Miranda Lambert on Roadtrips???

[RAZORBACK_GIRL]

I was watching the episode of Miranda Lambert on Realtree Roadtrips last night when they were at Newell Ranch in Texas. Its were she makes a horrible shot on a huge buck. They try to find it the next day and can't and she has to go back home. They find it 2 weeks later and continue to talk about Miranda's nice buck and kill, etc. Now, I am not bashing her shot, I've never even drew my bow back on a buck that huge so I am not judging that. I think the majority of us have made bad shots before. But, I've always thought that you didn't consider it as a good kill/one you talk about/consider it an animal you harvested if you find it 2 weeks later. Would y'all???

[tfosterjr]

In that situation I would either want it recovered, or I would hope to see a trail cam picture of it still alive and doing well.

[Brandon324]

I agree 100%. some folks even mount bucks fter they have found them well beyond a couple days. Doesn't seem right for myself but to each their own.

[N-Fused]

where did she hit it?

[RAZORBACK_GIRL]

I agree 100%. some folks even mount bucks fter they have found them well beyond a couple days. Doesn't seem right for myself but to each their own.

I have a friend that did that and I think that is just weird. Of course, I would keep the antlers and when I showed people I would tell the story, etc but not claim it as a good kill on my part

[Nichko]

I was watching the episode of Miranda Lambert on Realtree Roadtrips last night when they were at Newell Ranch in Texas. Its were she makes a horrible shot on a huge buck. They try to find it the next day and can't and she has to go back home. They find it 2 weeks later and continue to talk about Miranda's nice buck and kill, etc. Now, I am not bashing her shot, I've never even drew my bow back on a buck that huge so I am not judging that. I think the majority of us have made bad shots before. But, I've always thought that you didn't consider it as a good kill/one you talk about/consider it an animal you harvested if you find it 2 weeks later. Would y'all???

Very bad shot! BUT her emotions proved she was truely upset. I can forgive her for that, finding it 2 weeks later half rotten was a blessing!

I'd have no problems mounting it and calling it mine, BUT i'd also have to admit it was a pi** poor shot and I got very lucky to recover it at all!

[RAZORBACK_GIRL]

where did she hit it?

the rump area

[deerhuntinfool]

she hit it square in the tummy... only organ that got hit was guts!

i'll excuse her though cause she's a hottie... and her boyfriends a pretty cool cat.

[RAZORBACK_GIRL]

Yes, she was super upset about it and you could tell she wanted to burst into tears.

[Red Fletch]

I have no issue with mounting it. But I would tell the story correctly.

[oncechance]

where did she hit it?

She shot it way back Gut shot.

[OpenSeason1]

I agree. I don't think that is something they should have made a show out of! Must have been desperate for footage or something. I can't figure out why else they would have used something like that.

[Nichko]

She shot it way back Gut shot.

Yep right in front of the rump!

[AERO63]

I agree 100%. some folks even mount bucks fter they have found them well beyond a couple days. Doesn't seem right for myself but to each their own.

Hey, I pass no judgement on a fellow hunter...just wondering how long a buck has to go missing before this type of idea forbids mounting it?

[bowmanhunter]

they recovered it case closed

[Buckeyehunter12]

I agree. I don't think that is something they should have made a show out of! Must have been desperate for footage or something. I can't figure out why else they would have used something like that.

I dunno I kinda like it. I hate that they never show the bad shots and downers that come with hunting. For once they didnt sugar coat it.

[tsarge]

I would have no problem putting it on the wall, because technically she still killed it. She just pulled the shot.

[Bobmuley]

Hey, I pass no judgement on a fellow hunter...just wondering how long a buck has to go missing before this type of idea forbids mounting it?

chalky white horns.

There's been roadkill mounted, sheds mounted, and poached bucks mounted so I'd say there's no statute of limitations on a two-week recovered buck. I wonder if she tagged it?

[orduckhunter]

from what I know, when you're hunting on a ranch - if you wound it, it's yours! even if you don't ever recover it - you paid for it
I'm glad that they found it - and if it's a good buck, it's a good buck!

[RAZORBACK_GIRL]

I dunno I kinda like it. I hate that they never show the bad shots and downers that come with hunting. For once they didnt sugar coat it.

I agree. I was so glad that showed it! I am so sick of the shows showing horrible shots and say, I think I heard it crash, etc and its a horrible shot! or just not showing them at all. I just was not use to it being considered a good kill or whatever you want to call it.

[D_Dubya]

I agree. I don't think that is something they should have made a show out of! Must have been desperate for footage or something. I can't figure out why else they would have used something like that.

Perhaps to show all parts of hunting. We all complain about them not showing the hard tracking job. I have seen people complain about a marginal shot being described as great with the personality sitting over the deer. I like the fact that true hunting events are viewed. Now if She had not had a problem with the bad shot then maybe that one should get deleted but the true emotion that she went through proves that hunters are not just mindless killers.

[Skeptic]

If she tagged it, then it's hers. Did she have to tag it????

[EASTON94]

I found my biggest buck to date 3 days after the shot, he was bad and the only thing salvageable was the horns. I hit the deer bad because he spun at the shot causing me to hit him almost in the rump, angling up into the paunch. I tagged the buck, and mounted him....had to have a buddy give me a cape from a deer he killed. Bad shots happen for a lot of reasons, nobody means to do it, doesn't change the fact that I killed the animal. '94

[EASTON94]

If she tagged it, then it's hers. Did she have to tag it????

Kind of depends, I have a buddy that contacted a game warden on a buck he killed, it had been shot by a gun and was badly infected and the meat looked nasty. GW gave him a salvage tag and didn't make him use his.....'94

[Skeptic]

Kind of depends, I have a buddy that contacted a game warden on a buck he killed, it had been shot by a gun and was badly infected and the meat looked nasty. GW gave him a salvage tag and didn't make him use his.....'94

Wow! I would say he got extremely lucky! Sounds like he found a very nice game warden.

[Illinois59]

I saw the show. I didn't see any celebrating after the deer was found. The outfitter called her to tell her they had found it then they took some pictures. If it were me that lost that buck I would sure like to know if it was found.

[huntnmuleys]

id think, if i hadnt shot another deer (like in this case was gone) and tagged it id be cool with mounting it myself. i would tell the true story though...

[DaddyPaul]

Was that on the Newell Ranch or the place in Kansas? I saw one recently where she was in Kansas and gut shot a big buck, had to leave and then got a call from the outfitter after they recovered it. I'm just trying to figure out if she did it twice or did the OP have the states mixed up?

[easeup]

sometimes you want to be polite to your guest.

[seanhunter]

The place she shot the buck was Mcmillan Outfitters in Kansas.

[caseydan34]

the rump area

YEP you nailed it!!!!

[Whaack]

they recovered it case closed

Exactly. She made a bad shot as 99.9999% of us have at one time or another and was visibly upset about it. They made the right decision by backing out and they spent a GREAT deal of time looking for the deer.

The deer was eventually found dead as a result of the shot, so she killed the deer, it just took longer than usual. Why she shouldn't be allowed to mount the deer is beyond me.

Also it just goes to show that a gut shot IS ABSOLUTELY a lethal shot.

[mtn. archer]

thats the second time ive watched a show with her makeing a bad shot i think she needs a little more time on the range.im not bashing i like her and her music but from what ive seen poor shot placement both times the other shot was right in the shoulder with very little penetration but she got lucky and found that one

[btomlin]

I made a bad shot on a big whitetail a few years ago...wish I would have found him 3 days, weeks, months later....just so I would know.

BTW OP....great aviator!

[The Hood]

it's not hers

she never tagged it

[Kyarcher2]

You will see a lot of the so-called expert bowhunters on various hunting shows on the OD channel make terrible shots. Then when or if they do find the deer they hardly ever exposed the entrance/exit where the arrow hit.

[pirogue53]

I saw the show too. They could have certainly sent a different message to the viewers.

[BeeCee]

Honesty and fessing up to the mistake made the show that much more credible to me. We all make mistakes. Things like that happen all the time and we all know it. That is reality and they were not afraid to show it.

[buckmark23]

If you shoot it, then you claim it. It doesn't matter if it's 2 days later or 2 months. You killed it. I would mount a deer that I killed and found later with no problem. If the deer was good enough for me to shoot, than it deserves at the very least a wall plauqe.

[Bob H in NH]

I wouldn't mount it. The mount helps remember the hunt for me, I wouldn't want the visual reminder of a botched shot, yes they happen, but I wouldn't want to be reminded.

the goal hunting is to quickly kill the animal. Didn't happen, I failed, I wouldn't mount it.