Just because people manage to bring home deer doen't mean they didn't wound and lose 20 others before they managed to put one down.
I've had a belly full of hearing, "I stuck several, but I got this one."
I cant argue with that! I'm sure we all know folks who fall into that category as well.
The guys I'm speaking of don't "wound or lose 20 others" in the process. They regularly harvest deer every year with excellent shot placement. The closest one of them came to wounding one was about 4 or 5 years ago when we tracked a doe for several hundred yards on our hands and knees (in circles) just trying to find a trickle of blood. As it turned out she made a loop and died about 30 yards from his stand. That errant shot was one lung and heart with no exit hole.(no blood)[&:]
They just dont share the same passion as I do with the archery equipment. They do however spend all year scouting.
On the flip side , I know one a-hole who picks up his bow a week before season , cant hit a pie plate with 3 arrows at 30 yds , wounds deer on a regular basis and has no ill feelings towards wounding deer. He falls into my category of those that dont belong in the woods.