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IN MY OPINION A REAL HUNTER WILL TRACK A WOUNDED ANIMAL THE REST OF THE SEASON AND THEN SOME IF HE/SHE HAS TOO!!!
I'VE HELPED PEOPLE OVER THE YEARS TRACK ANIMALS DOWN WHEN THE HUNTER HAD ALREADY GIVEN UP,SOMETIMES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OF THE HUNT,I CAN'T STAND TO SEE AN ANIMAL WASTE!!!
I'VE SEEN TO MANY PANSY-ASSES GIVE UP WAY TOO EARLY AND SAY TO HELL WITH IT!!!
WHAT REALLY AGGITATES ME IS THESE IDIOTS THAT HUNT BIG GAME WITH REAL SMALL CALIBERS AND START POUNDING THEM IN THE BROADSIDE/GUTS,IT MAKES THE TRACKING A HELL OF ALOT HARDER!!!
I'VE HELPED RECOVER A FEW ANIMALS IN MY DAY DUE TO TRACKING SKILLS,NO I'M NO PRO BUT I WON'T GIVE UP EASY!!!
RUN INTO A COUPLE OF GUY'S A FEW YEARS BACK LOOKING OFF INTO A BASIN,THEY FINALLY TOLD ME THEY THOUGHT THEY'D HIT A BUCK,THE FOLLOWING DAY I WENT BACK AND HUNTED THE SAME AREA,I FOUND THE BLOOD TRAIL AND FOLLOWED IT RIGHT TO THE DEER,THERE WAS A PEPSI CAN AND A CANDY BAR WRAPPER RIGHT BY THE DEER,EVIDENTALLY THEY FIGURED IT WOOD BE TO MUCH WORK TO GET IT OUT,LEFT IT TO ROTT,I WISHED I'D OF HAD THEIR NAMES,THERE ASSES WOULD OF PAID THE PRICE!!!
AN ETHICAL HUNTER KNOWS IF HE/SHE WOUNDS AN ANIMAL THE HUNT IS OVER AND THE TRACKING SKILLS GO TO WORK,SOME WILL DISAGREE,I DON'T CARE!!!
THE ONLY bobcat THINKING THERE OUGHT TO BE A TRACKING CLASS AS PART OF THE HUNTER SAFETY PROGRAM!!!