I havent cried after taking a deer, but like the rest of you, I have the lump in the throat moment as I walk up to it. I really prefer to track my deer myself, unless I really need help finding it of course. I just like to have some time to myself...
My bow buck this year, I just sat in the woods by him, said Thanks 'Ol Boy, and took in the moment for a while. I was pleasantly surprised this year when my girlfriend shot her first deer of her life( she was not a hunter before she met me), we found it, and she asked 'what do you do now..?'. I said 'we field dress it, and take her to the truck''.........She looked at me and said 'no, what do I do..? Im not sure how to act right now.." I told her to just kneel down, tell the deer 'Thank You', and never forget this day.