Look at it this way at least the deer was taken legally and by someone you know.

Well don't it happen EVERYTIME ????? You bring someone with you that just hunts every once in awhile and they kill the "BIG" deer ... man that suxxxxxxxxx like an open chest wound ...AND to thinkit was familymember soNOW youget tohear this story of him killing this big deerEVERY Thanksgiving around the dinner table ....

ROLL TIDE
DD

Nothing you can do about it now...get even...kill a bigger one!

sorry for your luck, but you'll find another hopefully it will be bigger.......

Wait, that's my deer! I saw him first.

Hey at least you got to see him and help haul him out. Better than a poacher or car getting him. I would have gotten my picture taken with him. I have one picture of me crying (clowning around) with a nice buck that was bedded under my stand that I jumped to a friend, who was already in his stand, when I walked to my stand. Sinking feeling is seeing him run off and moment later hearing a gunshot. I knew I should have gotten in my stand an hour earlier.

Yea, and to make the pain just a little worse, my trail camera was stolen yesterday, within 1/2 mile from my house... But as far as congratulating the friend i did, Im not mad at him, he is a really good hunter and has many many nice bucks to his name. Hes hunted the property enough to know where they'd be. I congratulated him and helped him take care of his deer. He's been takin me huntin since i was 5 so im not complaining in the least bit... just disappointed. Now ive gotta go find another deer... Its more fun cause it made things more challenging....

Ed I hate to say this but it wasn't really yer deer. Yer family friend was a very lucky person to get such a nice animal. Be happy not sad. JK. You know you have been spending so much time watching this deer you have probably missed seeing a couple of monsters. Go get em tiger.

That not good but thats hunting. Now you have to find one bigger than him.