Originally Posted by
kswild
When you lose the blood trail for whatever reason, the odds of you finding your deer go down to less than five percent.... depending on the terrain you are hunting. I believe you should.. if possible, never let the deer get out of your sight. I will continue to track a wounded animal immediately after the shot, even at the risk of pushing it. At least I can see where it is going and not risk losing the blood trail and not knowing where the animal went. Thoughts?
Live it up!
Doug
Totally disagree. You can get away with that being a strickly gun hunting, but not archery. You will regret this decision.
I have pushed a deer over 2 miles due to rain. From that, I generally will not bowhunt in the rain.