Found my unrecovered NY buck
12-13-2009, 11:19 AM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Massachusetts
Posts: 7,168
Found my unrecovered NY buck
Well, A few weeks back I made a terrible shot on a very nice 8 pointer on a buck in NY. Long story short, we lost blood and never recovered the buck. The past several weeks have been terrible for me thinking about this animal.
I rec'd a call from the farmer this weekend and he told me he had found the deer 100 yards from last blood. I am still bothered that I did not recover the deer at the time of the shot, at least we got the antlers. The coyotes ate good I guess.
I rec'd a call from the farmer this weekend and he told me he had found the deer 100 yards from last blood. I am still bothered that I did not recover the deer at the time of the shot, at least we got the antlers. The coyotes ate good I guess.
12-13-2009, 11:43 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
Posts: 3,899
it happens to us all, at least you felt bad, I know a few slob hunters that if the deer doesn't drop in their tracks or there isn't any blood they return to hunting and forget about the deer
12-13-2009, 04:43 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
It's nice that you got to recover the head gear but it's a chame that the animal was wasted.
I hope that the Farmer doesn't think to negative of bowhunting now after finding a wasted animal on his property. I know several landowners in my area that have been soured by such finds.
I hope that the Farmer doesn't think to negative of bowhunting now after finding a wasted animal on his property. I know several landowners in my area that have been soured by such finds.
