I almost had one stolen 3 years ago. With fading light I arrowed a 9 pointer. I followed a good blood trail for about 40 yds., when I heard labored heavy running ahead. Figuring the hit was not as good as I thought and knowing I was very close to a main people trail I decided to track to the trail, mark it and come back in the morning. I got to the people trail, marked it and was just about to leave when I decided to shine my flashlight on the other side of the trail. Too my utter amazement there lied my buck with the addition of a second arrow stuffed into his midsection. The “new” arrow was obviously stuck there by hand after the deer died as the wound was not bleeding and there was absolutely no blood on the shaft outside the wound.
It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that this “hunter” found my dead buck and stuck it with an arrow to claim it for himself. He must of got scared when he saw my flashlight coming through the woods and decided it best to leave – the running I heard as I approached the spot.

Nervous he might be going to get help, I high tailed it out of there – ungutted!!<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>

Toughest drag I ever had