After the shot… now what?

After months of waiting, deer seasons
are on us. Archery season kicked
off October 1 with gun season following
in a few weeks. Hopefully, you’ll see the
deer you want, take the shot and
find the deer on the ground at
your feet. Now what?
Too often, a deer hunter, novice
hunters in particular, goes
afield with tunnel vision. He’s
thinking of nothing except bagging
a deer and that’s about as
far as his thinking goes – until
a deer he’s shot is there on the
ground at his feet. Then reality
kicks in and a decision has to be made
about what to do to get that heavy animal
lying on the ground converted into
packages of steak and hamburger for
the freezer.