Originally Posted by BradB
There is obviously the potential for a problem even if you do everything right and dogs and drones are blessings then. But based on what I read on here something like what happened to MBrocks son is very much an exception, not the rule. I am talking about the folks who say pick up a rifle they are unfamiliar with, have no clue where it’s zeroed and take a 250 yard Hail Mary or see a deer head, guess where the body is and blast away. Those are a couple of the most recent examples right here. Be honest CNC, how many of your tracks are due to unforeseeable circumstances and how many are because somebody really really needed some horns to post on Facebook. My guess would be about 1/100.

And I agree with that. I actually told my son these words, “If I knew you had a grazing non lethal shot on this deer then I wouldn’t call a dog. We’d just have to try him on another day and hope for another opportunity. Last thing I want to do is go dog hunting for a deer that will otherwise live.” So yes I do draw the line on those deer that are going to survive if left alone. I do want every deer that’s recoverable found though. I hate to think about losing deer. Unfortunately on a lot of them, you don’t know if the shot was lethal until the dogs bay them.