it, and the patience an arrow wound demands.
- Tracking a Bow-Hit Deer Working the trail of an archery-killed deer: slower blood loss, marking sign, grid-searching, and knowing when to back out or call a tracking dog. Builds on primer: recovery-ethics-follow-up, recovery-across-boundaries-tracking-dogs.