Interesting. Hadn't thought about that. His body cavity was completely full of blood. I had to stand him up on his haunches a couple times to drain it so I could see what I was doing. It was all a hot soupy mess 🥴
It can be thick as he'll where I live in Blacktail country as well. I was lucky enough to find a couple good tracks and just used common sense from there to find him.
I went hunting this past weekend for the first time and managed to shoot a Blacktail Buck. I was using a 30-06 with HSM bullets loaded with 165grain SSTs, rated at 2700fps. I know this is a little slower for a 165gr 06 but my rifle shot these extremely well. The deer was at 90 yards and I shot...