Many seasons ago, I had a bleeding doe come tearing by my stand, approximatly 4 inchs of snow on the ground. watched her dissapear into a thicket area down by my creek. Sat in my stand for 3 hours until legal time was up. Still no one tracking her. Ended up following a major blood trail right to her. She had gone to the creek and died. I backtracked the blood and tracks to the power lines where my property line cuts through where I found 2 gutpiles laying. Not on my property!! It was shotgun season, so I am assuming this doe got hit maybe in the flurry of gunfire, and nobody knew it, or they just didnt want to retrieve because they had two down already. Never will know. Needless to say, I put a landowner tag on that one and it became freezer filler. We do know of a Doe with just three legs....and she is doing just fine! Actually really suprising how she is able to move around, and she is very healthy. We have glassed her many times, and its kinda funny, she actually will forget she has no leg and you will see her shoulder muscle go to put the leg down and she has to catch her balance. If she was sickly and in dire needs, i would put her down, but if I lose a leg or arm I still want a fighting chance.
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