RE: Recovery, What to do After the Shot.
Rob - Excellent post. I wish I'd have known about huntingnet.com and this annual post earlier in my bow hunting career. The first deer I shot 3 years ago in my first bow hunting season, the adrenalin was pumping and I absolutely couldn't make myself stay up the tree (definite lack of self discipline). The deer ran off with back humped and I could hear her stop a few yards into the brush. I got down after 15 minutes and the noise from my climber must have pushed the deer. I found blood in a couple of places but no trail and lost the animal. I felt so bad, I almost gave up hunting altogether to keep from injuring another animal. I got my first kill this year finally and the experience and humility of that first hunt made me stay put long enough for the deer to expire. I hope this post keeps someone else from getting that feeling. Thank you.