This past year a friend of mine got invited to a new hunting camp. He asked me whether he should go because he knew some of the hunters have issues (i.e. jealousy, bad attitudes, not very welcoming to outsiders, etc.). I told him I'd go since he's being invited by a paying member. Well turns out he went and actually managed to shoot a huge deer (at least he says it was huge). He made the shot right before legal shooting hours and waited for his buddy to help him track. They pick up the trail about an hour later after dark and follow it for a good bit. He says they found blood, a drop here and there thenseveral big drops and one with a small bone fragment in it. They lost the trail that night and agreed to back out till the morning.Theygotturned aroundin the woods thatnight and didn't find their way out until about 1 hour and 1/2 later.Now here comes the kicker...the deer ran into the area of the lease that has some BIG woods that neither of them were familiar with. The next day, the alleged "Friend" starts discoraging the other members not to go back to help him trail his deer and he refuses to pick up the trail too. He says they're telling him that he must've hit a bone on the deer or something and that's not a good shot so he probably lost him. While he's telling me this I know better because he said the deer was broadside when he shot him and he claims that he held right on the front shoulder. At this point I'm heated and am thinking of approaching the guy that was with him as well as some of the guys in the camp. I know it may not be my business but right is right...even still, how could they just leavewithout attempting to pick up the trail...Am I missing something? Anybody ever heard about a "bone shot"? I haven't.[:'(]

I normally shoot for the vitals and I usually see all kinds of a bone fragments on the ground from the bullet going thru the ribs. I actually like to see that after I shoot one.

Doesn't sound like anyone I would want to hunt with that is for sure.

Paul

NO

Surely at least a couple of them went back out the next morning and attempted to locate the deer..........didn't they?

Nope...not one. In fact, one of them lookedupinto the sky in the area that the deerwas last thought tohave ran andtold him "well, I don't see any buzzards circling so you probably just made a bad shot". I don't know if I so mad because they refused to help him track or because of some of the STUPID advice that they're giving him. I know a few of the members really well and will probably be talking to them about it next weekend. [:@]I'll probably lose a few buddies but who needs people with these ethics...

Why didn't your friend go look by himself? There's no way I would not have looked for the deer regardless of what the others said.

He would not be welcomed in my camp anymore!

Thats bizarre.... I wouldn't hunt w/ them

might be, that deer was found and didn't wanttheguest to have it.

That maybe possible but, if I had shot at a deer and hit it then I would have no choice to look for it and know for sure. Regardless of what others say or think I would still double check and know for myself. Would I hunt with them again, NO WAY!