red1973
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I was reading about a guy who shot a deer and it fell and he immediately started climbing down from his stand when the animal got up and ran off and he never found it. Made me think of what one should do immediately after the shot was made. If he had stayed in his stand and loaded another round and the deer got up he could have shot it again and would have probably gotten his deer.
When I'm hunting deer with a gun and I have shot one, I stay in the stand and load another round into the chamber and I just watch the area where I saw the deer go down. I probably wait five or maybe ten minutes. I then gather all my gear together, while checking the spot where I saw the deer go down. I then lower my gun from the stand and get down, with my back pack of gear. I take the gun and slowly walk to the area where I saw the deer fall--watching for any movement as I'm going. When I find the deer, I poke it with the bore of the rifle to make sure it's dead. I admire it awhile and then begin the field dressing.
If I'm bow hunting, I wait for at least 30 minutes before leaving the stand to search for the deer--that's if I made what I thought was a good shot. If I doubted the quality of the shot, I will stay in the stand 45 minutes to an hour before beginning to look for them. If they aren't disturbed, the shot animal will lay down quickly and bleed to death, but if they are spooked, they can run who knows how far.
When I'm hunting deer with a gun and I have shot one, I stay in the stand and load another round into the chamber and I just watch the area where I saw the deer go down. I probably wait five or maybe ten minutes. I then gather all my gear together, while checking the spot where I saw the deer go down. I then lower my gun from the stand and get down, with my back pack of gear. I take the gun and slowly walk to the area where I saw the deer fall--watching for any movement as I'm going. When I find the deer, I poke it with the bore of the rifle to make sure it's dead. I admire it awhile and then begin the field dressing.
If I'm bow hunting, I wait for at least 30 minutes before leaving the stand to search for the deer--that's if I made what I thought was a good shot. If I doubted the quality of the shot, I will stay in the stand 45 minutes to an hour before beginning to look for them. If they aren't disturbed, the shot animal will lay down quickly and bleed to death, but if they are spooked, they can run who knows how far.