Shoulder punched a nice buck at 40 yards at first light. Tracked him just shy of a mile where he jumped fence and onto someone else's property. I tried to get permission to continue tracking but was denied. It is always my goal to put an animal down as quick as possible so they don't suffer. I failed today. My stomach turns just thinking about it. I haven't shoulder punched a deer in years. I feel like i let myself down and the hunting community.
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You need to lighten up just a bit. You made a less than perfect shot then did all you could within the law to recover the animal.
It happens and while it sucks it's a part of hunting. If you're going to hunt it's a risk you must accept.
A scumbag would have been not making an effort to recover the deer.
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We all do our best to put animals down as painless as we can. Knowing I had absolutely no excuse not to make a good shot is killing me. It is what it is I guess but I hate for any animal to suffer.
I was denied access because the lady was there alone and her husband was gone for the day. She has my number and I hope they call me. It didn't look as though I got very much penetration. And there was so little blood. Im hoping it works its way out of his shoulder and he heals and makes it through the year.
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Call the Game Warden....
Been through the exact same thing. Game Warden is allowed to go over there, with or without permission, and recover the Wildlife Resource. Same reason they can basically search your property/vehicle without a warrant for Wildlife Resources. The State owns that Deer, not the landowner denying the right to search. GW can go retrieve the Deer for the State the subsequently transfer it into your ownership from there.
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