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This question is from the archery hunt last year. I was hunting in Idaho with a good buddy. It was his spot, and he invited me to go along. We both had tags.
Several days into the hunt, we were walking near camp. We had just gotten back to camp for lunch, and on a whim we decided to walk down the little used trail behind camp.
Unexpectedly, a 28 inch 4X5 stood up and turned broadside at 15 yards. As it was my buddy's spot and I was the invited guest, I knew it was his shot. We have hunted together for years. We have trailed a lot of deer together. We had actually talked about what we would do in this situation.
He and I both drew our bows. I waited until he released his arrow, then I released mine. This was only to have two blood trails instead of one. My buddy is a great shot and it was only 15 yards, but weird things happen, right?
Well, something weird did happen. He pulled his shot and clipped about 3 inches of muscle on the front leg/shoulder area. The buck jumped forward at his shot, and my shot hit center mass just in front of the hind legs.
We followed good blood about 40 yards and found him dead. Necropsy showed my buddy's shot hit pure muscle and hardly bled, my shot clipped both femoral arteries, and was clearly fatal.
So who gets the buck? My buddy because it was his spot and he hit the buck first? Or me, because I cleanly (albeit unintentionally) killed the buck?
Our decision was unanimous. We are still great friends, and hunt together often.
What do you think? Let's hear some feedback, then I'll put up a picture and tell you what we did.
This question is from the archery hunt last year. I was hunting in Idaho with a good buddy. It was his spot, and he invited me to go along. We both had tags.
Several days into the hunt, we were walking near camp. We had just gotten back to camp for lunch, and on a whim we decided to walk down the little used trail behind camp.
Unexpectedly, a 28 inch 4X5 stood up and turned broadside at 15 yards. As it was my buddy's spot and I was the invited guest, I knew it was his shot. We have hunted together for years. We have trailed a lot of deer together. We had actually talked about what we would do in this situation.
He and I both drew our bows. I waited until he released his arrow, then I released mine. This was only to have two blood trails instead of one. My buddy is a great shot and it was only 15 yards, but weird things happen, right?
Well, something weird did happen. He pulled his shot and clipped about 3 inches of muscle on the front leg/shoulder area. The buck jumped forward at his shot, and my shot hit center mass just in front of the hind legs.
We followed good blood about 40 yards and found him dead. Necropsy showed my buddy's shot hit pure muscle and hardly bled, my shot clipped both femoral arteries, and was clearly fatal.
So who gets the buck? My buddy because it was his spot and he hit the buck first? Or me, because I cleanly (albeit unintentionally) killed the buck?
Our decision was unanimous. We are still great friends, and hunt together often.
What do you think? Let's hear some feedback, then I'll put up a picture and tell you what we did.
