Gun people love to talk about guns, loads, optics etc. They love to try new things. This forum wouldn't be very interesting if it were populated by hunters who have only shot one rifle- a 30-30, 30-06, or 270 for the last 40 years.

I pretty much only use one rifle for hunting, but I have about 27 others. I like to target shoot, tinker, and collect, not to mention talk about them. I just bought a rifle this last week that I'll never use for hunting, I bought it mostly as an investment piece, and its worth more than my next 3 rifles combined.

Wounding or losing a deer is going to happen if you hunt. Nobody likes to talk about it, but the only people who haven't done it are probably those who don't hunt much. It sucks, I've felt the same type of remorse and second guessing before myself.