It's not uncommon for guys with tracking dogs who trail a wounded deer and not find it and the deer appears again on cam sometimes several days or even weeks later. There's no shortage of deer imo. That's why OK requires a skull tag for found skulls imo also.
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
lol. probably for that exact reason. As a general rule, I can't stand Texans so I'd love to get further away from them. lol jk.
I just like trying new states, different topography, different weather. Of course, the ecology is different, different animal and plant species. I mean, OK is pretty diverse, but hunting deer at Kaw Lake is just like hunting deer at Fort Gibson which is just like hunting deer at Arcadia Lake, etc. etc. Unless you're hunting the extreme east or west parts of OK, the entire middle section is pretty redundant. If it wasn't for the occasional deer hunt turning into a pig hunt, I think it'd get REALLY boring. I think that's also why I took up trad archery, I needed more of a challenge.
Besides, sitting on my usual public spot here in OK watching the goobers walk around in full orange with a crossbow in their hands gets really boring after a while. I do LOVE the feral dogs running under my treestand and adjacent property owners shooting their guns all hours of the day. I hope the other states I plan to hunt have those features too!
On topic, I've wounded some deer in my archery career that I didn't recover, I never punched a tag. That said, sometimes I'd cool my jets on hunting for a while. I think there's too many variables to say "tag punched". As others have mentioned, deer can survive some serious stuff and I think it could be a bit unfair to waive a tag for a bad hit, that's part of hunting. You don't want it to happen, but sometimes it does.
1 - 11 of 11 Posts
