RE: loosing-Finding animals
Elk will spoil in a matter of hrs. if not gutted and skinned!! I have always wondered about some of these hunters that shoot an animal and then just walk off and leave it till the next morning...not very sporting if U ask me ....well they think they hit it hard, but not for sure so we'll just wait and let it die slowly!! I had d boss that did this they hit this deer late in the evening and figured it would lie down and die overnight ...well they were wrong, the coyotes got after it and worriethe wounded animal to death t...there were about 5or 6 places were U coould see where the deer had tried to get away only to be cornered again and slowly chewed to death!!!!
I would take all night to find an animal I had hit rather than let it suffer needlessly!!!