He asked politely for advice and not to be ragged on. Do you all honestly believe you are telling him or us anything we don't already know by telling him how bad his actions were? He knows that already, that is why he wanted only advice. I guess your mothers should have taught you all the old saying, "if you can't say something nice.............."

I am sure you all have made mistakes, hell I have. If you say you haven't you are lying. I am sure his friends are going to give him enough hell over it. He wanted advice. Not crap from a bunch of self absorbed, self serving, omniscient *******s. You guys are perfect. We know that already.

Oh yea and Atlas is a jackazz!

I'll give this thread another half hour before it'll get locked up, maybe not even that long.


I stopped posting a bunch on the bowhunting forum for various reasons the biggest of them being the cat fighting that takes place in here on a constant basis, especially during season. It's absolutely astounding that a bunch of bow hunters whine and fight and piss all over each other the way we see in this forum. If I were an anti, I'd be laughing my butt off reading some of these threads thinking that a common foundation of the love of deer hunting isn't enough to keep bowhunters from scratching and clawing at each other. Funny, but pathetic.

Losing a deer is the hardest part of hunting and leaves you with a horrific feeling most if not all of the season and on into the next. Do your best to find him. If you don't find him, oh well, life goes on with a lesson under your cap.

I couldnt disagree more. I have hunted for going on 15 years and have killed several deer and i get excited each and everytime i see a deer, regardless of its a nice buck or small doe. Imagine all the young hunters out there just getting started who are attemtping to take thier first animal, you think they are going to be able to suppress their feelings of excitement, think they wont get a little buck fever? What are we supposed to say, "son, you cant go hunting because you get buck fever". Excitement is deer hunting, and you may make a bad shot or two in your life, lord knows i have, but in no way does that mean i should not be allowed to hunt. Unless someone is perfect and has ice in their veins, chances are pretty good they will rush a shot at some point in their lifetime.

Great attitude.



He didn't make a mistake........he made a bad shot, then followed it up with a concious decision to do the wrong thing........knowing he shouldn't do it.

atlasman get a life, and get over it. He knows he made a mistake and i am sure he learned from it,You keep ragging him for no apparant reason. Yea the first time you did it was alright he did need a little ragging, but you do it OVER AND OVER AND OVER, just makes you look like a idiot, which i am sure you are. I am also sure you have never made a mistake in your life, YEAH RIGHT. You are the guy that makes the same mistakes but just doesn't own up to them. You act like you are GOD or something. I really hope you get booted off of this site because you deserve it[:'(]. You are a COMPLETE JERK.

I'll defend his right to hunt till the day I die............doesn't mean I have to treat him like a baby and pretend he did a good thing.

Oh yea and cmscat50, dont listen to atlasman. You made a mistake and yea he did point it out, but did so way to much. I am very sure that you learned from this mistake, and now when the next buck comes wondering your way you are going to stick it to him. WHen you do i want to see some pictures. Good luck whit the rest of you season. Oh yea and by the way everyone that bowhunts will make a bad shot.

Atlasman, I did not consiously go after the deer knowing it was wrong. I saw him walk well out of sight about 150 yards away and when I saw how much blood there was I thought he was dead on his feet for sure. That's why we tracked him.

Would I do it again...HECK NO. Did I learn a lesson?? Absolutely. I will never track another questionable hit again for at least several hours.

I said my peace in the beggining and the rest was in response to others replies to me..........I also have said nothing since Justin asked me to lay off.

Your post reads like a young kid wrote it so I guess pointing out that your name calling and hopes for people to get kicked off the board are more then a little hypocritical is probably a lost cause.

WE ALL NEED TO RELAX, TAKE A BREATH AND REMEBER WE ARE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. EVERYONE COME TO MI I AM BUYING THE BEER!!! LET US STOP THE NAME CALLING, WE ARE NOT IN SECOND GRADE PEOPLE. PLEASE SOMEONE STOP THIS THREAD.