Feeling sick and helpless....

[HuntingFanatic]

Well. I decided to chase some tail around last night instead of hunting blacktail this morning with my Dad. I just got a call from him saying that he and his friend had been looking for the biggest deer he has ever seen since 9:30 or 10. Sounds like his shot placement was a little back but not by much. It also sounds as if this Big old buck headed for the thickest steepest stuff around. They were able to find blood for a couple hundred yards then lost the trail. My dad is sick to his stomach but out there till the bitter end looking. Unfortunately I am unable to help and he is unable to look past today. Not looking good for recovery. I always hear that this can happen to any hunter.....It just really sucks when it happens to you or your partner. S#!T!!!

[YoterHunter]

I would go back in a day or to look for crows  o0r ravens to  hopfully find the horns if its a monster

[HuntingFanatic]

Well yoter I can tell you that the antlers are the least of our concerns. I wasnt even there and lost sleep over this. I know my dad has lost a lot of sleep over this. Its amazing how much joy and happiness one gets from harvesting a deer. And how much anguish\sadness there is when you are unable to recover a deer that surely died. Its sad. Plain and simple. A waste of a fine animal. I know for many, many hunting seasons to come we will talk about it and we will feel the same about it then as we do now. Just plain crappy.....

[ser300wsm]

Very sorry to hear that, maybe with a little luck you can still find the buck. Dont give up just yet. If he marked the location with a GPS you might be able to do a grid pattern search of the area. Good luck