Originally Posted by
kswild
The statics speak volumes out of 908 deer hit 162 were not recovered, in the research area. So give me your thoughts on why that is!!!
Live it up! Doug
My guess is the less experience bowhunters made poor decisions which include taking bad shots and/or pushing the deer and not letting it bed down, bleed out and die.
Here's a quote taken from page 34 (4 of 4) on the link you posted:
"Secondly, a group of volunteer trackers provided help to any bowhunter requesting assistance with locating a hit deer. Experienced trackers could help novice bowhunters avoid mistakes that could affect deer recovery, such as taking up a blood trail too soon after a poor hit."