I just wanted to hear the story about the 7 pt.
I just wanted to hear the story about the 7 pt.
johnl shot a 7 point. it run off. gave it about 2 hours to bed up. went looking for it and somebody else was loading it up. said that he had shot it. not much else to say. possession being 9/10s of the law. lol.
Did it have two holes or did "that guy" just happened to find it and say he shot it?
not sure. johnl can answer that.
Here is a short version of it.
The area I was hunting was knee to waist deep which made finding blood imposable. After the shot (52 yards, I aimed at 50)I watched him run about 30 yards and stop to see what happened. He was bleeding from his lower chest but slowly walked on. I watched him for about 20 min's walk around the flag pond very slowly till I lost sight of him. I decided to let him go for an hour and a half before I got down, knowing if I jumped him that was gonna be it. After getting down I headed to were I saw him last and searched the area, I noticed another guy 100 yards away walking around like he was also looking for something so I decided to just back off. I figured he either shot him or I wasn't going to find him till the buzzards helped.
I went back to the truck and waited for the guy to come out. When he did I asked him if he saw a buck, he kinda was hesitant and said was it a spike? I said no. I told him I shot a nice buck and it headed his way. He told me the deer he shot only had one hole from him so I asked if he minded if I took a look. Sure enough it had 2 holes. He was surprised and said he didn't see that even when he gutted it. He said it walked up to him with a spike and was acting just fine when he shot it.
So all I can do is take him for his word. I probably was not going to find him till the next day due to the water (thats what I'm telling myself) . So as crappy as it was at least he didn't go to waist.
Story over. I just posted the picture to show. If I wanted to "Claim" it as a clean kill or lie about the situation I could have but thats not my style. Nor was i going to get in an argument over a dead animal with a fellow hunter. I hope he was telling me the truth (not real sure about that) but it's over with and I've moved on. Now maybe some of ya'll can.
My head hurts now.......
