Name me a hunter who shoots in even a tiny fraction of those quantities, and doesn't make a mistake at times. Its inevitable.

You can tell in reading Bell's books that he regretted every one, and tried to learn from them. You can't ask for more than that.

"It is just so easy to sit back and pour scorn on these hunters of old whose lives and feats we will never emulate and of course are no longer here to defend themselves."

Good post, and I absolutely agree.