30calyooper
Well-Known Member
Yep...those are definitely the ones you never forget.We all learn the hard way at times. That lesson hurts a little more when a nice animal is lost. I've been there and learned the hard way as well.
Just a rumor I heard from another forester - the following year one of his co-workers found scattered bones/remains of a dead buck +/- 1/4 mile from where I lost the trail. Chewed up by mice but antlers still on the upper skull - tall tines and 20+ inches inside spread. Coincidence? Who knows...Nothing like feeding the coyotes.