Vabowman

Greg, since it is the off season and we have lots of new members and new guys to the tradition of bow hunting, could you replay the story of the deer in your avatar from this season. I don't mean every little detail, but take us back to the shot, where it hit and the circumstances that followed to the recovery. I think it would be helpful for a lot of us to hear it agian or for the first time. It will help with situations if they arise for us in the future. Expalin what vitals you hit and why you decided to wait. If you have time to, thank you sir!! Oh yeh , add some pics at the end, especially if you have some of the wound. This will be very helpful for many including myself, on what to do when this happens.

GR8atta2d

I'm sure a search would work...maybe the contest archives??


Oops b4 anyone gets their panties ina bunch let me add several

peakrut

Your killin me again with those smilies

GregH

Here's the link.

http://huntingnet.com/forum/fb.aspx?m=2416029&key=hit%2cone

Vabowman

Thanks Greg, I tried to find it with luck!! This is a good read for everyone who cares!

JFergus7

Great read for anyone who cares but I am sure no one cares!!! Definetly a great deer. I saw that deer the week before Greg shot it about 300 yards down the road and across the street from where he got it. I was thrilled to see him get!

Vabowman

Noone cares??? Great story and ends with a P&Y deer and shows that even world class hunters don't always make perfect hits. I think everyone should care, he did a text book move recovering this buck!!! Props! Mad Props!!

JoeRE

Without a doubt. The thing that burns me is in about 6 months we will have people posting about how the lost their deer because they blundered after it way to soon after a imperfect hit. What did I do wrong guys?? I only jumped it like twice. However, if even one person recovers their deer as a result of publishing stories like his, that makes it totally worth it imo. The 'how to' do the right thing is staring everyone in the face right now.

GregH

Guys, thanks for deeming this a good read.

I wrote this as a learning experience. It wasn't fun and I wasn't proud. Nobody likes to admit to a bad shot, especially to an entire internet hunting board. I wrote it basically in real time, not after knowing the end result. Was I worried about not recovering the deer? Sure I was, but I thought it would be a good chance to show others one way of approaching a situation like this. I'm glad it turned out the way it did though!

Thanks again.

jonhall9

Another lesson here is not only the way in which he approached recovery, but the fact that he was a "lone wolf" in his decision. All throughout that afternoon and evening, countless members here, even some of the most knowlegeable and well-respected, (not that their advice was ill-founded at all, not implying anything like that) urged him that his deer was dead and to go get it. But, he knew the situation best, and knew his strategy of playing it conservatively was the best decision. As I remember, when he found it the next morning, evidence showed it had not been dead the entire night, meaning he could have made recovery harder at best, or lost the deer at worst, had he listened to everyone and gone that afternoon.

Sometimes it pays to trust your experience, at least when you have as much as he does

Jon