8 hour search.
 

this weekend was youth deer weekend. I got a call Saturday night that my buddies nephew had shot a doe and needed help finding it. we had 8 guys search for close to 8 hours between saturday night and sunday morning. We finally found it 3/4 of mile away in a small pond. it was a damn cold morning to go for a swim but somebody had to get it out. He gut shot a nice 124 pound doe. No I didn't get any pictures, i just wanted to get dried off and warmed up.

Well at least you were nice enough to help him by going into that pond!

Wow, good work on finding that deer 3/4 of a mile away! That is a tough find, given a gut shot leaves very little, if any blood. Huge teams of people looking for a lost person have had less success than that. How did you manage to find it that far away?

good job..im tired of hearing how they didnt find a deer...its nice to see a "we found it" post

Dang thats an impressive total of hours.
A young hunter was shown there is an obligation to make every effort to retrieve wounded game.
For that i salute you and the recovery team!

Dang, I'm too old
 

to hunt with anyone that causes an 8 hour search. Would avoid those shooters like the plague.

Glad that you found her. Too many will just go and shoot another one after a feeble search attempt.

The way I read it is that he is a youth hunter and is learning. Give the kid a break! At least they were able to find it.

I agree with Elm!! I'm not sure who most of you guys are hunting with or around! But there isnt a single hunter i know that will not go to the ends of the earth and back to find their deer! I would take that kid hunting with me any time!!! Good job!!

Probably one of the stupidest things I've seen on these boards. Anyone can make a bad shot, it happens. At least they made a great effort in finding her. Kudos on that.