That’s the only thing that bothers me about hunting..
That you might wound an animal and it would scurry away and suffer a long and cruel death.
That you might wound an animal and it would scurry away and suffer a long and cruel death.
IMHO, a hunter has a moral and ethical responsibility to be intimately familiar with the capabilities and limitations of his weapon and his skill level. An ethical hunter will only take a shot that he has a high degree of confidence will result in a quick kill. Many (not all) crippling wounds could be eliminated by people applying the above principles.
That’s why good hunters will quickly get to the place the deer was to check for blood - if they find it, or any other sign they scored a hit, they will start tracking it to see if they can “neaten things up”.