Okay, I want to add my opinion. I may catch some heat for this, but here goes. I think what we all sometimes don't realize is that these are just animals. The same as yotes, bobcats, ducks, pheasant, or anything else that we as hunters choose to hunt. However, it seems as though some people take these whitetail deer and put them up on a pedistal. I respect deer as much as anyone, but just because I do doesn't have to mean everyone does. I have heard stories of people shooting deer and looking for 30 mins. and not finding them.I have also heardof people shooting deer and checking them in only to take them and cut out the backstraps, then leave the deer in the woods so it would draw in the yotes and they could kill them. Do I agree with these people? NO! But it won't do me any good to confront them and act like they are less of a person than I am.

After reading this thread, a scenario came to mind. Let's say that someone, we'll call him John,had a son/daughter killed by someone who was speeding. Let's say you were at the bow shop and you arrived just before it closed. The owner says "Barely made it" You said "I know, I had to drive like 80 to get here" John confronts you for speeding and says that he should kick your a** for speeding.

I don't know if that makes sense. But what is really important to some people, just isn't as important to others. No matter how much you love deer, there will always be people who say "They are just animals"