Bowhunter’s Buck Recovery Doesn’t Go as Planned (Video)

I hate it when that happens.

It was late December when this bowhunter put out some bait and waited for a North Dakota buck to show up and pose for him.

And one did.

(If you want to skip the baiting etc, just hop to 0:50. That’s the money shot.)

The buck ran away with the arrow sticking WAY out, and since the weather was cold, they left him until morning.

When they found the buck, his meat was well-preserved, but the rack was another story.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.