Interactive Bloodtrail Competition 1 An actual, recent, Bloodtrail
Clue 1

This bloodtrail is 100% real. All the pictures, stories and video are exactly as it happened on the Pennsylvania season opener on Saturday, 10/2/99. We are going to step you through this extremely difficult trail to see what decisions you would have made. Good Luck!

You have just returned from an uneventful morning. You change and are relaxing back at the cabin when your hunting buddy Bill comes in and explains that he hit one this morning. You are the experienced tracker, your buddy is looking to you for guidance.

Bill goes on to tell you that the deer was walking, he picked a spot but did not compensate for the fast pace of the deer.

• The shot was fifteen yards and dead broadside.
• The hit looked like it was a gut hit
• The deer humped up as it ran off, tail up and in a hurry
• Blood and hair is found at the location of the shot
• Bill waited 1 hour before quietly leaving his stand
• The deer, a doe, was with two yearlings. They hung around after the shot then disappeared behind Bill's stand in the thickets. They returned a little later to the shot area.
• There are a lot of deer in the area.
• There is no threat of rain until Saturday evening - it is currently a clear, sunny day in the 60's.
• The time of the shot was 8:00 AM.

Here is the diagram of the location indicating shot angle and terrain.

Here are the first clues to this blood trail

	Where the deer was standing as seen from the stand
	Hairs found at the shot
	Blood found near the shot

 

Please vote on the most likely choice after you are given each clue. Correct answers are awarded points. Note: there are many correct answers, but some are better than others and will score more points. You will need to enter your ID# and PASSWORD to submit your choice on each clue. Your score will be held in the database until the 12th clue at which time we will post the final scores including the top ten highest scorers for the competition. New clues given daily.