ShatoDavis,
You don't find that hard to believe? Bouncing bullets! Okay, I've officially heard it all now, I no longer have a reason to be here or read any more literature, the sky is falling...

I actually missed that one in all the arguing! But, lets not fall for the old trick, you know the "no blood" part of the post being associated with some amazing thing, or a simple miss.

But watch, not that it has been mentioned, a lot of people here are going to claim to have seen this exact thing happen, that is the mind set of many here. To not have had one thing happen in the woods that they them selves have not witnessed. Well they must spend a lot more time in the woods than me, cause I've never seen it. All the deer I shoot fall over dead, and there is a bunch of blood! I mean, I did shoot them, with a high power rifle! But you know, the whole missing thing is so inconceivable...

Merlin,
On page 8 post # 79 you wrote “I’m not going to beat my self up over it”. “Did not expect to get beat up and down by a few people who think they are high and mighty”

That was this morning, right?

Then a little later on page 9 post #84 you write “I realize it was a mistake”

How many times do I have to say it – it wasn’t a mistake, and as long as you keep referring to it as a mistake you are simply not taking responsibility for your actions. I think I already made this clear, but you don’t seem to be getting it. What you should say is “I really don’t care about ethics, I’m selfish and I wanted to impress my wife by taking her into the woods to shoot an animal. I did so with no regard for the animal and or its well-being. I know that 40 yards and one hour isn’t enough time to recover and animal, but hey, I was more interested in doing something else.”
I’m pretty sure that is the case Merlin, so no matter what you say, I’m not going to believe you. So what did you do after your hour of searching? Go eat, watch tv, get laid, work on the car, take a nap, shoot at some more deer? What? Your story just keeps on getting better with all these little details you decide to interject once called on, but I don’t buy it. And neither do others, but yet we (you, me and others) are still fighting about it. Do you know why? Because we cannot define ethics for each other. It is kind of like no one really being able to define “normal” for another being. Your ethics and the people who agree that you simply made a “mistake” do not have the same level of ethics as the people who share my opinion. So who is right? I don’t know, probably neither of us, but I think that maybe following some basic guidelines from and organized hunting group might be a good place to start, like at the minimum, and you did not! And a big thanks to Jimmy S who graciously pointed out “it violates one of the cardinal rules of hunting”! I mean, how can you argue with that, and guess what, you did it on purpose!

All,
Go back and read the original post, and then read my first response. I don’t think it was all that bad really, given what has transpired. But stupidity and deception make me angry. And apparently some of you don’t feel it is my place to question such actions. But I think it is pretty fair to say that I have every right to question any thread that is posted. And I do realize that it goes both ways.

If stupidity were painful there would be a lot less threads like this – just a lot of people sitting at their PC’s yelling “ouch”!

SRBowman,
I’ll tell you what I’m trying to accomplish since you asked. I’m educating the world (as far as anyone in the world being able to read these threads), that not every hunter is this stupid. And oh yeah, ignorant and irresponsible.