Tough spot
Ok, I hate to have to post this, but.... I shot a doe from my blind. It was a clean hit.20 yards slightly quartering away. I saw the arrow hit. It was a straight through. I found the arrow right behind where she was standing with plenty of blood on it. I waited and then retired to the house to eat. Later my boys and I went out and searched. We have looked for over eight hours. Followed a good blood trail to a spot with two fist sized spots of blood (about 200 yards). Then, nothing. We have grid searched the entire area. Now to the tough part. About thirty yards from the last blood is a fence line. It borders about ten acres belonging to my one neighbor. I will NOT get permission from him to search his land. He has made that clear. He is an outcast from the community (after stealing from a number of non-profit groups). What do I do? I am certain at this point that the deer crossed the fence line (although a through search of the entire section shows no blood on either side). Any thoughts? It is killing me to not have recovered the body.