I also will NEVER decide what to do or not to do based on what I think the ANTI's might have to say about it. If they don't like what I do too bad. I don't like them either.....get on with your life.


Having said that..........I think what drives people crazy about the lost deer threads are not the mishaps or bad luck or that the deer hasn't been found yet.

What drives everyone nuts is when

#1 We hear idiotic comments that show a lack of even BASIC knowledge required to properly execute a successful bow kill and recovery. If you don't have even BASIC knowledge about what to do you should not be in the woods hunting.....plain and simple. Jesus.....some of these people say things that make you wonder if they even took the bowhunter education class. You don't have to be Chuck Adams to kill a deer and find it.........but if you can't shoot, have lousy equipment, don't know what happened after you fired, and get up and chase after the deer thinking it is just gonna lay down and wait for you then you are a pinhead. Stay home and play your X-BOX and stop wounding animals. If you hit a deer in the ass and you were aiming for his chest their better be a really good explanation for it. If you think a 45 yard neck shot is a good idea even though you can't hit a pie plate from 20 yards then you don't deserve anyone's help because you didn't bother to put ANY effort into the job yourself and are now crying for help because it blew up in your face.

Everyone thinks it's funny or that they will be able to handle it when it happens to them.........until a 12 ptr walks out at 15 yards and they wet their pants and forget their names. Then they come here saying "Please help me"

I have no problem helping someone do whatever possible to find a deer. I do think that it is very apparent just by reading a thread if anyone stands a chance of offering any meaningful help. If someone is totally clueless they aren't gonna do what they are told anyways. They didn't listen to anyone right up until they shot the deer.........what makes you think they are gonna change now?? They are just gonna go out and walk all over the woods hoping to stumble on him............and probably shoot at another one while they are at it.

It's funny(sad) how everyone becomes this overly caring heart felt sorrow victim of circumstances AFTER they screw the pooch on a nice deer. If you REALLY cared as much as you are pretending to care now.........you would have done more to properly prepare yourself for going bowhunting. Your crying now is not for the deer.........it is for the selfish reason of wanting the deer for YOU so you can show everyone what a great hunter you are.



The BASIC information needed to become CAPABLE of killing and finding a deer with a bow can be obtained in one night of reading in this forum alone or about 100 other web sites out there. You should have some idea already from bowhunter education class. Numerous books are also available and let's face it guys........it's not rocket science. Anyone can learn the BASICS and experience will teach you the details. There is absolutely no excuse for being unprepared with all the resources available today.

People don't take it seriously enough.........until it hits the fan and they are standing in the middle of the woods alone after poorly shooting a big buck 15 minutes before they have to go to work and it's raining and they were so excited they don't really remember what happened.


TOO LATE!!!