Re: Road hunters killed my buck.
Originally Posted by
knighthunter
The gut pile and gunshot won't scare off other deer in the area. The gut pile is likely gone already.
Very true. Quite a few years ago I had a WT doe tag. I spotted a doe and drove up the trail about 200 yards, parked my truck and very slowly walked back down. Spotted the doe and watched to see if there was a buck around. couldn't see a buck so I shot the. Walked back to my truck and drove back down to gut and load her, maybe 5 minutes max. When I got to within 30 yards of her, I spotted a nice buck obviously searching for his girlfriend, totally unconcerned with my approach. I watched him for about 5 minutes and then drove down the last few yards and watched him finally move away slowly. Could have had them both if I had another tag.
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