I never stated that what he ended up doing wasn't the right thing! He did exactly what he should have and what I would have done as well. Part of the reason the OP posted this thread was in response to the replies he was receiving on his other thread before he made his edit stating he had gone back to look for the deer. My post on his other thread was made before he made this edit on a seperate day. He was asking in that thread whether he should go out hunting the following day or not and all the "ripping" he was receiving was due to what appeared to be his 40 yard tracking job and then calling it quits for good on the deer. This is what had everyone including myself telling him to get back out and search for the deer which would have been the right thing considering the info he had provided. Only later did he make the edit stating he had continued the search which is a good thing and I have no problem with the way he went about it now that he has provided the full information. I agree now that he has stated the full info that he did what was right but, that info would come in handy for situations like this beforehand if he isn't wanting to get "ripped" next time! It's to be expected for what he provided with his original post. Also the other reason for my post in this thread was in regards to you calling out those of us who were doing the ripping. Claiming we did not read the entire post or have our info straight when in fact you yourself did not have the facts or information of the post to make such statements while we did have the info the OP had provided us at the time of making our post. With the info that the OP porvided us at the time of my post, I stand by it. It applies in all cases when hunting. Now that the OP has made the correction to his post and provided the additional info we see that he did actually do the right thing in the end. Maybe if the OP would keep his facts straight and realize what the reason for his "ripping" was then he may not get as upset about it and come here complaining about it when it was for good reason at the time. Also, maybe if you would check your facts before wrongly accussing others then you wouldn't be reading responses such as this!!!