Joe_Bow
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I was hunting yesterday AM on an 18 acre parcel in the Hudson Valley NY.. It is narrow, has 3 neighboring properties (2 owned by the same person) and a very busy road near it. Around 8 am 4 does walk by my stand, I bark at one to stop, she does and I hit her in at least 1 lung. The blood is very bright red and full of air. She and the other 3 does run off....and keep running. I hear a car on the road honk its horn for 5-10 seconds. I think "I'm f'd". I wait for 20min, get down and get ready for a blood track. I tracked it for 2 hours and found the spot where she crossed the road to the neighbors unoccupied land.
I pull up OnX maps and see that it is owned by an LLC on Long Island - and it is basically a shell company for an older couple so they can hold their land in trust for their children. My property owning friend doesn't know them. I can't find a number.
The other neighbor wanted to call the police and have my car towed. Why? I was parked on my buddy's land, off the road...so no legal reason. He just wanted to discourage people from hunting and was being an a$$ hat.
I couldn't find any blood on the road or the other side of the road. So I lost the track, didn't have permission, and couldn't find any contact info to get permission.
This is my first non-recovery and it much more depressing than I expected. It has really put water on the fire of hunting this year.
My takeaways are these:
1) I'm going to write the address of the LLC and ask for permission to recover any future deer from their land.
2) Small parcels of land require much deadlier shots.
3) To be careful of the direction the deer are moving. If shot, where will they be heading.
I realize nature does not waste and that all manner of animals will feed off of this doe. But its not the point. I'm going to do what I can to continue training and learn. Its the only way I feel like I can honor the life I took.
I pull up OnX maps and see that it is owned by an LLC on Long Island - and it is basically a shell company for an older couple so they can hold their land in trust for their children. My property owning friend doesn't know them. I can't find a number.
The other neighbor wanted to call the police and have my car towed. Why? I was parked on my buddy's land, off the road...so no legal reason. He just wanted to discourage people from hunting and was being an a$$ hat.
I couldn't find any blood on the road or the other side of the road. So I lost the track, didn't have permission, and couldn't find any contact info to get permission.
This is my first non-recovery and it much more depressing than I expected. It has really put water on the fire of hunting this year.
My takeaways are these:
1) I'm going to write the address of the LLC and ask for permission to recover any future deer from their land.
2) Small parcels of land require much deadlier shots.
3) To be careful of the direction the deer are moving. If shot, where will they be heading.
I realize nature does not waste and that all manner of animals will feed off of this doe. But its not the point. I'm going to do what I can to continue training and learn. Its the only way I feel like I can honor the life I took.