Another one I was thinking about the other day...... This pertains to hunting with someone less experienced than you.

You can do your part (for the deers sake) if you hunt with someone else that shoots a deer. Most of the time your buddy will notify you (via cell phone) that they shot one. A lot of times their adrenaline is going a zillion miles per hour. You can reinforce the "right" thing to do at that moment. Don't let them run down the stand and start tracking the animal. Kind of slow them down and have them chill out. Have them wait untill you get there or walk out of the woods and meet someplace away from their stand so you can talk about it and put your heads together. It just seems like the natural reaction for a hunter who hasn't shot a lot of deer is to go gettheir deer afterthey shoot it as soon as possible. Force them to think it through with you. A LOT of deer are lost by new hunters simply because they take up the trail too early.