"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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Completely backwards. You never shoot an animal unless you're farily sure
of
an _immediate_ kill (like mere seconds).

Perhaps I never do, but evidently I am in a small minority, given the
number of guys I've met tracking deer through my woods by the blood
trail.

Was that the result of their poor marksmanship and poor decisions to take a
high risk shot...or their intent to get some exercise by chasing down the
wounded animal?

I "assume" you're familiar with the term "Buck Fever".