cAN YOU SAY YOUVE KILLED AN ANIMAL IF YOU NEVER ACTUALLY RECOVER IT? yESTERDAY i STUCK MY FIRST HOG!!!! wE SPENT A COUPLE OF HOURS LOOKING BUT NEVER FOUND THE HOG. wE HAD A GOOD BLOD TRAIL THAT WE FOLLOWED FOR ABUT 75 YARDS THEN IT JUST QUIT. tHE LAST SPOT OF BLOOD LOOKED LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE GONE DOWN IN THAT SPOT BECAUSE WAS HUGE BLOOD SPOT OF GOOEY BRIGHT RED BLOOD. bUT AFTER A GOOD SEARCH WE HAD TO GIVE UP, SO DOES THAT STILL QAULIFY AS MY FIRST BOWKILL? i KNOW ITS A CHEAPO WAY TO GET IT BUT YOUR FIRST IS STILL YOUR FIRST!!
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Well, that's up to you I suppose, I'd say that's the first arrow you flung at a hog and hit....recovery to me is the name of the game. The big hogs can run a ways and pile up in some thick brush so they can be pretty tricky to find. My frist bowkill hog I found 100 yards in a bush and had to stick him again. It's a great learning experience and things will get easier from here on out...happy hunting.
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Good Job...I have, many times, seen a blood trail on a hog "stop", but the animal keeps going and lays down up to 50 yards or so from the last blood. We used to make a big circle after we lost blood and usually find the animal. Now we use tracking dogs though!They make life a little easier. How did you feel about your shot placement?
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Originally posted by DrenalinJunkie View PostMan I am gonna have to say NO......
I think you have to actually recover it to verify its passing to call it a kill. But like said above, you hit it and thats a start.
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i WAS LEANING THAT WAY TOO. i WOULD BE ALOT HAPPIER IF WE HAD RECOVERD IT. wELL KNOW i CAN AT LEAST SAY I'M A BOWHUNTER NOW THOUGH RIGHT!!! i ALREADY LOVED TO BE HUNTING BUT TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT AN ARROW IN SOMETHING THE WAY THE INDIANS USED TO DO IT "SORTA" IS AND WAS A TOTAL RUSH. i LEFT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE THING mY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BLIND W ME. lIKE i EXPLAINED TO HER EVERYTIME i THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME i SHOT ANYTHING WITH MY BOW SHE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE!! sHE AND i HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL BOND BUT IT GREW EVEN STRONGER YESTERDAY!
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Originally posted by dh1974 View Posti WAS LEANING THAT WAY TOO. i WOULD BE ALOT HAPPIER IF WE HAD RECOVERD IT. wELL KNOW i CAN AT LEAST SAY I'M A BOWHUNTER NOW THOUGH RIGHT!!! i ALREADY LOVED TO BE HUNTING BUT TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT AN ARROW IN SOMETHING THE WAY THE INDIANS USED TO DO IT "SORTA" IS AND WAS A TOTAL RUSH. i LEFT OUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE WHOLE THING mY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE BLIND W ME. lIKE i EXPLAINED TO HER EVERYTIME i THINK ABOUT THE FIRST TIME i SHOT ANYTHING WITH MY BOW SHE'LL ALWAYS BE THERE!! sHE AND i HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL BOND BUT IT GREW EVEN STRONGER YESTERDAY!
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