RE: Shot a buck this morning.....Sad day, guys....
congrats on a job well done. I (vaguely) understand why you would be down, but the fact that you put him out of misery should make you forget all about that shouldnt it?
I can only speak from a regional veiwpoint, but locally 3 legged deer do NOT survive. winter and/or coyotes almost always get them. Several groups of shotgun hunters locally are notoriously bad at it. This is a major reason I hunt late season with a muzzleloader and not a bow. Much more certian to bag a cripple i might see farther away. I personally have killed 4 cripples in 8 years doing such, and have been elated with every one....most were just about gone.
Nature is incapable of waste but i feel great being able to end it quickly.