ORIGINAL: Alsatian
A buck, a big buck with a big rack, is shot but not mortally wounded on a piece of hunting ground by a first hunter. This first hunter commonly shoots, wounds, and fails to recover at least one deer a season. The first hunter tracks the buck about 1.5 miles following a spotty blood trail. The hunter spooks thebuck out of its bed once, and the buck is able to run up hill fairly quickly. The blood trail follows a path indicating the buck is checking its scrapes for does -- the buck is continuing to pursue mating opportunities. A secondhunter sees the buck the next day (24 hours after the first hunter wounded the buck), the buck is alert and moving ablely. The second hunter shoots and kills the buck. Whose buck is it?
Well, here is my opinion
1.If the 1st hunter truly does "commonly shoot, wounds, and fails to recover at least one deer a season," that hunter seriously needs to work on his shooting skills.
2.If the buck was "continuing to pursue mating opportunities", then I have probably had razor cuts worse than he was hit.
You said that you don't really think there is a right answer. I will have to respectfully disagree. This is a pretty easy one to figure out. Of course the 1st hunter sounds like he might be just barely smart enough to think otherwise.
C. Davis