njbowhntr Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Yesterday was the end of 6-day firearms season. I was hunting my archery stand till 11am, no deer. This morning I needed to move the stand a few yards. So I figured I would go up and take care of it before football. As I walked up to my stand I found this, not 20 yards from my stand: If you look close at his right base he has a little sticker growing. It made me sick. Had I hunted this stand in the afternoon he might have come up to me to die. I could have finished him with an arrow. Instead I hunted a different stand. And he became coyote food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earnhardts12000 Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 thats waste been good eatin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntnfish Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 What a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Too bad...he's a nice one! At least you got a momento to take home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 That is a shame. Guess this was on public land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 What was the nature of his injury? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 What a waste. X2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Yeah...what happened? Was it a poor hit? Hate when they go to waste, kinda feel for the unfortunate hunter that lost it too...unless they were being stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njbowhntr Posted December 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yes, this was on public land. As to the reason for his demise, that I do not know. All I know is he was dead under my stand and half eaten from critters. I just hope his genes got spread around this past rut. He has good genetics. Thick bases and nice mass for a 2.5 y/o buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 A shame to find them after the gun seasons are in. Looks like he may have been there for awhile. Could have been shot in the rump and the critters destroyed the evidence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Yes, what a shame. Too many hunters don't follow through with their shooting and do a proper search for their deer. This may have been avoided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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