Here's the way I would go about it if I were a hunter on the other end of these calls……..The first thing to do is to take a moment after the shot and try your best to accurately assess what just happened….You should already have an idea in your mind when you’re getting down if you were confident about your shot, the angle he was standing at, and if the deer looked to be hit hard as he ran off……Take that information and combine it with what you see on the ground for the first 100 yards or so to make a decision on the wisest way to proceed……especially if it’s one of your target bucks that you really, really want to be sure to recover
It isnt just a matter of always doing everything you can first as a searcher……Sometimes backing out and playing it conservatively is the wise move. If you are already questioning the shot and the sign doesn’t look promising……don’t make a bad situation worse by spending hours tromping out the whole area out looking for something that’s likely boogered up or marginally hit…..I see a good number of folks who go all out stomping the woods down when everything about the situation pointed to it being a bad hit.....gut shot or leg hit, etc....Make the wise decision based on the intel.
Last edited by CNC; 12/14/24 03:55 PM.
