Well the guy was shooting a 30-06 and hit the deer on the left shoulder, small wound that stopped bleeding after traveling 15 yards (thats how long the bloodtrail was) i really wanted that deer be it 9 points or a spike (heck even a doe) he was my first but its my wife' s family' s land and i' m a guest there. I do know that if i had a marginal hit on a deer and the shoe was on the other foot I would think the deer was mine and be thankful someone had put him down quick and ended his suffering, so I am sleeping well at night knowing i did the right thing IMO. I ended a deers suffering quick and made an unrecovered deer a trophy for someone! there are bigger boys out there and the local legend is a monster 14 this year who knows karma might treat me right and put that beast under my stand next time! now wouldn' t that be a N I C E ! ! ! first deer!!!
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