Sucks but it is just mental.. done it twice on 2 hunts. Last year hiked out 5 mile range, set camp at 5pm, my wife glassed out 2 more miles and said there is a bull. She was already tagged out. I said to my buddy you coming or not? That's a good bull. He said that to far, we will never catch...
Easy solution... Don't gut them!!¡!
Old PA tradition of gutting and dragging.
So much easier just quarter them and carry quarters out.. same for PA elk..
I had to put my 12 yr old Black male lab down before and my 10 yr old Chocolate female lab down. Gets harder and harder. I didn't want another but my wife did. Now I couldn't imagine not having our Yellow male now.