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I shudder at the outdoor shows where the hunter apporaches a downed deer from the front. Approach from the back, poke with a stick or gun barrel and look at the eyes.
 
Safari Hunt said:
I shudder at the outdoor shows where the hunter apporaches a downed deer from the front. Approach from the back, poke with a stick or gun barrel and look at the eyes.
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Why wouldn't you approach from the front so you can see the eyes are open and he is dead ? I would hate to approach from the rear and not see that his eyes are open and he's still alive. Just curious.
 
Bad days happen….
 

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Why wouldn't you approach from the front so you can see the eyes are open and he is dead ? I would hate to approach from the rear and not see that his eyes are open and he's still alive. Just curious.
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It's a good habit to get into approaching from the rear. You can still see his eyes and if he isn't dead, he's likely going to lung or run forward. I always take an arrow or the barrel and give him a good jab in the butt when I walk up. The key is to not be in a hurry on the recovery. Let him expire.
 
Not quite the same experience (wasn't a "dead" deer), but I had a wounded buck charge me. I had made an uncharacteristic bad hit (in the hip as the buck was quartering away at a fast trot after a doe), and had trailed the buck for a considerable distance, up and down steep hills. My BIL and I got to a point where the blood trail led into a small patch of thick cover, only about 40 yards across. As my BIL crawled into the cover to follow the blood trail, I went around the other side to see if I could find the blood trail coming out of the brush. As I got around the far side, I hear crashing and looked up to see my 10-point buck coming out of the brush, antlers down and coming right at me full-tilt. I could not see my BIL so I didn't feel safe shooting at the oncoming buck. All I could do was back up fast as the buck came at me. Eventually I ducked behind a big oak tree hoping the buck would run on past. Nope. He was coming for me! He chased me around the tree a couple of times before deciding it was time to high-tail-it out of there. As he turned to run away, he was so close to me I actually stuck my rifle barrel in his ribs and fired. Hardly even fazed him. That buck was so jacked up on adrenaline it took four rounds from my 7mm-08 and four from my BIL's 30-30 to bring him down.
 
My partner at work had a buck turn on him with straight up intensions of killing him after he'd been wounded. My partner blood trailed him all day, jumping him a couple times, and the buck had had enough.
 
Specializedjon said:
It's a good habit to get into approaching from the rear. You can still see his eyes and if he isn't dead, he's likely going to lung or run forward. I always take an arrow or the barrel and give him a good jab in the butt when I walk up. The key is to not be in a hurry on the recovery. Let him expire.
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That's what she said…..
 

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