Your assistance got your nephew his buck. Some meat got spoiled but you maximised the potential to find and minimised the risk of total loss for young hunters first deer. I think you made the best decision based in the info you had.
Maybe the young hunter now wants to shoot some coyotes?
This bears repeating. Congrats to the young man. Kudos to you for helping him and your quest to learn and improve. 'naugh said.
