Harve Curry
Member
If I wound one I can't justify hunting another.
I really don't feel right if the animal gets away, I blew the shot, after tracking for 2-3 days the animal gets away, I figure I'm done.
That happened to me once in the late 1980's when a large buck Coues deer was at a watering hole. I was packing out on the last day, my rifle was stowed away, I shot him with a Colt 44spl handload that came with the gun at 20-25 yards and saw the 275gr bullet cave in the side of his chest, the dust flew off his coat, and he went down. I dismounted to finish him and thats when he got up and ran into a mesquite bosque. I never saw any blood and lost his trail the next day.
What is your Acceptable Wound Ratio when hunting?
I really don't feel right if the animal gets away, I blew the shot, after tracking for 2-3 days the animal gets away, I figure I'm done.
That happened to me once in the late 1980's when a large buck Coues deer was at a watering hole. I was packing out on the last day, my rifle was stowed away, I shot him with a Colt 44spl handload that came with the gun at 20-25 yards and saw the 275gr bullet cave in the side of his chest, the dust flew off his coat, and he went down. I dismounted to finish him and thats when he got up and ran into a mesquite bosque. I never saw any blood and lost his trail the next day.
What is your Acceptable Wound Ratio when hunting?