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At least that's what I've been told. Personally, I'd rather have made a good shot. Patience and a little luck made a for successful recovery. Hoping it was a deflected arrow because it was too close to miss that bad. Had to leave it over night. Fortunately and unfortunately it was a slow death which made for no spoilage. This was definitely an emotional rollercoaster of a hunt. When I started tracking the evening I made the shot I ended up blowing him out of his bed. Had no idea the shot was that bad initially, but I was still not very hopeful a recovery was likely after jumping him. My heart sank when I found where he swam across a slough. When I finally found a log to cross on, I found him laying on the opposite side in the tall grass. I'll take it.
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Nice bull
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Quote from: muleyslayer on September 27, 2016, 06:56:33 PM
Nice bull
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Nice bull and way to keep on it and recover that bull
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glad that worked out . good looking animal
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Rosie? Nice!!!!!
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Way to keep at it and recover that fine bull.
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Nice bull and way to keep on it and recover that bull
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Great looking rosie
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Awesome bull, I love the rosies
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Beautiful bull
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Nice bull, gotta love those big Rosie's they are pretty cool looking.
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Great job. I've had that trophy that I didn't find and I'm so greatfull you did. Nice job tracking hard work pays off.
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September 27, 2016, 09:41:32 PM »
Lucky for sure! Must have hit the femoral artery. What was the aiming point? Nice job on the recovery!
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A great bull!!!! Glad you found him.
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