Traditions for bagging or missing a deer.
I'm always interested in reading about what people do when they tag or miss a deer.
Some of the common ones, like the shirt tail of a hunter who misses a deer is hung up as a trophy, OR, a good old fashioned hand shake and congrats for a first deer.
One that I seem to adhere to, is if I connect on a deer, and it runs a bit before expiration, and I can clearly see where it went down...I'll still track the blood trail from the place of impact. Don't know why, but it adds to the suspense when you finally get to the downed animal. I also like to get friends, or young kids out to track or retrieve the deer. I get just as much enjoyment of helping a friend pull out a deer as I do when taking one myself.