Found 2 dead deer

[selinoid44]

The farmer that rents my ground finally finished shelling the other day. He told me of a dead deer he had to work around. My wife and I rode the quad out and we cut the antlers off of it. There wasn't much of the deer left as the coyotes had pretty well demolished it.

Then Monday in another woods where a buddy hunts another buck was found. I knew that he had taken a shot at a decent buck but he was unable to find it. Monday after Christmas a couple of guys I let rabbit hunt found him and they called to ask if I knew whos it might be. I said yes and went and got it for him. Needless to say he is happy.

 

[! twitty]

Sounds like your friends need to a) take better shots or b) spend more time tracking. Makes me sick to see someone happy about getting horns when they didn't get/waste meat... No offense.

 

[Cam]

Unfortunately I have to agree with the above. Makes me sick to think of the numbers of nice deer like these that people take pot shots at and leave like this. Glad you got the antlers and all, but you likely have them due to poor hunting habits. If I'm wrong (and I hope I am) please set me straight.

 

[selinoid44]

The one that was found on my property came from the west he was heading east. I have a feeling somebody put a bad shot on it, who knows. The one the rabbit hunters found I'm pretty sure was shot and not recovered. Both were dead for some time and both were destroyed by coyotes. I did contact the local CO on the matter.

 

[CSORuger]

Last year in the winter wile helping a neighbors look for her lost dog, came across a dear that was shot and the head removed. The body was in bad shape as it must have been there for about a week.
Was told by another neighbor that he seen a guy carrying the head to a pickup truck trespassing on property.
Wish he would stop by again for a little dance.

 

[45fan]

I hope that both the previous posts are off track. I know that sometimes it happens, but wounding an animal and not harvesting it is not only wasteful, but puts hunters in a bad light to non-hunters. Just getting the antlers ant not the meat is not something to be happy about.

 

[selinoid44]

People make mistakes, we are all human and at some point and time we have all missed and we have all tracked for 2 or 3 days hoping to find our shot game. Things unfortunatly dont always go the way you would like them too. I'm happy for my buddy. He sighted in his scope at my house. He looked for that deer for 2 days straight. He was sick about it. He came back over and shot his gun to make sure his scope wasnt out of whack. He never did end up shooting anything. This recovery is a good thing. Nobody likes to see a deer go to waste. The other deer I have know idea where it came from or if it died of natural causes or what. Things happen.

 

[Richwon4]

End of the first week of early archery this year I hit very large buck. Hit him just were I was aiming and felt very good about recovering the buck. I give them time to expire, but when it started pouring down rain I lost the trail. I spent 9 hours the next day combing the place. It was after some restless nights and not finding the buck I committed to not going out on the eve of a storm despite what they say game movement will be. What is more important to me is what game recovery will be.

 

[forkliftdave]

Well at coyotes ate good. Im sure if they were bad hits. im sure they tried to recover them. They were nice bucks

 

[raggedoutcummins77]

They are nice racks but like other ingo members say what a waste of meet

 

[Willie]

People make mistakes, we are all human and at some point and time we have all missed and we have all tracked for 2 or 3 days hoping to find our shot game. Things unfortunatly dont always go the way you would like them too. I'm happy for my buddy. He sighted in his scope at my house. He looked for that deer for 2 days straight. He was sick about it. He came back over and shot his gun to make sure his scope wasnt out of whack. He never did end up shooting anything. This recovery is a good thing. Nobody likes to see a deer go to waste. The other deer I have know idea where it came from or if it died of natural causes or what. Things happen.

Agreed....100%

 

[oldshaky]

To bad he didnt find it at the time he shot it , but it happens . I dont see any reason to dog the guy for not finding it . We all cant be perfect like some people are .

 

[Bradsknives]

I'm sure glad that INGO has "perfect" hunters on here. The members that are leaving negative comments about bad shots or not finding your game...I'm impressed that you always make the perfect shot and always recover your game. I have been hunting for close to 30 years and the "bad" shots or not finding your game doesn't happen very often for me, but it has happen a few times over my hunting career.

Let me define "bad" shot: A shot that you take thinking that it has a high probability of a good clean kill but for whatever reason something goes wrong, like a tree branch getting in the way, or anything that occurs at the moment that you take the shot that alters the outcome. I'm not talking about hail mary shots at running game or risky shots that have a low probability of hitting your intended target.

I always laugh at the hunters that tell me that they never miss....it just means they they don't hunt that much, because if you spend a lot of time hunting , it's going to happen. Nobody is the "perfect" hunter.

 

[Cam]

I'm sure glad that INGO has "perfect" hunters on here. The members that are leaving negative comments about bad shots or not finding your game...I'm impressed that you always make the perfect shot and always recover your game. I have been hunting for close to 30 years and the "bad" shots or not finding your game doesn't happen very often for me, but it has happen a few times over my hunting career.

Let me define "bad" shot: A shot that you take thinking that it has a high probability of a good clean kill but for whatever reason something goes wrong, like a tree branch getting in the way, or anything that occurs at the moment that you take the shot that alters the outcome. I'm not talking about hail mary shots at running game or risky shots that have a low probability of hitting your intended target.

I always laugh at the hunters that tell me that they never miss....it just means they they don't hunt that much, because if you spend a lot of time hunting , it's going to happen. Nobody is the "perfect" hunter.

I didn't write that I never miss. Nor did I say anything negative. I said that it makes me sick to see deer like this have pot shots taken at them and then left. Sorry that bothered you but thats how I feel about it. I have made a bad shot on a deer with my bow and never recovered it. Made me feel horrible. If someone had found the deer later and posted that it made them sick that this deer went unrecovered due to a bad shot, I'd agree wholeheartedly with them. Making a good clean shot is on ME. Excuses be damned.

If you have been hunting for 30 years you know exactly what pot shots I'm referring to. Never heard five or six rapid fire shots in the distance during firearms season? Are those good shots? Do deer go unrecovered after being hit by one of those shots? Sure mistakes happen, I've made them too, but I don't have to be ok with it.

Finally, I also invited the OP to correct me if I was wrong. If you'll notice, he didn't.

 

[Bradsknives]

I didn't write that I never miss. Nor did I say anything negative. I said that it makes me sick to see deer like this have pot shots taken at them and then left. Sorry that bothered you but thats how I feel about it. I have made a bad shot on a deer with my bow and never recovered it. Made me feel horrible. If someone had found the deer later and posted that it made them sick that this deer went unrecovered due to a bad shot, I'd agree wholeheartedly with them. Making a good clean shot is on ME. Excuses be damned.

If you have been hunting for 30 years you know exactly what pot shots I'm referring to. Never heard five or six rapid fire shots in the distance during firearms season? Are those good shots? Do deer go unrecovered after being hit by one of those shots? Sure mistakes happen, I've made them too, but I don't have to be ok with it.

Finally, I also invited the OP to correct me if I was wrong. If you'll notice, he didn't.

Not a personally attack on you directly, just the few on here that think this particular deer was not recovered because of a bad shot or the lack of not trying hard enough to recover it. Nobody was there when it happened, so the general assumptions made about a bad shot or not giving the effort to recover it is just BS.

I agree, when a bad shot happens and you don't recover the game...it's a sick feeling and I'm not happy with myself either.


The hail mary shots that I was referring to in my OP, is exactly what your saying....the 4, 5 or even 6 rapid fire shots you hear from someone while your out hunting. There is no excuse for that.

This is what you posted: "Unfortunately I have to agree with the above. Makes me sick to think of the numbers of nice deer like these that people take pot shots at and leave like this. Glad you got the antlers and all, but you likely have them due to poor hunting habits. If I'm wrong (and I hope I am) please set me straight."

 

[Adrian8]

Ditto Brad...I have been deer hunting for 49 years, I too have seen and heard all sorts of stories.. It is amazing how many bucks that are later shot that had recent wounds from the current season and were doing fine and would have totally recovered from the earlier bad shot. I witnessed a big buck that was killed with a shotgun in Illinois that had a an arrow center in the chest that was chasing does...anyone would swear that was a fatal shot.. I tried to pull the arrow out but the broadhead was holding it..amazing how tough the big bucks are. My wife wounded a 150" 8pt. last year. We tracked him for 4 hours, blood finally just ran out...I later killed it with a mz...he was chasing 5 does doing fine.. I killed a large buck in KY about 3 years ago that a a severe gash on top of his hip..most likely a rifle wound...he was doing fine until he walked into my .270. Big bucks are tough tough animals. If you hunt long enough things you don't like will happen.

 

[selinoid44]

Cam, this guy didnt take "pot shots" as you might think. He was using a TC Pro Hunter Muzzleloader, he only had 1 shot. It happened like the 2nd day of firearms season and he did make a more then adequate search to find it. It happens, sorry you feel so negetive towards his efforts.

 

[Titanium Man]

That's why they call it hunting and not killing. Stuff happens.

 

[! twitty]

Regardless, those are some nice racks.

 

[JStarr]

Sounds like your friends need to a) take better shots or b) spend more time tracking. Makes me sick to see someone happy about getting horns when they didn't get/waste meat... No offense.

Here ya go. ^^^ horns are the last thing on my mind. Don't get me wrong, If a 130+ class buck and it is over 3+ years old, and a 120+lb doe run in front of me. I am taking out the buck, for sure. You'd be dumb not to, but It also depends on what kind of shot either one gives me. I only keep one slug in the tube because you should only need one shot. I hunt to put meat in the freezer to feed my family. Not for trophies. If the meat comes with a trophy, so be it.