I was hunting my brother in laws farm and woods with 7 guys. 4 sitting and 3 pushing. It was very warm in CNY today about 35 to 40 degrees. They pushed out 3 deer two does and what appeared to be a yearling. Very small and probably wont' survive the winter if it's a bad one.
Well to the point I here the guy in the tree stand about 50 yrds from me yell there comin right for ya. So I took the saftey off and shoulderd my shotgun. And here come the 2 does and little guy. I shot twice thinking I missed both shots so I curse my self. The back to my position after a real quick check for blood and hair. Shortly there after my step borther who was one of the pushers comes out and I told him I what happend. We started looking around and found hair so we looked more and found blood. We started tracking it. Everyone else soon found us and helped out. Tracked it for about 1/2 a mile through some real thick swampy land. Then we here a shotgun blast about 50 yrds away. We found the guy who shot at the deer. It turned out to be the same deer I shot. Come to find out I shot it in the lower front shoulder and the other shot missed. So now the deer is suffering. And I feel like a total jackass for wounding it. We tracked it some more till it crossed the road into a relitivly highly populatated area and then had to give up.
I feel like a total schmuck for wounding the deer and making it suffer. I did pay a small price for this but not nearly enough I got lost on the way back fell in the swamp face first and got cut up bad by prickers. I wish I never fired those shots.
Well to the point I here the guy in the tree stand about 50 yrds from me yell there comin right for ya. So I took the saftey off and shoulderd my shotgun. And here come the 2 does and little guy. I shot twice thinking I missed both shots so I curse my self. The back to my position after a real quick check for blood and hair. Shortly there after my step borther who was one of the pushers comes out and I told him I what happend. We started looking around and found hair so we looked more and found blood. We started tracking it. Everyone else soon found us and helped out. Tracked it for about 1/2 a mile through some real thick swampy land. Then we here a shotgun blast about 50 yrds away. We found the guy who shot at the deer. It turned out to be the same deer I shot. Come to find out I shot it in the lower front shoulder and the other shot missed. So now the deer is suffering. And I feel like a total jackass for wounding it. We tracked it some more till it crossed the road into a relitivly highly populatated area and then had to give up.
I feel like a total schmuck for wounding the deer and making it suffer. I did pay a small price for this but not nearly enough I got lost on the way back fell in the swamp face first and got cut up bad by prickers. I wish I never fired those shots.