Geno C

that looks like a nice size yote.

i think there are quite a few who can relate to that... myself included

thats awesome! glad you had a perductive hunt. when you going back up?

think it could be varment hunting? like shooting woodchucks in a feild or something? small game hunting?

have you been seeing anything john?

oh ok so you have some nice lows tho, yeah the highs get ya when you have some extra clothing on i guess.

yeah, like one has mentioned tho i gues you never know the real situation. only the shooter does... but you never know who didnt practice prior to the season, who changed what on there bow and never shot it after until they were in the stand, who got out to chase a deer to quick, who shot at an alert deer or took a low percentage shot. i guess you never know. but these ar all things a hunter should take into account for as well. i think a some of the biggest problems are mis judge in yardage (wrong pin), crappy shot placement, taking low percentage shots, not giving the deer enough time to expire. all variables that can add up to a lost deer.

I took the pics with my cell phone so it might be the pics, lol. there was bubbles in the blood and it was bright red. Man my gut said to let it go over night and I listen to my hunting partners and went after it after an hour.They kept saying with all that blood there was no way it would go far. I now will let my bow deer sit for enough time to expire. I'm still bumming though but I guess the good thing is I learned from it. Larry302, I have a pit bull and a 10 year old lab so my dogs are out, lol. I might be able to work with my pit bull but the lab is a grandpa. yeah might be the pics lol... same thing happened to me, i listen to someone else when i should have called the decsion. but you live and you learn i guess. im with you tho.

my computer screen at work is alittle foggy but it looks like you have lung boubles in that pic, dark red also. if i were to guess (Liver / Lung)?? they will run on a liver / lung hit. Thats what i did to mine last year.

some may have not have seen it. I did add in there i lost a buck last year. i know the feeling. i kicked myself hard for it. i gave the deer almost an hour before getting down to check for blood, i made the decsion to back out and my dad insisted we stay on it. blood was awesome, everywhere, even found the bed where we kicked him up. end result i lost him. My bow was on point as so was myself prior to the season. long and short of it was i hit alittle further back then intended and i should have went with my original gut feeling and backed out. I knew exactly where i hit and i should not have stayed on the trail, i knew that. looking forward i swore i would do what it takes to make sure it wont happen again, although that may not be the case. If i am faced with this again i do know i will give the deer plenty of time to expire. i will not make that mistake nor let anyone tell me to keep on it. ultimately it is my deer and i will make the decision to track or not...

nice! congrats! always exciting to share a first deer with a friend

i dont think he will taste funny. but hey, you can get back to us and tell us your input on the matter... let us know what you think, you should be fine tho. slight difference if any, i think

check over in the hunting regions. there might be some posts in there.

dont get me started on health Ins... lol our plan is going up 17% over the 16% it went up last year. our company is picking up some cost so we pay $10 extra a wek on what we pay now...

well put mike. i am not the best at hunting and i dont want to come across like that. there are actually a bunch of members who know way more then me... as a hunter, i love what i do and i do care alot for the deer. i hate to see wounded deer or suffering deer, but like we all stated it is reality and it happens. i just caught your thread and it happened to be the one i vented in. no harm no foul. thanks for not taking me the wrong way...

congrats! your on a roll this year lol

how far up are you with heavy frost? whats the temp mid day by you?

i just caught this... If you don't like what i have to say, then dont read it. Theres no reason to speak the way you do in an open forum. I have not been hunting for 50 years and i am entitled to every bit of my opinion. i stated there has been alot of these threads going on. and i am right in that sense. So again dont read what i have to say if it offends you. i apologise if the thread starter took it offensive, i was just tired of seeing all these non recovery threads. It does happen tho and i will not chime in this one anymore...

nice bucks right there. cool deal

shoot, sorry to hear that buddy!

nice buck outdoorsman! good job

well put... we are obligated to do so. and he was faced with a decision and did not take it due to the possible consiquesnces. but i have spoke to guys who make a joke about letting deer go like that and refuse to the right thing. lets just say i no longer speak to hunters like that. they brag about killing the horns but will not do and i will say this, the "ethical" decision.

it happens... wish you luck in the recover, i do

nice buck

that is the truth...