Elk hit,.... poor blood. Is this lung blood or just muscle blood?

[Eastfork]

Hit elk, broadside. Shot looked good. But you know how that goes. Not much penatration, my lumen nok was knocked out impact, thinking shoulder shot....but what about this blood? Tracked for 500 yards. Blood was very minimal, was using rage hyperdermic

 

[Firestone]

Hard to tell from that picture alone but that looks like it could be lung blood to me

 

[CC11]

Looks lungish, in the 500 yards did you find your arrow? That will tell a lot, if you haven't, might backtrack and see if you can pick it up. If you're confident it's still in him then it's in the chest cavity to some degree and I'd think you'd find a dead bull eventually

 

[svivian]

Hit elk, broadside. Shot looked good. But you know how that goes. Not much penatration, my lumen nok was knocked out impact, thinking shoulder shot....but what about this blood? Tracked for 500 yards. Blood was very minimal, was using rage hyperdermic

Shoulder shot and hyperdermic are not two things you want. Hard to tell with the pic you sent.... are you seeing alot of blood with bubbles, looks like it could be some lung blood.

Edit: I shot and lost a bull with a bad shot that hit bone with a hyperdermic. Did you find the arrow? any pics of the arrow if so?

 

[Indian Summer]

That looks like lung blood to me. It’s really bright. Didn’t find the arrow? You might have barely entered the lung cavity. If that’s the case that elk will eventually die. How long did you wait before following up on the shot? 500 yards is a long way for a lungshot elk. But if it is lung he’s laid down by now. Resume the search tomorrow and keep an eye out for birds.

 

[Eastfork]

i found the arrow. blood soaked for 8-9 inches roughly, had to tell it was smeared a bit. i was a bit miffed on way he hadnt bedded. we gave him 12 hours. shot him right at dark last nite, and got on trail at first light

 

[Eastfork]

Kinda hard to tell, but looks blood soaked first 8 inches or so.....

 

[mnydir]

I'm guessing single lung hit. They can go for a long time with one lung.

 

[Eastfork]

Shoulder shot and hyperdermic are not two things you want. Hard to tell with the pic you sent.... are you seeing alot of blood with bubbles, looks like it could be some lung blood.

Edit: I shot and lost a bull with a bad shot that hit bone with a hyperdermic. Did you find the arrow? any pics of the arrow if so?

just posted pics

 

[Geewhiz]

They are tough suns a guns. Even with a perfect double lung I have seen them go farther than most would ever think possible.

 

[Coveyleader]

I had a 1 lung hit elk hit at 7 am, went in at noon, jumped him. He ran about 200 more and died. Recovered at 7pm that night.

It can take awhile. Also, tip to you, dump those orange and red feathers impossible to tell what’s going on. Those look like rampage arrow which have red on them as well. Stupidest thing they could ever think of.

 

[Eastfork]

How long will a shoulder wound bled?...... 500 plus yards?? Arrow came out after about 200...still was bleeding

 

[Eastfork]

I had a 1 lung hit elk hit at 7 am, went in at noon, jumped him. He ran about 200 more and died. Recovered at 7pm that night.

It can take awhile. Also, tip to you, dump those orange and red feathers impossible to tell what’s going on. Those look like rampage arrow which have red on them as well. Stupidest thing they could ever think of.

No red on shafts. They are vital impacts have used them for years. Yeah the orange fetching are stupid on my part...

 

[Eastfork]

I had a 1 lung hit elk hit at 7 am, went in at noon, jumped him. He ran about 200 more and died. Recovered at 7pm that night.

It can take awhile. Also, tip to you, dump those orange and red feathers impossible to tell what’s going on. Those look like rampage arrow which have red on them as well. Stupidest thing they could ever think of.

Also, the red is blood on the vanes...

 

[camping1601]

When a nock backs out it means it Hit something really hard. Add in the poor penetration and I'm going with shoulder. They'll bleed almost instantly and stop real quick.

 

[dtrkyman]

Look a bit like muscle blood, hard to tell in pics though.


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[Wellsdw]

If you gave him 12 hrs (which was smart) and he went 500 yards with out bedding. You probably didn’t get lungs. Bubbly “foamy” bright blood can also come from the hide scrubbing over a muscle wound especially around the shoulder. I hear a lot of stories about single lung hits, but hitting only a single lung is extremely hard to do with our a hard angle. Because broadside there is not much stopping that arrow in the lung space. Really sorry you lost your elk.

 

[stanginthe11s]

I would go back to the exact spot you shot from and try to replay it, might help with what you hit. I don't think you got shoulder because you have alot of blood on those vanes and you say it stayed in for 200 yds. usually the arrow gets snapped off when they run. I also don't see even a nick in those blades so I don't think you even hit bone and that nock didn't back out it snapped in half. almost seems like a quartering shot almost pass through and hit liver. would also explain the long tracking, have you lost blood trail?