What's the "right" decision?
11-03-2007, 01:13 AM
#41
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 113
RE: What's the "right" decision?
well are you waiting 2 or 3 days? i guess if its in the 80s maybe... but it gets dark and cooler at night so i think its usually fine to wait overnight to recover a deer.it will also allow the deer to die peacefully. so i guess unless its like 85 degrees and i shoot it in the moring i would let it lay for the night.
11-03-2007, 05:50 AM
#42
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Western Iowa
Posts: 1,179
RE: What's the "right" decision?
Well I would much rather find a dead deer than to have a wounded deer running around but there are many things that may influence my decision such as the forecast cause if it is gonna rain or snow then you will probably have a hard time finding yer deer anyway.
11-03-2007, 08:08 AM
#43
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: West Central Wisconsin
Posts: 162
RE: What's the "right" decision?
ORIGINAL: GregH
If this means waiting and risking that the meat will be bad, then that's the way it should be. Next time be a better shot. You owe it to yourself, the animal, landowner and the public.
I hope this answers your question on why I feel that recovery of the animal is most important.
If this means waiting and risking that the meat will be bad, then that's the way it should be. Next time be a better shot. You owe it to yourself, the animal, landowner and the public.
I hope this answers your question on why I feel that recovery of the animal is most important.
Doing everything possible to avoid unneccessary offence to others (especially non-bowhunters), as well as the tagging/reporting, and peace of mind that come with recovery of an unuseable deer outrank the potential useable recovery of tracking quickly enough that it might be too early?
11-03-2007, 09:33 AM
#44
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 7,208
RE: What's the "right" decision?
I'm erring on the safe side regarding the finding of the deer. You don't know when it is going to die, so you can't say for sure if the meat will be bad. And if you are waiting to a point where the meat would be bad even after a deer that took 10-12 hrs to expire, then that is just WAY too long to wait anyways.
