Tracking the Deer

Saturday around 4:45 I finally got my chance. Four deer came running across my path. I was able to take a good shot at the biggest one. Unfortunately my shot wasn't good enough. The deer was able to run for a ways. I was able to track the blood trail into the corn field behind us. By the time I got that far it was getting dark. I kept going for a while but had not asked permission and did not want to go too far into the field. It would have to wait until tomorrow.
Sunday morning I got up and drove around the county block to ask permission. No one was up yet, so I came back about an hour later. No problem.
The kids and I went out to the field. The weather was not helping. It got warmer, the snow melted and it started raining. Maybe in the old days people were good enough to track a deer under those conditions, but I am not. We looked for several hours until finally giving up.
Oh well, there's still the late bow season!