Had 5 guys in camp. Each got their 3 allotted deer. One guy even shot an aoudad ewe. One hunter paid for a guide to sit with him one evening because he saw a monster buck ( 10 pt) that morning and wanted to shoot it. The cost would be determined by the total raw score but he got it on camera and looked to be in the 150 class range. Well low and behold he shot the deer and they searched for it until well after midnight, even bringing in a tracking dog. They lost the blood trail after about 1000 yards into a cactus thicket and never found the deer. Think he hit it low in the brisket cause there was minimal blood trail. It was about a 150 yard shot. Searched after Sundays hunt for about 2 hours and found where he lId down a couple times but never recovered it. That miss cost him $1000. The rancher cut him a deal because if he had found it and it would have been 150 class it would have been over $3000! Normally if you draw blood you pay full price but since they never got to score it and only estimated they cut him some slack. Thems r the breaks.
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