non-traditional first trad harvest-PIC ADDED

VTer · January 25, 2009, 08:29:00 AM

Plumber · January 25, 2009, 08:39:00 AM

YOU AND THAT DEER MET FOR A REASON NO ONE LIKES TO SEE A ANIMAL SUFFER I HAD A SIMILAR SITUTION HAPPIN TO ME THIS YEAR.

shallowobx · January 25, 2009, 09:21:00 AM

Here is the picture I think turned out best. I am hunting next week with Ray Hammond and hope that my second trad harvest will be a little more conventional than my first. Thanks again guys for all the feedback.

frassettor · January 25, 2009, 10:08:00 AM

well done .... you did the right thing

Izzy · January 25, 2009, 12:19:00 PM

Congrats and get to eatin.

trapperDave · January 25, 2009, 12:22:00 PM

highpoint forge · January 25, 2009, 01:03:00 PM

Smart move taking that buck, as he would have fallen prey to coyotes at any moment were he here in TX. A far worse but natural end in the big cycle of life. Next time take 3 arrows!

Please let us know how the venison turns out.

JoeM · January 25, 2009, 01:48:00 PM

I had something similar myself this year. True hunters who truly love the spirit of animals and nature are defined during moments like this.

Joe

BRONZ · January 25, 2009, 02:58:00 PM

Way to go.

JAG · January 25, 2009, 03:02:00 PM

Curtiss Cardinal · January 25, 2009, 07:44:00 PM

While I too I am glad you ended the little buck's suffering. I feel I have to say this because I keep seeing threads like this. There is nothing wrong with either choice to be made concerning an injured deer. It's totally a personal decision. Either way the deer is not wasted. Nothing goes to waste in nature. In fact it is entirely within the realm of possibility that the little buck could have survived into maturity and even become a nontypical monster buck. Still like the others I'll indeed tell you, Well done!

Smallwood · January 26, 2009, 09:50:00 AM

good job on finishing him, i would have too.

stick_string · January 26, 2009, 10:19:00 AM

Congrats...I think that is awesome!!

Bjorn · January 26, 2009, 10:21:00 AM

Good job and story!

S. Brant Osborn · January 26, 2009, 02:58:00 PM

I would have done the same.
Brant

turkey522 · January 26, 2009, 03:17:00 PM

You did the right thing,congrats on your traditional harvest.

Terry

Pegen · January 26, 2009, 04:38:00 PM

very well done, my friend.

Irish Archer · January 26, 2009, 09:28:00 PM

I believe that you should be proud of that kill! Congrats to you.

JESSE69 · January 27, 2009, 09:58:00 AM

Sounds like the right thing to do to me,Jesse.

Toklat1 · January 27, 2009, 10:39:00 AM

Good on you! You stopped the suffering and you now have good tablefare!