ORIGINAL: Proff

Man that stinks!! I sure hope that the person who shot it gave 110% on the recovery attempt, but I know what you mean about the feelings you have. I live in NE Ohio, flat lands with small woodlots and creeks and fencrows. During the weel lond slug law we get alot, and I mean about 90% of the guys, who do what we call heater hunting. just drive around chasing deer with trucks, ATV's, even dirt bikes until they surround them with 20 guys or take potshots from the vehicles or on the road. Trust me, I am not exxagerating one bit. It is rediculous. Anyhow, you wouldn't believe how many deer are found dead or seriously wounded after that week because some of these guys just give up if they don't find them right away. They just head for another section. It is sad. A few years ago a friend called and told me that about 10 guys were getting ready to run my uncles 8 acre woods. I am the only one with permission to hunt it and am in control of it since me Uncle lives out of state now. By the time I got there they were gone, but their tracks were everywhere in the snow. I went in the woods and found spent sheels so I knew they shot. I found a dead fawn from that year laying there, and their tracks were all around it. They just shot at it, and then saw how little it was and left it lay. Man was I HOT!! About 10 years ago a freind of mine got a call from a farmer he knew the day after gun law ended. Hr said that he saw some guys stop on the road infront of his farm and start blasting at some deer running into his corn field. He went out and started yelling at them and they took off. Luckily his wife got some vidoe of them driving away and they did get a ticket. But the next day while he was running corn he found a dead doe and fawn, and another fawn with both front legs shot off at the elbows. He asked us to come out and kill it. My buddy put an arrow in its chest and then his girlfriend sat down and held its head and cried while it died. Let me tell you something, there were 3 hardcore bowhunters there that have hunted all their life, and believe me, not one of us had dry eyes. It is really sad. So believe me, it happens everywhere. At least you find it and can do some good with it.
On another note, I see that you are a Vikes fan. I am a huge fan too, bleed purple. Looks like Childress isn't gonna keep Culpepper around. I don't know about that man. I know he tore his knee up, but all I have heard and read, it sould like he is really rehabbing hard and tryoing to come back better than befor. I know his season this past year was really bad, but man the year before he would have been the MVP if Manning wouldn't have had the year he had. We will see what happens. Johnson is a great game manager, but as a starter all year, I just don't know. He just isn't the mobile threat taht Culpepper is. At least we have alot of cap room to play with. Hopefully we can get the free agents and draft choices we need. I just want them to win the SB before I die, then my life will be complete. I am 41 now and have pics of me when I was like 5 or 6 with all my Vikes gear on with my Cral Eller and Alan Page posters in the background. I am a lifer!!Lets hope for the best!!