My question to all of you who suggested asking the game dept for another tag is this. Why do you feel that making a poor shot, whether intentional or not and not recovering the deer until it' s been eaten by other predators entitles you to another tag. How often are perfectly healthy deer taken down by coyotes. Let' s be realistic, if you know you hit that deer in the guts then you killed it and it is removed from the herd whether you get to eat it or not. I respect all of you who would tag it but feel it' s unethical to ask for another tag because you didn' t get to eat it. I think an additional question is in order. What if that deer is never recovered? Do you keep hunting even though you know you' ve made a lethal hit on one deer?
TJ