I concur with that, though the deer isn’t always cooperative. The only deer I’ve ever had get away (That I shot at) was bowhunting. I had a gorgeous broadside shot, and I took it. About the instant after I released the arrow, she swung her head towards me, and took it full in the forehead. She got away.
That said, yes I would take wounded deer. If I’m not happy with the look of the meat after that, I might leave it for the coyotes
Oh, I know the deer don’t always cooperate, that’s why I noted, ‘not all’ in my post :)
Sometimes a bullet doesn’t perform like it’s supposed to, sometimes the critter is far more resilient than one would expect it to be etc. Still, when I hear people talking about taking an extreme shot at a deer, elk, etc. just to see if they could do it, I wince. The place to test your abilities is on the range, not in the field. Of course I’m talking about normal, managed hunting. In a survival scenario you have to take chances in order to eat and animal welfare takes a back seat to human survival.