If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!

[Bonebuster]

Beautiful!!!  

[Jim Boettcher]

Congratulations SIR! I'm sure he's your biggest trophy. And by that statement, I'm mean how much he means to you. Great job!

[Andy Cooper]

Originally posted by YORNOC:
Here he is, the toughest,smartest,trickiest critter I've met yet. The "Mighty Warrior" himself!    

Your gun-bearer probably likes that title!   :D

[IndianaBowman]

The story and your perserverance are admirable, but the photo of your boy with the pop gun is priceless. I believe that boy has a "hunters" eye!

[broketooth]

an absolutelt fantastic trophy      

[xtrema312]

Great deer and job tracking him down for sure!    

But I wouldn't be to hard on your friend.  Bad hits happen sooner or later if you bow hunt enough years.  A muscle hit that takes two days to pressure the deer before getting a shot on him is not in my book giving up on a deer.  I would have figured he was flesh wounded and would recover given the opportunity to rest and heal up particularly if I saw that kind of hit on the shot and found so little blood.  I have been there and done that.  The deer survived.

[Dusty Nethery]

Good work.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

was that deer popped?      Great photo Yorndoc.

[wollelybugger]

Nice job and great tracking, had a similar situation with a 7 point but he turned bad on me because of the heat. Still have his rack but the meat was tainted.

[greyghost]

Great story and pic.

[YORNOC]

Hi Todd, your right, I wasn't hard at all on my huntin partner. He was harder on himself. He went over it again and again in his head, he did give up on a HEAVY bloodtrail though...which is the issue. The blood was so heavy the first day you would be shocked. Then just about disappeared. I've blood trailed my share, this was extraordinary.
Anyway, he was so disappointed in himself, he just stopped tracking. He was giving up on himself, forgetting there was another on the other end that deserved better.
Lesson learned.

Beautiful little buck-- glad you honored his life with your effort.

[Buckeye Trad Hunter]

Congrats and great job.  Also, good on you for taking up the blood trail and finishing the job.      

[KentuckyTJ]

Nice work

[misfire]

Yornoc, I applaud your perseverance and congratulate you on your success. That's a fine looking buck and from your story most definately a trophy.

[swp]

Hope the mods don't pull the pic cause of the gun.  

[Thumper Dunker]

Outstanding.

[bad arrow]

Very impressive. Congratulations....Phil

[straitera]

Huge!! We think alike. Well done!

[Mudd]