IT just isn' t about Green or whatever the veteran color would be. It' s about the hunt and having fun. You don' t have to become the Zen of the woods to really really enjoy this stuff. I could care less what someone wants to color me. It' s not about numbers for the reading fans. It' s one hunt at a time. First or first fifty or second fifty... they' re all exciting to me. All people don' t have the same background or feelings for the animals. A farmer who butchers animals every year doesn' t get lightheaded over the thought of loosing an animal that eats a half acre of his corn patch as much as a guy who was raised petting his hampster. A guy who spent 2 or 3 years in combat isn' t as squeemish about loosing an animal as a guy who' s only experience with death was discecting a dead frog in lab. Then again... their roles may be reversed in the next two guys. People are different. Nature can be far more cruel than a hunter wounded animal. Some people want to put the animal on a pedistal while others see it as varmit. This holyier than though pot-shoting really accomplishes nothing. I' d suggest people use a little restraint in their story telling. I suggest even more strongly the " Ethics Police" get off their high horses and try to be constructive. Telling someone he' s a jerk doesn' t really do much for the conversation or the board, no matter how big a jerk they are. I' m amazed at some of the people who think they' re the head of the " Ethics Police" Squad. They get a couple kills and they think they have all the answers to save the world from itself. Well, some of us don' t need saving from ourselves. YUP, people do stupid things in the woods. YUP, there will even be more in the future. Some of us are going to take shots that others wouldn' t. Some of us are going to loose more game than others, and it' s not necessarily going to be the guy that takes more shots. Skill levels in shooting and woodsmanship and controlling our emotions all figure into it. I know a world class shooter(Olympic Medalist) that got so hyper in the woods it took 5 or 6 years to shoot her first deer. She could shoot paper gnats all day at 40 yards but not a little rag horn at 20. Each hunt is for ME. My theory.. if you don' t shoot, you won' t get them. SO, I don' t wait for the classic perfect broadside 12 yard shot. My last one may have been that, but the next one may be 30 yards and walking at an angle. I' ll take it as quickly and smoothly and without thought or reservation as the last one. LIve with it.