I shot a nice two point about five miles back behind a gate this year it was a bad shot sorry to say any way i rounded up five extra guys to help track the deer on the following day as it was to late to go back in that night. I then contacted the forest service officer who patrols this area, i let him know what was going on and informed him that there was no lock on the gate, i did ride my bike in beyond it mind you as i knew the road had been closed for public safety and it would be unlawful to drive my truck through though in my opinion and every one elses the road is in great shape beings the locals built the road around the washout before the state deemed it unsafe, sorry getting a little off track any way the officer advised me to use a dog for recovery i thought about it but the grey area was a little spooky for me, we did find the deer it wasnt 300yds from where i last seen it the day before, sad thing is, it was taint not a scrap of meat edible i did tag it and brought the entire deer out for evidence just incase so not to get charge with the waste of big game by only bringing the head out.sad story but the officer did advise me to use a dog...
