AKElroy
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When I was 11, my dad shot a doe from the front porch of our hunting cabin. Had to be 250 yrds off-hand, and several of his buds were daring him to take the shot. The doe went down, and then immediatly scrambled to her feet & ran. This was probably 1:30pm. At 6 pm, we finally found her, sitting in a clearing looking around. He had just knicked her throat, and she lost a lot of blood. It still took another shot @ 20 yrds to put her down.
I am 44 now, and that is still the longest search I have ever been on. We must have walked 5 miles of LCRA land to recover that animal. (that's where she ran, not where we shot her) Every hunter in the camp (5 of us) looked all day for that deer. It was never an option to quit looking, and today I still see the same thing. I hunt Central Texas, and if you shoot, you better return with a deer or a clean miss story, or the whole camp is helping you spot blood to make sure you missed.
I have seen a number of posts lately regarding hunters that have lost wounded animals, and it got me wondering when we should stop looking. Thoughts?
I am 44 now, and that is still the longest search I have ever been on. We must have walked 5 miles of LCRA land to recover that animal. (that's where she ran, not where we shot her) Every hunter in the camp (5 of us) looked all day for that deer. It was never an option to quit looking, and today I still see the same thing. I hunt Central Texas, and if you shoot, you better return with a deer or a clean miss story, or the whole camp is helping you spot blood to make sure you missed.
I have seen a number of posts lately regarding hunters that have lost wounded animals, and it got me wondering when we should stop looking. Thoughts?