RE: What would you have done??? Ethical or not?
It is a sad incident and I feel for her. I am not sure how I would handle it.
However I was unable to recover a deer that my son shot on opening day. I looked long and hard for it. ( Hardly any blood trail because of no exit,saw the flecthing still in deer when running away).
He asked me if he was done hunting on that tag because of his beliefs on being a good hunter. I told him that it was permissible to continue because I failed him.