Guys & Gals
It's been nice to get everyone?s opinion. The topic is obviously a touchy one, and we can all relate in some fashion or another. Just remember, every situation is a little bit different and we all have to make that call of ?what the right thing to do is?, when it happens. Go ahead and post the video, it's pretty cool. The deer is facing to the hunters right, the hunter fires and hits the deer, the deer jumps straight in the air like a fish, then hits the ground. A few seconds pass and the deer is up and going. Looks like a great shot in the video, BUT it just wasn?t good enough?..sorry. I explained the bullets path in an earlier post, so I won't do it again. The chest cavity of the deer was never touched, there was no bone touched at all, and it was under the neck on the front of the shoulder. I don't think you can tell any of that from the video. I know these are the facts, because I am the one that boned out the deer on the mountain, and I am the one that caped the animal. YOU were not present at the time. My opinion is that is was a serious flesh wound. Mortally wounded????? I'm gonna have to say no! If you want to see pictures of the bullets holes, I will gladly post a picture of the salted cape. I just need to find a digital camera, since I lost custody of it in the divorce. She said I hunted to much. WHATEVER LADY!!!!!
I would appreciate, however, a little more honesty on your part. Your wife was not 100 yards from the deer, and you guys weren't even on the blood trail. You were hiking the rim of the canyon, trying to locate the deer. I have NO DOUBT that you were following the blood trail an hour prior to that, but you weren't when the deer was killed. You and your wife were across the canyon from where the buck was, and I am positive that he had NOT climbed up to the top of that steep sucker. Your wife did say that she saw the deer before Heath shot it, BUT ???she didn't shoot because you had the range finder, and she thought it was too far away?. Dangit! I'm sure the 300 Rem Ultra Mag that she was packing could have reached over and grounded the deer, since it was probably only 300 350 yards from her. One more thing?You seem to be upset that Heath lied to you??? Well I was standing there, and I think you may have misunderstood what he said. He said that the deer he shot had blood in his front leg, but he didn't look like he was hurt. Do you understand what he means by that? Obviously blood = hurt, but he didn't look ?mortally wounded?.
It's unfortunate Clynt, and I wish you guys could have killed the deer on the 1st shot. That is what we always wish for. But?.it doesn't matter now, it's time to move on. You said you don't want the deer back, so I guess we won't be hearing from you.
By the way, your other post about the ?Dream Buck?. That's nice!!! Sorry you didn't kill him. I'm very impressed that you were able to find another monster muley. Good luck to you and your wife.
Peace Out Ya?ll