Was driving into a well today and found this buck. I called the landowners in case they knew who had lost one. I also asked if i could have it if they couldn't find out whose it was. It had been shot at the very back of the ribs and exited guts
Found a nice one dead today
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Was driving into a well today and found this buck. I called the landowners in case they knew who had lost one. I also asked if i could have it if they couldn't find out whose it was. It had been shot at the very back of the ribs and exited guts
chetter74
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1hornwilly
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I am impressed with the deer. I am more impressed with you doing your part to contact the land owner to see if someone was looking for him. I know if I hadn't found a buck I had shot I would be ecstatic if someone found him and took the effort to help get him to me. You are a good man Jake!
Just makes you wonder how many deer get killed but not accounted for every year. Probably do not want to know.
rgecko23
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I'd bet it's at least 30% of the total harvest.
Nice work, Jake. Hope the guy that shot it appreciates what you did for him!
Dang that sucks. Glad to hear you tried to track down the shooter for a recovery. Would really suck if I lost one like that and to find out somebody found it and took for themself.
The way I see it if i get the rack it wouldn't mean Jack shit to me. Its just a dead deer. If i get the rack by default I will probably just use em for rattling horns anyways.
I don't think the 30% number is accurate . A lot of lost deer end up recovering from their wounds . Plus, I really don't find to many dead deer in a normal yr. I would guess it much lower ..but I would just be guessing. I could be totally wrong.
I don't think the 30% number is accurate . A lot of lost deer end up recovering from their wounds . Plus, I really don't find to many dead deer in a normal yr. I would guess it much lower ..but I would just be guessing. I could be totally wrong.
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If anything gun is worse than bow...In my opinion...More deer recover from archery wounds than gun inflicted wounds...Deer get wounded by both partys...I just think the nature of the wounds, and the time of yr allows archery deer to recover easier from superficial wounds.