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Wounded Game
Posted by Hoyt on Oct 24 2005
"When you wound an animal, you should make every effort to track, find and kill the wounded animal. If you fail to recover the animal, it should be considered part of your bag limit." ADF&G Web site.
What is a reasonable amount of time to spend looking for an animal that is or was clearly wounded (blood trail ETC....)? Dose it depend on whether it is a "big game animal" or a "small game animal?" Is the weather a factor? Shot placement? I just want to open this up for discussion, seems like it would be interesting to see what folks have to say since this is one of those subjects that isn't (and in my opinion couldn't be) clearly defined by F&G. Story: This past week end, my predator calling buddy and I called in a beautiful cross fox (been out smarted for the past three years by him. I hit him hard and good (so I thought), he went down, and we went to get him. When we got there he was gone!!! Good size clump of blood, fresh tracks on a trail leading into heavy brush. 30 yards more blood (none on trail must of been clotting in fur and staining the snow when he laid down. We backed off (20 min) and waited. We then followed the trial he was using. Not 75 yards he jumps to fast to get off shots. Watched him bound through the thick woods (just glimpses), visually mark the last place we saw him go. Wait (30 minutes); follow the trail to where we last saw him, nothing!!?!! No blood anywhere on any trails in that area. We searched for just shy of 4 hours and nothing, no sign, no fox. We know the area well, and the fox that use it, so I think that we put in a good recovery effort. I woke up this mourning still thinking about it. Was in dead? Hiding in a den wounded? Bothers the hell out of me. Going out tonight for one more effort, the area is very thick, and I know a group of guys could have a problem finding a dead elephant in there! Is my effort too much or not enough? The whole incident got me thinking about this subject so I thought I would throw it out there.
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