Recent content by Southpaw57

I know there are a lot of scenarios that could've happened, but bottom line is I wouldn't have done anything any different. On a hit where the trail is hard to follow at night, you have to leave the trail til the next morning, with bow for sure anyway. Shotgun season I may kept on the trail...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gibbo80</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im not trying to say this is wrong but the first thing that came to mind was that the guy thought no one was looking for it. Alot of people dont know about leaving it lay over...

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RIDGERUNNERS</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Just for thought. What if it was shot by another hunter while it crossed properties, and maybe they didnt even know it was already hit untill after the fact? Also if it was...

Exactly, what are you going to do with it? It's not like you could mount it, or be proud of it in any way. We talked to the DNR, and local hunters, they're going to keep their ears open.

The deer was shot on private land, traveled into neighbors land where we stopped for the night. It ended up making it just across the fence into a small piece of public land.

Well my friend shot a very nice buck Sat. about 4:00 pm. It's a deer that we and a neighboring hunter had been seeing, so we knew the deer well. He knew he hit it a little high, and we didn't have much blood, so rather than push the deer, we decided to come back the next day. After about 3...