Would like to see what others think about this issue. Was watching Closing the Distance at noon today and the hunter made a terrible shot on a whitetail. The shot selection was good, broadside, head down, front leg extended at twenty five yards. He hit it way back in the paunch. There was no question about it as it was dusk and the lumina nock really worked. He then turned to the camera and said that looked like a marginal shot we' ll wait till dark, sneak out of here and come back in the morning. They found the deer the next am 75 yards from where he shot it. They then discussed how they figured a marginal shot, went home and looked at the tape and were sure it was marginal and the importance of waiting to trail game when a marginal shot is made.

I' ll start. I see nothing wrong with putting this on television when handled in this manner. The guy admitted immediately it was less than perfect and everything was explained. We are all human and it happens, as long as they don' t try to cover it up I think they can educate both hunters and non hunters. It does make me sick to my stomach when one of the so called pros makes a bad shot, starts pumping his fist and saying great shot, great shot. I think the only thing they could have done different in this episode would have been to say that after watching the tape it was a BAD shot because there was nothing marginal about it.