So now we need to remove ALL animals that were hit with a "marginal shot"? Also, if you had help finding the buck...and one of the guys finds it before you do...those have to be removed as well.
He did NOT succesfully recover the deer. He DID succesfully kill and tag the deer...that's enough to get you in the books, no matter how bad it looks.
The deer belongs in the books....you just won't find me listening to everything Zaft says like it's the gospel or something.