Congrats on the fine harvest! Great story and pics. I'm surprised the deer ran as far as it did with a good shot, but it does happen sometimes. Tracking in a swamp is no fun at all- I had to do it once during bow season- and after that, NO THANK YOU.

We have a lot of road hunters too- they greatly annoy me. It is illegal, but they do it anyways- cruising up and down the dirt road and coal mining company trails. My only consolation is that they largely seem to be unsuccessful - the deer have figured this one out and they tend to come home empty-handed.