Yes, I get it and no my neighbor didn't give permission to hunt on her property. When I get a knock on the door by this bow hunter, who got shot a big buck, I did give him permission to search on my property. I couldn't give him permission for my neighbors property. Again it all begin with a bad decision by the bowhunter to take a point blank shot that resulted in a gut shot buck. He never found the buck just a carcass three weeks later, so the animal died in agony. Eff him
Unless the guy told you he took a shot he shouldn't have and made a bad decision, your making some assumptions. A gut shot can happen to anyone and is part of hunting. Still better than hitting it with a car IMHO.......
There is nothing wrong with point blank, or close shots. When I hunted I strived for 20 yards and in as it tends to decrease the error. I strived for relaxed feeding animals broadside only, not quartering away as recommended, to reduce deflections, and make a bigger kill zone, and increase odds that the arrow would penetrate fully, hit both lungs and not one, and not be left in a fleeing animal.
However, mistakes can happen, as there are multiple factors when the shot it released......unseen twig, animal moves, ducks or drops, you were in a weird position when shooting, etc....there are tons of bad things that can happen.
Or the guy just plain made a bad shot....which can happen to the best of us, who practice regularly and could shoot a dime under good conditions at 20 yards. No one is perfect.
Experience is a teacher.......there are shots and shot angles, I'd take in the woods, with unlimited tracking...... that I wouldn't take urban hunting.
Also knowing when to follow up on a gut shot is just as important as learning to shoot well..........most people track too early and act like Jo Jo the circus clown when doing it. The deer will generally go 100 yards or less and lay down, and stay in the same place most likely if left to die. If you track early (less than 8 hours) your probably gonna kick the deer back up and if its running it can go far. Gut shots leave little blood to track as well. And your not shooting arrows when while standing on the ground, at running deer in the middle of suburbia. Its unsafe in most conditions.
I've had to deal with a few gut shot deer by some hunting buddies, and one time my son. My rules were, as part of them hunting the properties I aquired, and as part of having to deal with a bullshit tracking job................if you know its a gut shot, or question in your mind it is...... note where you last saw deer, leave quietly, we will come back 12 hours later, no excuses, no sooner, no tracking, no going to look for the arrow....nothing. Just leave in the opposite direction the deer went.
Or in easy terms to remember...when in doubt, back out. If they did anything else other than that........they had the pleasure of looking for that deer and knocking on 18 fxcking peoples doors and bothering them, while I went back to hunting.
100% recovery rate with that method within 100 yards and usually where the person last saw the deer. Coyotes were not a problem at that time, now down there they are...doesn't matter either way.......you kick the deer up.....your odds of finding it become 50% less, and if your in suburbia, the odds of you running across some douchebag that doesn't give you access to track...becomes a lot higher.