No one out there is trying to be holier then thou, it is just that some of us value a clean kill on a game animal much more then a hit on the fringe, or in the X ring of a paper target. A botched shot is not a hunting storie it is a tale of shame. I have had them as have most of us. It is somthing you live with and it haunts you if you have any compassion for what you hunt. You learn from your failures and make sure it never happen again. If we do not take this attitude, sooner then later one too many tree huggers will see a three legged deer and our hunting will end. Not only this, but next time a deer you shoot at runs off with a hole in its paunch and you can not find it think of the deer. Is the pain and suffering that animal goes through before it dies a day or two later worth it?