In the recent crazy thread, one of the hunters said, "...in this case I knew that we needed to push the buck to keep it bleeding. If the buck was allowed to bed up and his wound coagulated he would be nearly impossible to track down and recover."
I don't want to get into any portion of the other thread except this aspect. This is counter to what I have been taught. I have been taught to let a wounded animal bed down and stiffen up rather than chase them. A three legged mule deer is still a lot faster than a two legged human. A spooked, adrenaline filled deer can travel a VERY LONG way in a short amount of time, making blood trailing nearly impossible.
I thought this thought process was the norm. I was surprised to hear the opposite from the "expert" hunter and also surprised that in the 400+ posts, no one else has mentioned it. The "expert" knew at this point that the buck had at least two holes in it. Is he making stuff up to justify his running in front of the others or do other hunters actually use the "Push it to keep it bleeding" logic?
Obviously, each situation is different and so recovery tactics should vary depending on circumstances, but this sounded weird to me. I am curious what the general MM public thinks about this.
Please stay on topic.
Thanks,
Soup
I don't want to get into any portion of the other thread except this aspect. This is counter to what I have been taught. I have been taught to let a wounded animal bed down and stiffen up rather than chase them. A three legged mule deer is still a lot faster than a two legged human. A spooked, adrenaline filled deer can travel a VERY LONG way in a short amount of time, making blood trailing nearly impossible.
I thought this thought process was the norm. I was surprised to hear the opposite from the "expert" hunter and also surprised that in the 400+ posts, no one else has mentioned it. The "expert" knew at this point that the buck had at least two holes in it. Is he making stuff up to justify his running in front of the others or do other hunters actually use the "Push it to keep it bleeding" logic?
Obviously, each situation is different and so recovery tactics should vary depending on circumstances, but this sounded weird to me. I am curious what the general MM public thinks about this.
Please stay on topic.
Thanks,
Soup