Yup, read that right. Just finally made my third trip out since Oct. first. I got to see six deer and all the shooters wouldn't give me a good shot. Sooooo....... I took an injured doe fawn that someone shot recently in the neck. It pisses me off that whoever took this shot had a perfect broadside shot and went for the neck (entrance and exit wound were perfectly opposite sides). They did break her neck but not enough to sever the spinal cord. But I guess that's hunting state land.

mixed feelings eh mike ? glad to hear you got back out... after our pm's i understand a little more... congrats to you for putting some meat in the freezer,... and good job on the mercy harvest!!!

Definitely mixed feelings! Glad I got some meat, po'd that someone took a neck shot on her with a bow. She was there with a larger doe that I wanted but it was getting dark and the doe wasn't coming in. I probably would have still had a shot on the fawn after I took a shot on the doe, she was hobbling that slow around.

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It's hard to say if someone intentionally neck shot her. could have passed thru one and into here, could have deflected, many a scenario is possible other than some yahoo taking neck shots with a bow. But, having seen what I've seen this season nothing surprises me.

I have seen zero deer where I hunt since the end of October. The crossbow and bow hunters really put a lot of pressure on them and i am finding gutpiles the next day that weren't there the night before. Hmm? the amazing overnight appearing gutpile.

Plus, I think a lot of the crosbow hunters might not be very skilled and are using them like rifles and shotguns with less than acceptable results. I find lots of dead deer that were never recovered in the past couple seasons.

Hard to say though. I just keep hunting the way I do and hope for the best. hunting state land is a challenge no doubt, but when you do get one it makes it all the more worth it, cuz you know you worked for it.

After further examination, I would have to guess this would be what happened. I found four chunks of lead in the spine and the wound was still bleeding lightly. IT should have been scabbed over after 7 days if it was a rifle season shot.