The suffering sightings I was talking of were does (my intended targets). I got overly caught up in trying hunt them in places that were "low impact"that I took myself right out of contention for shooting anything. So I'm having no more of that practice. Outside the rut I will go out and hunt the best places(save 1-2) whereI think I have the best chance at killing a deer & not worry so much about "tainting" it. When the rut comes, some of these places will still get hunted, some will be left for more favorable locations.