You shoot it, you bust ass to find it, you tag it! My opinion.

But what if you shoot it, draw blood and then never find it?

On the property that ajoins ours 9 guys own 500 acres together. Thier rule is if you draw blood on a buck, you' re done. They all paid a lot of money for this prime WI hunting land and they feel that each guy is allowed 1 archery and 1 gun buck per year.

BUT what if you' re on public land? or on a big $$ trip? HMMMMMM