You see where we find ground to differ on is the way we view the animal. Honestly, some people just go to extremes to spit out their LOVE for the deer and the God Almighty necessity to make a quick, clean, ethical kill. OH, and they're the same people that say they HARVEST their deer. In one sentence it has to be a quick clean ethicalKILL and in the next thread... it has to be HARVEST to be PC. I try to kill every animal I draw on as fast as I can. I draw the bow because I want to KILL the critter. Knowing the anatomy of the beast, my skills and the power of my equipement I decide what shot I'll take and when I'll take it. Usually it all happens pretty quick. Sure I want a quick kill... it makes for short tracking jobs. But to hold myself back with some PC directive that I owe something to the animal is hypocritical. I'm trying to kill the damn thing. I don't care if I hurt his feelings. I'm trying to make him a BBQ. So, if there's a shot opportunity I'll probably take it. I don't have to consult the nimrods of the world about whether it's ethical or proper. The same people that would tell everyone what they should and shouldn't do as far as shot selection have probably hunted birds. How many times have the missed, or got feathers. Maybe they should stop bird hunting because you can't kill them all.
I am starting to think that all of these threads that happen during hunting season on non recovered deer must be from people making these stories up just to get attention, cause it just isn't that difficult, right?
That's about right. Either that or they can't shoot or they're not much good at hunting. TO be good at hunting youhave to know a lot more than shooting. You also have to have the killer instinct and become the arrow. It's not rocket science, but some people just can't fly. Tracking ability is probably the number one cause of lost deer.