3 hours might not be enough time but get off his back...he's learning and got other priorities...he mentions if he finds it it would be his first bow kill...I remember my first bow kill fortunately I found my deer but I did learn from the hunt..all he can do is learn from this.but let's start treating people with a little more respect on here rather the bashing them..maybe hand out advice in a respectful manner. I heard that works. ..I'm sure nobody ever made a mistake hunting in someway...monster Raax if your looking to start stuff with other people now look elsewhere Sent from my SM-G900R4 using Tapatalk
I was not going to post but some of your peoples comments on here are not very helpful or in the right direction in my personal opinion. Your not there and you don't know the full situation. If the man feels like the out come is not very likely that the deer will be recovered then it is his right to back out and be done. In my opinion family comes first and so does the means to feed your family and your self. He should not neglect his kids or wife or what ever to find some deer he will probably not even find. There is a time to quit looking in every bad hunting situation and for some of us on her it is sooner than most of you hunt bums would like. I respect the deer that I hunt completely and im sure that he did too but lets face it some of us have crap to get done. Looking for a spoiled deer or one that is hit in the leg or whatever will do us no good. Its not just this case but many others on here. There was a thread a while back of a highschool kid who made a bad shot on a deer and some of you guys were encouraging him to skip school to find the deer. That to me is the stupidest thing that I have ever heard. You should never tell a kid to skip school or to not take care of kids or family. We need to be more positive and preach ways that will not let this situation happen again. Like instead of chasing a deer that will not be found how about tell them to get to the range and practice. With more practice he would have made a good shot and this would have never happened. Or tell him to choose a better shot or be more comfortable with shooting. In my opinion you have to remember that this is just a deer there are plenty more in the woods and looking for him for 10 more hours is not going to change the fact that there was a poor shot and the deer had to suffer for 6 hours or what ever before it died. So my advice is take care of your family stay at work and school and get to practicing.
What do you suggest he do? Say he has to get the kids to school and pick them up... He's an hour away from his hunting land. He drops the kids off at say 8, gets to the land at 9, looks til 12, comes home so he can get the kids at 130-230... That doesn't leave much time.... So, he should drop everything to look for a deer that by this point the meat is probably rotted? What the hell is the point in that?
93firebird, don't let it get ya down man, things happen like this to everyone. If you said you put in the effort, good enough for me. Bottom line is nobody on this site pays your bills or takes care of your family, so let it roll off your back. Sounds like to me you may get back at it this weekend, hopefully something will turn up. Maybe one of these master trackers, can take a week off and fly up and help ya out, Ha! Ha! Get some more practice and get back at it when ya can. Good luck!
Show me a man that puts a deer in front of his priorities as a father and you will show me a man that will be single and paying child support. OP has his priorities in the right place, he tried but in the end his responsibilities as a father and husband were more important.
well, id have to say i think that guy is done with this site. (which sucks because starting out i really learned alot from people on here). I understand you want to motivate the guy but some of us have lives outside of hunting. yes you should max out your ability's to find a deer but that IS what he did. his max was 3 hours. sucks but thats life. glad you jackwagons are not game wardens or no one would ever be allowed to hunt. The idea is to enjoy the ''little'' time we have in the woods each year. some of us get a month to hunt and some of us only get a few days. dont berate the guy because his life isnt up to your standards. isnt this hunting stuff supposed to be fun?
To the OP, if you do get back out this weekend, I hope you have some good luck. Don't let others bother you on here. This is a good forum and you can learn a lot but everyone makes mistakes and sometimes the best shot isn't made. Don't let it get you down, stay positive!
And boom, this thread like most others is just like politics. One person gives their opinion on initial posts and everyone who doesn't agree comes running. And yes, same goes in the other direction. Always going to be haters, guess none of us should bother to voice opinions here anymore.
Holy crap!! I just read this whole thread.. Had to check addy bar to make sure where I was at!! Thought I had accidentally went to AT for a minute there. Good grief this place is taking a down turn
For all those that suggested I wander the woods/fields for days, I found my deer today...chasing a doe! Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
That's great! I know the feeling of hitting a deer and never finding it. Glad that the deer is still alive. Hopefully you get another chance at him. Good luck.
