lost one last night

[ELKBUGLE5]

Hey Cory, U r doin the right thing, just put in your best and if u find her ya do, if u don't, so it goes.  We have all been thier or know somebody who has.

[Pathfinder101]

Just talked to a couple of other guys up at the camp.  They looked for her all this morning (4 guys), but can't even find blood.  Part of that probably chalked up to the wound being high and forward, and part of that being all the rain yesterday, last night and then again all today.  They are still hunting the area, hoping to get lucky and come across her.  Cory just got off work and was headed back up to look again.  I wish him luck, but at this point that's about what we are counting on.  Blind luck.

[halflife65]

That's too bad.  I hope you're able to find her.

[CoryTDF]

Well it's official she is lost. Hopfully she is going to heal up and live on. If not I hope the critters eat every last piece of that delicious meat. Me I'm eating my pride and drowning the sorrow with a few barley pop's.

[Joe_Hunter]

Read this post and couldn't help but wonder why someone would post that they feel so bad but do so while at work instead of days later after exhausting all possible measure to recover downed game. I'm not faulting this guy for wounding an animal because despite our best efforts it does happen.  I would have never left the recovery of an animal I shot to my hunting buddies call in sick, take a vacation day whatever but stay in the forest for gosh sake.
 I remember once I was hunting elk in the same deteriorating conditions and I passed on a nice bull because I knew that the rain would destroy any blood trail before I could recover the animal. I chose to call it a day and although I didn't get that bull I didn't have to live with the fact that I might have made a poor decision.

Just my  I never would have posted this. To much ammo for the anti's

[Woodchuck]

i will jump in here for Cory, i hope he doesnt mind. Cory does not have one of those jobs that allows him to call in sick or take an un announced day off. i can tell you that Cory is a good guy and a good sportsman and in my mind all he is doing is being honest and true to the facts of life in the wide world of sports. ammo for anti's is not an issue to me, they will make up way worse things than this. just please be sure of what is fact before you call some one out.
Cory, i am sorry to hear this and i pray that that animal and you can recover from this and thank you for your service to all of us.

[GoldTip]

Cory, sorry to hear you lost one.  Sounds as if the shot just didn't come off like you wanted, and that happens to everyone sooner or later.  Sounds like you and your friends did all you could to recover her, but it just didn't pan out, it's a sad deal but just how it goes sometimes.  Good luck.

[Pathfinder101]

i will jump in here for Cory, i hope he doesnt mind. Cory does not have one of those jobs that allows him to call in sick or take an un announced day off. i can tell you that Cory is a good guy and a good sportsman and in my mind all he is doing is being honest and true to the facts of life in the wide world of sports. ammo foir anti's is not an issue to me, they will make up way wworse things than this. just please be sure of what is fact before you call some one out.
Cory, i am sorry to hear this and i pray that that animal and you can recover from this and thank you for your service to all of us.

Perfectly said JimKD8.  Exactly what I was going to say when I read the previous post.  Those of us that know CoryTDF know that he did all he could.

[boneaddict]

Sorry Cory.  I'm glad you had friends willing to pitch in and help out. 

[Joe_Hunter]

 

[CoryTDF]

I'm not surprised that Joehunter had a negative thing to say. Every time I get a response from him it's negative. I must have stole his lunch money in a former life. That said thanks to those who show support I know that I did what I could do. Hunting is just that, It is hunting, and sometimes that includes hunting for wounded game. I did all I could and am at peace with it now. Tragic? Yes, but also just part of the deal.

Joe, please for the sake of everybody else let this go. I have a long list of your negative responses and really don't care to read anymore.   

[Pathfinder101]

I must have stole his lunch money in a former life.    

You meanie..

[buckhorn2]

Everyone that hunts will have something happen like this if they hunt enough you and your friends did what you could and elk are tuff she will heal up and live on.

[FC]

Too bad, don't let it keep you down!

@joe, not all of us have jobs that would allow us to just take a day off or even get sick pay, some also can't afford to be missing any work!

[runamuk]

as far as I know military men and women cannot call in sick so does this mean they shouldn't be allowed to hunt just in case something should go wrong  Joe might want to watch it those glass houses make it so everyone can see in..

cory that sucks and you are not alone seems its happened to more than a few this season lets just hope the rest of the year is better