I get a little tired of guys posting their stories on here of how they messed up, then some guys try to give them some advice, and the original poster gets defensive. Now, I do realize that there are a few guys on here that claim to be perfect and will tell you they have never made a mistake, and choose to bash rather than simply offer what could have been done differently. But in this case, no one has claimed to be perfect, and no one slammed chris. Jsmart simply tried to give him some advice, and he did not belittle him in any way. (Although he made it seem like taking a doe was a mistake, which I don't agree with) How do you think most of these guys on here that give advice have learned to give advice like that?? From personal experience possibly?? Do you guys that get on here and post your mistakes, want everyone who offers advice to send you a deer hunting resume of their mistakes also?
If someone makes a mistake, and that person has no idea they made a mistake, then how will they every find out unless someones tries to tell them? Again, there is a right way and a wrong way to give advice. I just don't see a reason here for chris to start defending his actions. Chris, I don't think you screwed up when you gave the second deer time to expire. Most would have done the same, including myself. The biggest mistake I see is assuming you missed the first deer. You said you were sure, well there is no possible way to be sure if you didn't get down and look for sign. You said you have been deer hunting for a long time, but yet you made a rookie mistake by assuming. You probably learned your lesson without even posting on here. If so, then there is really no need to post it here is there?
I'm not perfect, and i've made my share of mistakes. Somtimes i've learned to correct those mistakes on my own, and many others i've learned to correct them because someone else gave me advice from a different perspective. A perspective that I never would have known had they not told me about it. I rarely reply to these type of posts, but there have been so many that I couldn't stand it any longer. Some people here are great with advice, and some prefer to bash. If you can't take both and throw out the bad, then don't post it. Just don't assume that everyone is going to give you a pity story when you post how you screwed up. My only questions are: 1) What happened to the gut shot deer? Did you recover it also? 2) Are you allowed more than one antlerless deer?

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