wolves beat us to it first!

[MikeYager - Suzuki]

Cool story and pics. Thanks for sharing. Nice rack. You could just mount the antlers. They look good that way. I would argue the meat wasnt wasted. Another animal ate it and they need it more than we do. It didnt spoil and rot. Nobody would want this to happen but its a good story you'll have for the rest of your life.

[analyzer]

Last year I believe I gut shot a buck. It started raining soon after, so I began trailing within 10 minutes. 150 yards away I jumped him and he ran into the corn. 1 and 1/2 hours later and 3/4 of a mile of circling in the corn it got dark. I picked up his trail in the morning and lost it after 100 yards.

I spent the next two weekends running down to lanesboro speaking with farmers and searching woods to no avail. For a year now, I have regretted tracking too soon.

imho, you did the right thing.

PS this year I waited an hour on a well shot 10 pt buck. No problems recovering this one : ).