Hunters are very ethical hunters and always take good shots, tracking wounded deer, even if it means knocking on someone's door to ask if they can recover a deer on someone elses property.............................Friday, MY BUDDY SHOT A ONE LEGGED DOE! COME ON.................It's bad enough to take a bad shot but DAMMMMMMM how could you not track a doe with one front legg blown off at the shoulder, back legg hangging by a thread at the ankle, and a tear on the other back leg! Jeeeeezzzz guys, I'm all about big calibers but this deer could not have been that hard to keep up with.......

Actually I don't like big calibers except for muzzleloading firearms. I shoot my .243 with surgical precision! And I usually do not take running shots. Unless it's this monster ten point I'm hunting, If I see him he's going down, but everybody keeps scaring him and I can't pattern him, he only comes through at night now. Hopefully with this rain and a couple day rest he'll bed back down near his scrape and rubs, or at least check it during shooting hours, GGGODDDDD Help me!

REALLY the only reason I have not bagged this buck is because I was hopeing someone else would get it! I am good at what I do, and had already told myself I would keep my distance from it. But if no one else is a good enough hunter to get it, besides the little fawns that the dogs chase by you, I guess I'll have to bag it!
Little old twelve in. tines..................

That's how I am. I love hunting with my .243's, but take other rifles to mix it up a bit.(long shots, short range brush shots, etc)

As for the wounded doe, what was the whole story there?

iSnipe

Well my buddy was "driving" a thicket and walked across this doe, she just put her head down, I doubt she could run anywhere. He took her right away. Later we hung her up, just one shoulder was bad, I guess, yuk!

I'm getting up at four tomarrow and going to set up in a tree early to wait for a half-hour before sunrise for my ten-point! No one ever said it was easy! If I just wanted to shoot a deer I would pay to hunt this guys fenced in pen in Mich.!

One leg and he couldnt follow up what kind of shot is he my little sister could go up to it and kill the thing!!!

We don't know who the hell shot it. The only thing I can figure is it was facing towards the shooter. Then, with some oversized cannon, probably a 30/06, hit to the right blowing her left leg off and splitting taking out her left rear leg and put a hole in the right rear one. All I know is when ever I hunt the property I have to block the road with my truck or people, hunters, whoever, come driving down the driveway like they own the place!

It's almost as bad as when I hunted Phelps management area here in Va. No dogs allowed for deer but the neighbors run'em. I found this little doe. It was soooooo tired and out of breath. I had to walk five feet from it before I noticed it. Then I took two steps back and let it have it. Later I saw the hunters with the dogs, they had a whole truck load. Two eight points, spikes, does, a @#$ @#$% heard. I mean birds can fly and rabbits can hole-up but a deer can't keep running for too long especially when it warms up, they overheat!!!

I don't really see whats so hard top believe for ya..... it obviously wasnt recovered because she was still very much ALIVE!!! LOL! Also, for someone to jump right on her trail and continue to pursue her immediately after the shot would have been unethical.... is't it traditionally a GOOD thing to give the deer some time before tracking??? Also, perhaps crossing onto someone else's property to chase after a wounded deer wasn't an option for whomever shot her! I know I wouldn't let someone tromp all over MY private property lookin' for a measly Doe.... that simply wouldn't be worth screwing up our hunting during such a short season we have to gun hunt here. Sounds like all kinds of things could have went wrong there. The way the entire deal could have been avoided is if someone wouldnt have taken the shot in the first place. but nothing any of us could have done about that!