Originally Posted by
Doubled 150
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."
Yea I saw that and there is no dispute that is common knowledge. On a good hit that could be ideal, but on poor hits with the chance of the wounded animal continuing to leave the area and with little or no blood trail and many in need of a second shot,
what works for me is trying to keep the animal in sight. Still the statistics speak for themselves.
Live it up! Doug