ORIGINAL: barredrock
Sorry man, but as long as you tried your hardest, its all you could have done.
I did everything I could possibly think of doing to find this deer. I know this stuff happens, but it still sucks big time. People at work were all saying don't bother looking, the meat is bad blah,blah, blah. I looked at them and was just like "please, please don't ever take up hunting if you have that little respect for what you are going after." They really didn't understand the principle behind finding this deer. Meat or no meat, if I found him, or happen to find him in season, he is still getting tagged and mounted out of respect. Maybe Hunsucker is right, if he smells bad enough, I could find him that way. Oh well, back into the game I go.
Shane