Today's the Day Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Would you keep hunting if you already shot 2 bulls and couldn't find either one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucky2hunt Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Nope! I too would be picking up pieces of my bow AND of my pride on the way to the practice range! Tag punched... game over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues 'n' Sheep Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Not a chance... two is the limit...IMO. After that it is tyime to re-think your preparation, your equipment, and how to get better at what you are doing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THOR Report post Posted September 22, 2011 No way....!!!! thats my opinion. a friend this year shot a great bull and could not find it after a couple days of looking and rain washing away the blood trail and he hung up is bow, he said, "i killed my bull....just couldnt find it". there is no answer that is correct but we all have our opinion- an elk tag is hard to come by here in AZ. Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Nope. In fact, after losing (the same year) the only elk and the mule deer I ever shot with arrows I limited my bowhunting to javelinas under eight yards and never again bowhunted for elk and deer. This was before compound bows and modern arrows and broadheads. We shot our recurve bows instinctively because no one had thought of putting sights on bows yet. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
palivs2hnt Report post Posted September 22, 2011 You're gonna get many answers to this question. For myself, I would probably NOT keep hunting. I can't help but ask the question though: "It depends...did another group of hunters cut me off and bump my bull while I was tracking it?" Just had to put it out there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hunterjohnny Report post Posted September 22, 2011 You're gonna get many answers to this question. For myself, I would probably NOT keep hunting. I can't help but ask the question though: "It depends...did another group of hunters cut me off and bump my bull while I was tracking it?" Just had to put it out there! Nice! I have never faced the issue but have thought it over many times and would like to think I would call it done at one. Like said above I got my animal just couldnt find it. But who is really going to post on here that they would keep wacking animals until they found one? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Today's the Day Report post Posted September 22, 2011 I met this guy helping my buddy on his hunt. I told him his hunt should be over. You can't keep shooting animals and not recover them. The next day he was hunting. Bunch of B.S. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted September 22, 2011 On the surface the obvious answer is that you should not hunt anymore, but in the light of recent looong threads on this site, I wonder if this is a loaded question. Maybe the answer should be no unless you are in unit 10. No offense intended toward Today's the Day, but many of us have grown leary of new posters. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunterdude Report post Posted September 22, 2011 You should hang it up for the season. You owe it to the animal to recover it eatible or not! It sucks but its only right to quit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
June Report post Posted September 22, 2011 I met this guy helping my buddy on his hunt. I told him his hunt should be over. You can't keep shooting animals and not recover them. The next day he was hunting. Bunch of B.S. Well. I'm gonna ask? What was his response when you informed him his hunt should be over? Maybe he needed a bigger posse cuz he was using inferior equipment. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BowNut Report post Posted September 22, 2011 If there was any chance the first one was not making it I would not have shot the secound one! If I make what could have been a fatal shot and can't find it I would be done for the season that's my animal. Would not be a bad idea to reflect on what happen and fix it. Bad shots? Bad setup? Poor tracking? Just my 2 cents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Samuraiarcher Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Nope. Time to hang it up. Heard a story in a Pro Shop a couple of years ago. A guy comes in and the guys in the shop ask him how his hunt went. The customer just shook his head and stated that he shot 9. NINE!!! and did not recover any of them. I literally wanted to vomit. I had to walk out of the shop while he told his "War Stories" to the employees or I might have done something that I would have regretted. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BowNut Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Nope. Time to hang it up. Heard a story in a Pro Shop a couple of years ago. A guy comes in and the guys in the shop ask him how his hunt went. The customer just shook his head and stated that he shot 9. NINE!!! and did not recover any of them. I literally wanted to vomit. I had to walk out of the shop while he told his "War Stories" to the employees or I might have done something that I would have regretted. That's disgusting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted September 22, 2011 Hunters take bad shots,arrows bounce or glance off limbs, the excitment gives them the shakes- unlimited number of ways/reasons that animals are wounded and not recoverd after being shot. Oh yeah I've heard the ole - i hit 5 or 3 etc. I've been lucky enough to only wound one elk that i could not recover - basically never any blood trail to follow. high shoulder hit- i used wrong pin -or didn't guess the right yardage - one or the other maybe i didnt anchor correctly- It still bugs me after 6 yrs., what happened that day, the one that got away.i spent 3 days lookin.To be honest i never really got a good look at the rack - the bull was covered in mud from wallowin ,shot at last minutes of daylight. first thought at where the arrow hit - too high-dang I did see a bull with a shoulder hit on the 4th day. within a mile of my shot. I tell myself - thats my bull and he survived but no real way to know. I had one more day to hunt but it just didnt feel right. I had my shot ,hit my bull just wasn't meant to be. If ya shoot 2 bulls and are following a blood trail and know ya had a wounded animal that probably would die .You quit tracking, for whatever reason. YOU SHOULD BE DONE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
