I would just give the guy a friendly invite to come over and shoot, just make sure there' s nothing of value near or around the target until you get him on the right track. I heard the guy at the local bow shop say that his biggest day in sales is the day before opening day of archery season. He said these guys come in and buy a total package go out and shoot for a little while and hit the target at 20yds and are in a tree at first light hunting. Then they spend the next several days searching for the deer they wounded It' s sad but it happens. Whats the guy at the shop suppose to do he' s in the business to sell archery equipment and he does. I guess he could offer lessons and i' m sure he probably has but his time is money and most folks wouldn' t pay to learn how to shoot, besides how hard could it be they do it everyday on the outdoor channel and videos and it looks easy enough, right? NOT! I even hear guys saying they can' t go hunting today so they' re gonna let john doe borrow their bow even though it' s not set up for them and they' ve never shot it. It makes me mad but i try to keep my mouth shut. Maybe we need more hunter education, i don' t know.
I can recall when i first became interested in archery about 22years ago, i didn' t know anything or have anyone to help. After about 3 years and lots of missed opportunties i learned what i needed was lots of practice and learning what my equipment would do and to face the fact that when bowhunting you have to set limitations. Fortunately i can say that during that time i never wounded a deer because all my shots were just plain misses. I' m surely no expert and i' m not a bow technician because i learn something new everyday but i try and help anyone the best i can that wants my help in archery. I also learned that not everyone wants your help because they already know everything there is to know so for those i just leave them be.
I don' t claim to be a great or perfect hunter and i' ve lost deer before and will again i' m sure as long as i continue to hunt, but rest assured it won' t be because i picked up a bow the day before the season and went and got in a tree. Sometimes things just don' t work out and there' s nothing worse for me than to wound an animal and not recover it but it happens to the best and thats a fact.
I don' t know about everyone else but when i take an animals life it leaves sort of a sad feeling inside and if it didn' t i would quit hunting. I think we owe it to the game we seek to harvest that animal in the most humane and quickest way possible. Just my thoughts!