A lot. I will leave home in less than a week and not return back until mid October. I will then process a couple elk and a few mule deer then head to KS for a few weeks. I built my life around this so I can hunt as much as necessary. I do this every year, its my life.
I have found nasty pus filled wounds on a couple bulls and countless bucks. I have to believe fighting with pointy antlers causes the majority but vehicle collisions and just running through the timber can cause damage. I had a lead cow walk right up to me in a burn two years ago that got to...
I applied for a unit that without tag creep....I would have 100% draw with my points based on previous years results....well it looks like some units creeped up at least an entire point. Nothing here
I had a similar situation in the field portion of the test. Every target station was one that I would have not fired a weapon at. Not sure who placed the targets that afternoon but it wasn't a well seasoned hunter.
Half of the archery bulls I have killed have stood around long enough to catch another arrow. Maybe it has something to do with them hearing the shot or not? I think the closer shots tended to be situations where they took off for a short jog before we did introductions.