I agree with everyone so far. I think every effort ought to be made to recover the animal, and the shot shouldn't be taken unless the shooter is confident that it will be a quick and humane kill. I think that most of the bad views come from the anti's that hunters are just a bunch of want to be rednecks out shooting and killing anything that moves. That's not ture but they are on the outside looking in for fault to stop us from doing something they choose not to do.
Just my opinion