Every Hunting season there are more than fewhunters that mustface the grim task of trying to recover an animal that has been wounded do to poor shot placement or some other misfortune and I am sure this season will be no exception.
But what isdone immediatelyfollowing the shot may be the most important part of all? And just may be the key to recovering your game?
There has been some great advice given in the past from the hunters on this forumwhen asked for help! And from there own hunting experienceshas greatly helped in findingsome of these animals.

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Here is a few things to tryto remember in the mass confusion of thingwhen and if You were to make a bad shot?... Please fill free to add to this list of thingto do and not to doso we can all help each other in the absolute effort in finding these animals this season that are all to often lost![/blockquote]


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1# Try to remember how far away the deer was and which way the deer was facingwhen you made the shot.
2# Try toremember the angle of the shot?
3# See or rememberwhere your arrow hit the animal? And was the arrow still in the deer when it ran or did the arrow pass-threw?
4# Remember how the deer reacted when shot? Did it run out a ways then stop and start to walk? or did it take off running like a raped ape without stopping as far as you could see?
5# If you know you made a poor shot or your not sure of your shot? Do not get down and start trailing the deer immediately followingthe shot especially a gut-shot deeras this can push the animal further away. In which you may never find the animal? Give the animal enuff time to lay down and die like say 6 to 8 hrs or maby more if needed.

Even the best bowhunters can make a bad shot from time to time!...rta47

Okay RTA, your going to make me bring back my yearly "After the Shot, Recovery" post aren't you.....I've been waiting and already had a request....

Good points, I'll post my recovery thread soon.

Hey Rob - I've got a "cleaned up" and edited version of that article that we're going to be using on the new HuntingNet (if it ever gets finished that is). Do you want me to send it over to you?

Absolutely, and I pinned last years thread to the top to aid hunters this year.

Rather than send that huge thing over to you, I just unpinned last year and pinned up this year's. Hopefully it helps a few people!

Yes Rob I was hoping this would start a spark in getting you to bring back old thread! With the season comming up fast there are a some new names as old ones herethat might need to take a look at it?
You never no who just might gain something from it.
Ditto! Thanks Justin!

It's always good to be refreshed on what to do.
Glad to see this up again this year.

The time to be reminded of what to do is now before the season, not after the shot, when somebody needs to go home to get on-line to ask.