Me? saw quite a few but no luck, Step son Justin took this bird on Tuesday

Super Do nailed it. I spoke with the DNR information folks yesterday about this. I drew “B” season which starts this Monday and I’m thinking of pulling the plug on it. Planned to hunt around Lake City, I was told I had until Sunday night to find a license machine and pay the $5 to make the change.

Here is my best recollection, my son’s first shot hit it’s spine (3:30pm). Then it kept moving and went down a steep hill using it’s front legs. We went down after it and made a kill shot and dressed it out(cutting the pelvic bone). Then we took it out using a snowmobile trail that ran through the valley. Took until 4:42 p.m. to get it to the truck. Then we drove from Minneiska to Winona. Deer was in back of truck, not covered. When we got to the shop they weighed it (130 lbs)and gave us the head.

I hear you about not getting spoiled meat back. But I’m still a little baffled how it could have spoiled in the less then 3 hours it took from dropping it and bringing it to the processor. Seems to me that it was either not properly cared for by them or the tags got switched.