Ethan Givan Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Im setting in the house watching tv last night and my buddy calls me at about 9:15pm and tells me that he needs my help. He says he had went bowhunting that afternoon, and that he shot a deer and he needs help getting it out of the woods. So being the good friend I am and considering he lives less than a mile from me I said sure. So I get over there, we hop on the 4 wheeler and head back to the area he was hunting. The area he is hunting is a rather large property that is nothing but hills and hollers, cedar thickets and grown up creek bottoms. There was no trail going to where he was hunting so he was trying to work his way through the woods on the 4 wheeler where ever he could get through and with it being dark made it even more difficult. About 30 minutes into the ride, he tells me he doesnt know where he is at.:hammer1: Ive never been on this farm before, I have just seen topo maps, so Im not much help to him. There was a big pile of rocks there in the woods and I asked him if he recognized it. Nope he doesnt, but he believes he can figure it out so he keeps going. 15 minutes later of zigg zagging through the thickets on the 4 wheeler and we find ourselves back at the same pile of rocks. We had made a big circle and still had no clue where we were. At this point Im starting to get a little anxious. He keeps going in random directions and I finally tell him to stop...turn off the 4 wheeler...and let me think. I could smell a creek from where we were, so I told him to go down hill. I knew if we could find the creek we would have to be East of where we had entered the area. We found the creek and started headin back up the creek bottom and he finally found himslef back in familiar territory. We made it to the place where he shot the deer, we found the deer and wrestled it onto the 4 wheeler. We made it back to his house with the deer at 1:30am this morning and by 2 am we had it skinned and de boned. Last night is officially the first time Ive been completely lost. I have been turned around before but not lost. Sorry for the long story but I wanted to share my crazy night in the deer woods. I hope he buys a GPS for next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhine16 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Wow... that's crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodtrails Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 :boo::shifty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntnfish Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I have never gotten lost but have gotten turned around a few times. I carry a gps just for that reason. I have all my parking spots marked and all my stands marked in the gps unit. I have not had to use it yet but its nice to know that if I do get turned around in the dark as you and your friend did then I can find my way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Congrats on the kill and recovery mission. I'd have probably camped out for the night and searched in the a.m. You guys got pretty lucky under the circumstances. Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 You weren't lost...he was! Don't forget to remind your friend to put a GPS on his Christmas list! Other than that using some TP to mark his way to the deer sure would have come in handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Thats great.lol I've never been lost but have been turned around before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Wow, Glad you made it out Ok Ethan! Wait!! How big was the deer?? I gotta know lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY_Bowhunter14 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 i hunt on about 40 acres of property that i know real well, so it would be hard for myself to get lost, been turned around on other pieces of property though, i just try to look for familiar lanmarks... one example is we have a large rock hedgerow that runs east-west that if i find i could get to where i need to be... glad you made it out OK though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Wow, Glad you made it out Ok Ethan! Wait!! How big was the deer?? I gotta know lol. It was an old cull buck. It had a good size body but the rack wasnt much to look at. A mature buck like that should have had alot better rack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Ive did the same thing in the dark on my own land. Ask Jason lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Glad it all worked for you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I think most of us have been turned around like that a few times at night. I got a GPS about ten years ago after getting turned around for 2 hours trying to find a doe a kid had shot on a NWTF Wheeling sportsman hunt. Kid was all heart and had never killed a deer and I was determined to retrieve it even though the shot was marginal. Never got the deer, but did spend the money on a GPS after that night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter1109 Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 i always go in to the area about two month ahead of time and get use to the land then i wont get lost sounds like you all just got turned around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pse arhcer Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I got lost once in 4500 acres of state land. Lets just say I never want to do that again. Fortunately, my hunting buddies heard my yelling and saw my flashlight, so I was only lost for a few hours. The real scary part was, it was the night before rifle season opened, and I was wearing only camo clothing, as I was bow hunting. I would've hated to have to have spent the night in there, only to wake up knowing that there were rifle hunters in there and me not wearing any orange. I think we all know that there are some crazy people out there that will shoot at anything!! Needless to say, I now have a GPS, and won't go into the woods without it, and a compass as back up...no matter how well I know the land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobwhite Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Glad all turned out good for you two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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