lost one last night

[CoryTDF]

Shot a cow last night. I hit her a little to far forward and was not able to recover her. Makes me sick to my stomach I would much rather have missed. I feel bad for both the elk and myself. Nothing wore than wounding an animal. Didn't seem like the arrow went very far in so there is a small chance that she could make it. I hope she lives. Man I feel like crap, this is the one part of hunting that I hate.

[wastickslinger]

Did you go back out today and try to get on her? Did she quit bleeding?

[Little Fish]

Ya...I would for sure by out there looking. Good luck finding her.

[CoryTDF]

It rained all night and is raining right now on the mountian. I had to work but plan on going up after I get off. My camp mates said they were going to try to find her thismorning but so dfar I have heard nothing. It does not look good.

[halflife65]

Take a buddy, Cory, if you can (if you haven't already).  I've been in that position - both as the shooter and the guy helping - and the guy helping stays much more objective and calm nearly always.  Like you said, there is nothing worse than losing one and sometimes it affects how you think a bit.

Get a buddy, go back out and take another look.  You still might not find her but you can know that you did all that you could.  Good luck!

[NWBREW]

If you shot her last night I hope your going back out today to look for her. You owe it to yourself and the animal. Good luck Cory.

[seth30]

get another set of eyes to help you look

[CoryTDF]

I had three people helping me look last night. All this rain I'm lossing my optimism. All be up there tonight again but it's going to be one of those stumble upon her kind of deals I'm thinkin.

[wonder]

Appreciate hearing that you guys have not given up.  Ran into a guy last year on opening day that left a cow out there with half and arrow in her.  I tried to persuade him and his son to go back out and find her.  His reply was that he'd done all he could (looked for about 4 hours) and was going to hunt a different area that afternoon    Did not agree with his solution/plan and 2 more hunters showed up at the trailhead and agreed and tried to convince them to go back out.  It's just my opinion but this can continue to give us bowhunters a bad reputation for wounding and killing animals and not coming home with anything to show for it except a dead animal for the local scavengers to feast upon.  As you stated it would have been better to have missed the shot completely than to have taken a shot that didn't hit where you wanted it.  If you had a good shot but missed for whatever reason don't be so hard on yourself but continue to put in the time to find her to the best of your ability.  I had a beautiful broadside shot at 30+ yards uphill last year.  Missed my mark completely and hit her high on the right side (5 or 6 feet off) and luckily hit the femoral artery and she went down in about 15 seconds.  @#*t happens.  Hang in there and good luck.

[carpsniperg2]

good luck looking for her, hope you find her.

[BlackRidge]

Glad to hear you were looking until you couldnt anymore, its a shame, but comes w/ 'the' territory I guess

Good luck finding her Cory

[carpsniperg2]

you might want to get rid of the bow territory thing. it could get ugly all styles of hunting loses animals. that is a fact. it is a shame, but part of hunting.

[BlackRidge]

Haha Good point, amended  

[BLUEBULLS]

sounds like it's time to get a dog out "grouse" hunting.        

I think it's Illegal to use a dog but in some situations common sense has to prevail.

I've been in your shoes, hope you find her.

[wonder]

Thanks Carpsniperg2, well said