Didn't say I dropped them all on the spot...I too bow hunt...started with a Bear recurve in the late '60s...the poster that started this didn't mention bow hunting...and it is posted in Deer Hunting....I have also muzzleloader hunted since the mid '70s and even built a custom flintlock in '88...

Since we have owned our own farms for several generations...I have learned to hunt and shoot...straight...Can't be considered a one day a year gun hunter, as our rifle season runs from mid October until Jan 1st...We kill 45-50 deer a year on our farms...So I have had to track quite a few deer, some went quite a ways, for other guests that we have...Usually we find it is from a poor hit, mainly because the hunter didn't hold right due to the angle of the deer...And because of buck fever ...They always have an excuse...Its always amazing how big the buck was...untill we find it.. I am also a year round shooter...coyotes, groundhogs crows etc...And I used my deer rifle for all...

I still say...if a hunter truely knows his rifle and his load it is no problem to drop a deer on the spot...I also believe that if you don't have a good shot and don't have a good rest...don't take the shot...Three years ago I was hunting a power line that runs through one of our properties...a nice buck stepped out...150 yards away...broadside...and about 100 yards on our neighbors property...Now this guy wouldn't mind if I went on his property to retrieve...but...I don't hunt his land and he doesn't hunt mine...I tried to grunt him over to my side...he showed no interest...so I didn't kill him...I'm betting a few of you would have done it differently...

Just last year I had a guest that shot a doe with his inline...the deer left the field and headed to the property line...we tracked her to the property line, I stopped and called my brother on the cell...He called the farmer that owns the land...He was glad we had called and said we were free to retrieve the deer...These things can be worked out...If you are a good neighbor...Within the past week we have decided to let this farmer tend this particular farm and he has agreed to plant our foodplots for us it worked out well for all.