Found after 2 days, meat worth anything?

[C-Money]

Sorry that happened...Congrats on your bull...How big was he?

[HillHound]

Sorry that happened...Congrats on your bull...How big was he?

He posted a pic in the 2025 elk thread.

That sucks but if you hunt long enough it will happen. I shot a deer with my bow during a thunderstorm. Hit looked good but with the monsoon I could not find blood and the tracks I had quickly washed away. Found him the next day 75 yards away in a hawthorn patch I had done circles through and around with a bear eating him.

[Martinhunter]

Make a cut in the thickest parts one of the hind quarters and do a sniff test.. That sucks man, hope your able to salvage it. Happened to me on a buck about 5 years ago, I decided to track it first thing the following morning and when I found him, for some reason the meat was rotten. It was in November but it was also super muggy out. Lesson learned..

[HntnFsh]

I was trying like heck to be optimistic. Guess it didnt work.

[Pete112288]

Half tempted to donate or give this away. But it will take its place on the wall next to a couple other goofy hoof rot bulls as a lesson/story for my son and others that ask.

[Sandberm]

I want to say a big thank you for giving updates.

So many of us learn from others sharing.