Ruff, sorry you lost the deer, but that shot was not a good choice. You didn't have anything vital to hit there except the spine. You had to know that the slightest error and you were sending this buck to a long painful death. For those of you who think this is alright, thats a shame, those animals deserve more respect. I am not the ethics police, and I assume Ruff will learn from this shot AS WE ALL TRY TO LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES. He took a bad shot and then began trailing too quickly, I have done both, and learned from both. And huntingbgbucks, I am not 'pissed cause I didn't get a shot at one', in fact I killed a nice buck this year, 15 YARDS BROADSIDE.

And Jred, thanks for the insight into the meat!!!!

"We do not inherit our wildlife from our fathers, we only borrow it from our children."