ORIGINAL: NY Bowhunter
**another example**
It's just about last light and you shoot a deer. Not exactly sure where it's hit but your feeling is not a great shot. There's probably 10 minutes of light left. You get down and check for blood. There is a decent amount of blood but definitely not pure lung blow out blood. You push on anyway because it's going to be dark soon. About 100 yards away you jump the deer. Can only find very little blood after that and never find the deer!
Is this being lazy or lack of education on what to do after the shot?
Backing out and coming back may involve too much effort for some people IMO. Again you have to make an extra trip back to your vehicle. Tracking at night with lights is too much of a burden to them. You have to go slower and it's not as easy. The person probably has plans that night or would rather be in a nice warm house watching TV.
sound all to familar, cause it happened this season. my dad did this exact thing. we seached for maybe an hour and half to 2 hours after we jump her and never found her. we did end up findin deer skeleton about 2 to 3 weeks later when we were movin one of his stands and the deer look liked it had bedded down and the worst par was that she was down in the wood and we were only 20 yrds from her when my dad said to hell with it and we went home. i think i felt worse about it than my dad did, but there was much i could have done. now that i am gettin my lic. thishopefully wont happen again cause if my dad gives up i wont have to course next year i will be huntin more by my self.
but back to the post i do believe that part if not most of it has to do with laziness. if some of the people who take up this sport were more respectfull and were not as lazy there may not be a tough as punishments or regulations as what we do have. becuase people would not take shots that they should not now i do know that u will make bad shots under the "heat of the moment" when that giant of a deer walks out but if u practice and know your limits this and make your self follow these limits then u shouldnt make bad shots., just my .10