Originally Posted by
RIStrutStopper
I hope its just you. You owe it to the animal to do everything you can to find it. If you're not prepared to leave your scent in your honey hole, don't shoot!
Agree 100%! Your scent will go away in a few days anyway. Good ethics outweigh hopes of future success anyway. Get in there and find her. Even if the meat is bad, I would want to know how I hit her and what happened just to help me out in the future.