Bowshark, you didn't go into details, what if the evidence or a gun or bow kill? Also, what says that it was poached?
It is very disappointing to find dead deer, but we can't just assume that all dead animals are hunter or poacher killed!

Poaching infuriates me, poaching is a criminal act! As Sportsmen/women, we need to fight poaching/poachers religiously! Poaching is NOT hunting, POACHERS ARE NOT HUNTERS!

"Slob Hunters" These folks can barely classify as a "Hunter!" "Legal?" yes!
But these are those that never shoot, or sight in their guns, take very poor shots, and don't follow up on their "considered" misses!


Roadkill, another inevitable fact of life! I'm sure there are not very many people that would intentionally run over a game animal.

Sooner or later though, even good hunter/shooter/trackers are going to wound and lose a deer! This bothers me personally! (if it doesn't bother the shooter, perhaps they need to find another sport! Or start hunting animals that attack back!)

Remember, and I'm not saying this to ease anyone's personal conscious! (Again, I say if you can just shrug off a bad hit and/or lost deer, you probably need to take a look finding another sport) but NOTHING is going to be wasted in nature! Disappointing, saddening, even maddening, but "nature" is very rarely "wasted"!