what would you do if you could only harvest one buck, you had been hunting everyday for three weeks waiting on a 150 or better. oops! funny part first, i hunted one stand all morning, saw a small 6pt., decided to hunt a different stand in the afternoon, went for a quick bite to eat, hurried to my stand, the wind was in my face, jumped a buck 40 yards from my stand, he didn't blow and didn't sound like he ran far, it was hard to tell, it was a little wet. i eased up my stand hoping he would come back through to get a better look at him. i was in my stand about a half hour and i began to nod off while standing, 4:30am came early, so i thought i would take a little nap. i woke up an hour and half later, got my bearings and began to scan looking for deer. i looked to my right and thought, that looks like a dead deer, shoot thats a dead buck. i eased down my stand and over to him, i took my bow with an arrow, i always hunt from the time i leave my truck till i get back, ( i've been surprised to many times) i was surprised again, he wasn't totally dead, he kicked a couple times but couldn't even attempt to get up. i couldn't see any signs of a wound. the only thing i can figure was he had been hit by a car. the road was only about 3 hundred yards from my stand. he had to be the buck i jumped and had to of come back to my right while i was asleep. i must have been really tired, he had thrashed around enough to make 4 inch deep crator. now what would do? would you shoot him and put him out of his misery, what if the law said you have to put your tag on him if you do. what if he was a nice 10 pt., but only a 120, and maybe 2 1/2 year old buck. would you tag him and tell everyone you shot him? ( from 2 yard away). if it were not againist the law what would you do? remember, there are no bragging rights, and no one will believe you when you say you shot him from 2 yards away.
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