I guess we just come from different backgrounds........I am OLD school when it comes to this stuff because that is the way I was raised. I didn't get to hunt until I PROVED I was ready, willing and ABLE to do the job. If I couldn't shoot...........I couldn't hunt.......it was that simple.
How do you prove you are ready to make a kill shot under hunting circumstances? Being able to shoot and being able to kill game are two completely different things. Just ask Jesse and Ginger Moorehead. They are both world class archers that were recently on Realtree Roadtrips and both missed their whitetail. The fact is that there is no way to prove that you are ready until you are put in the situation on your own. Even seasoned hunters sometimes make mistakes and take shots they wish they could take back. It's all part of the learning process and the maturing process. Mistakes are a part of human nature in every aspect of life. There is no doubt that we should try everything within our power to limit the number of them that we make but there will inevitably be mistakes made by all of us at some time or another.