How often do you find unrecovered animals?

[hunthikecamp]

I found a cow this year in first rifle CO, first time in 5 years I've stumbled across a critter but im sure more to come. She was shot on opening day and I found it the morning of day 2. We crossed paths with the guy who shot it on our hike in that morning, chatted and he said he was unable to locate a cow he shot. Mid day I was still hunting through some darker timber and cut some pretty fresh tracks so I followed them and I found the animal that made them...tried to reconnect with the guy that shot that day in hopes he could salvage something but never crossed paths.

 

[Pharmseller]

Here in Oregon we can’t legally recover antlers with the skull attached.

Unless we kill it, of course. But finding a dead buck/bull with antlers we have to let lie.

Legally.




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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Where the spike is my guess is he didn't fall at the shot so nobody tracked, very close to the road.

Was it in CO? If so are there any tags that allow harvest of a spike? I am not readily aware of any, someone likely shot a spike on accident and didn't own up to it versus not find in is my guess.

 

[sndmn11]

Was it in CO? If so are there any tags that allow harvest of a spike? I am not readily aware of any, someone likely shot a spike on accident and didn't own up to it versus not find in is my guess.

Yes, there are a bunch of any bull (over 5/6") hunt codes.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Yes, there are a bunch of any bull (over 5/6") hunt codes.

Brain fart on my part now that you mention it. I never hunt in those units but that did cross my radar when I was looking at some options for my kids hunts, I just forgot about it again.