Ideally, I wish nobody bowhunted, and I was the only one.....a step further, I wish I was the only hunter, period...no competition, less folks in the woods, and less experianced deer.

Since that' s never going to happen, thank god....the more the merrier. The more folks in the stores buying " stuff" the more money into out " field of interst" ...the more new gadgets, the more research into new products... Most of those " last minute guys" .....will only hunt a few times....a smaller percentage, will have an experiance that causes them to dig into our sport and learn....yep, some will wound deer...most folks that hunt with a pointed stick, have wounded a deer....but most that stick with it, will probably learn something from that wounded deer.....then you' ve got somebody that has learned something first hand....to pass that along ..... I don' t want anybody to wound a deer because of a stupid mistake....but we aren' t playing golf....a mistake in our sport doesn' t result in a lost ball. I' ll bet our native americans wounded a few deer...except, they had to get good at it or starve, those folks out there buying last minute equipment....can walk away if they stink, get bored or have a bad outing.

But......I wish most of the folks out there took it a seriously as most of the folks here on this website....