The point I was making is that it irritates metalking toother hunters (bow and gun) every year who mention that theyhit a deer or "lobbed one" at it and either didnt go check for blood or only found a little bitand just assumed they nicked it and felt there was no reason to continue on the trail.
Absolutely! And I share your utter contempt for those morons.
The point
I am making is we don't need to go around doing PETA's work for them by assuming an animal we find in the woods was shot and lost by a hunter, and making those comments on a public forum wherethey can cut and pasteyour comments on their website.
Ifit's beyond any doubt that's what happened, that's another thing entirely. That is something we do need to talk about. We have to make absolutely sure to keep reminding people that taking a shot and not following up on itis an extreme example ofunacceptable behavior. If you shoot, you make sure whether it was a hit or a miss. If it was a hit, you make darn sure you go above and beyond to find the animal.