Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
...bow hunters lead the leagues in wounded and lost game. It's the dirty little secret of bow hunting - most do not have the skill, or patience, to find even the game they kill, much less wound.
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Counterpoint-
How many deer carcasses/skeletons have you found assuming they died of natural causes?
Is it possible there is a bullet somewhere in there?
An arrow makes itself known easily, a bullet, not so much.
I have a hard time assuming outdoors-loving hunters with rifles have more integrity than outdoors-loving hunters with a bow.
Another possible factor is the different seasons. It's easy to follow a blood trail in snow, more difficult when dry, very difficult when raining.
If archery season is earlier than modern firearm, there is a higher chance of loosing the ability to track a wounded animal. Flip the seasons around, and perhaps the archers would complain about those rifle guys who don't have the patience.
Don't know the answer, just thinking out loud...