Originally Posted by WNYhunter

Jasonlester, that just goes to show there are dishonest people no matter where you go.

A few years back i had a doe come right below my stand coughing, yes coughing. I shot her. When I got down I noticed the big hole in her neck from a shotgun. I field dressed her, dragged her out of the way and got back in my stand. Nobody came by and we had a nice coating of snow on the ground. When i got down I tagged her and took her home.

As far as I am concerned, every neck shot isnt a done deal. If they fall you got them if they didn't you must have missed, well I know first hand thats not the way it is.

And anyone that hunts with me follows my rule, period. first fatal hit not just first blood. That can work both ways too. I shot a buck a few years ago in the back hip. In the rain. There was 4 of us trailing it, good enough blood trail to follow. Made it to the woods and 2 of us stayed on the blood and 1 each on either side. The guy to one side found the buck laying down, still alive but not getting up. he asked if I wanted to finish him or should he, I had him do it just to put the deer out. That case it was my deer but if he ran into someone we didnt know there was no way I could have taken that deer and felt good about it.