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Offline Earl Jeff

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2010, 05:08:00 PM »
Best read I had in a while. Way to go.
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Offline mcgroundstalker

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2010, 05:08:00 PM »
Great read David. Keep it up.....  :thumbsup:  ...

... mike ...
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Offline Stone Knife

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2010, 05:14:00 PM »
You are a true hunter sir   :thumbsup:
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Offline twitchstick

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2010, 05:18:00 PM »
:clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2010, 05:23:00 PM »
good on you    :thumbsup:
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Offline GingivitisKahn

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2010, 05:23:00 PM »
Well done!  That's how you do that!

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Offline Covey

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2010, 05:24:00 PM »
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Originally posted by twitchstick:
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I aggree 100%!!  Jason
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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2010, 05:30:00 PM »
Did you autopsy him?  It sounds like your buddy maybe got some muscle?
Great job on the tracking sir!  :thumbsup:
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Offline LongStick64

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2010, 05:30:00 PM »
Bravo,

this reminds me of the time I helped a friend get ready for a bowhunt. We scouted the area for a few days and from what we could see, there was a nice buck in the area. We picked out a couple of stand sites and my friend offered me a spot. I let him pick first, sure enough he picked a spot with quite a few rubs and scrapes. When I asked him if he was sure, he asked me why. I pointed to the swamp 50 yards away, I told him are you ready to go in there after him, because that is exactly where he is going to go after being shot. He picked another spot. To this day we see that buck every now and then, he's a true Swamp Master.
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Offline Cottonmouth

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2010, 05:38:00 PM »
Way to stick with it!
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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #30 on: December 01, 2010, 05:42:00 PM »
Great story and determination! Congrats and look forward to seeing the mount. Any pics of the little warrior that we can view now?   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Offline Jmatt1957

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #31 on: December 01, 2010, 05:42:00 PM »
well done....
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Offline YORNOC

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #32 on: December 01, 2010, 05:43:00 PM »
Thanks for the kind words everyone, but I'm sure most reading this do the same. We may not recover all of 'em, but you have to try. I lost a woodland caribou in Newfoundland due to my own careless shot. I have never gotten over it. The last I saw that animal it was limping over a hill, it haunts me forever. We spent three days looking for it and I had to fly home devastated.
As to the shot on this mighty little deer, he shot it high in the rear leg. The femoral artery was hit but just slightly, so it bled but not enough to down it swiftly. Our conversations since have him rethinking his ethics. He is a great guy, just made a VERY poor decision to shoot.
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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #33 on: December 01, 2010, 05:46:00 PM »
Pics of the "mighty one" coming soon, its pouring here right now! Got 'em just in time.
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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #34 on: December 01, 2010, 05:58:00 PM »
Excellent!!  Great job!
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Offline Chris Shelton

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #35 on: December 01, 2010, 06:02:00 PM »
Awesome story!!! You and I have that will to never give up on a animal till its in the freezer! My friends made fun of me for spending a few hours one day getting a squirrel!

An animals an animal, no matter how small they all deserve respect!

I have friends that would also just give up after barely a walk, and it makes me sick!

Can't wait to see the pics!
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Offline ArkyBob

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #36 on: December 01, 2010, 07:03:00 PM »
Keep looking UNTIL there is NO possibility of finding the animal you shoot.  I have regretably had to GIVE UP on a couple of occasions and it makes me very sick at my stomach. Usually have a very hard time sleeping after it happens, playing it over and over in my mind.  I still can't figure out one from 3 years ago.  Good shot, I thought, good bright blood, pass through, good trail for 100 yards, then small drops, then nothing.  Looked from 4:00 in the evening til about 10:30, then again for about 4 hours the next morning.  No idea where that deer ended up.  Congrats on your find.  Hopefully your friend learned a valuable lesson.  

BOB
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Offline JoeM

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #37 on: December 01, 2010, 07:14:00 PM »
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Well done and well said man!
Absolutely!!!
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Offline Mike Vines

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #38 on: December 01, 2010, 07:26:00 PM »
well done, and like you said...A very happy ending.
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Offline CDR

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Re: If you consider yourself a hunter,PIC ADDED!
« Reply #39 on: December 01, 2010, 07:41:00 PM »
Way to stick with it, great job!
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