Rybo:

Thats what had me so torn. Believe me....after all that.....a 1/4 mile drag wasn't gonna deter me. I could have carried her that far. I just realized after about 5-6 hours.....I wasn't gonna take the chance with the meat. Someone here may tell me she'd have been just fine to ingest......but I'll have to be told by an authority on such matters to believe anything could lay in this heat for 9 hours (by the time I'd have gotten her field dressed, butchered and on ice, at best. Shot was as described. There was some matted blood in her hair.....but it didn't even run the length from the wound(s) to her chest.

Troy:

I love reading about your encounters. Keep 'em coming, bro.