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Unfortunately they are victims of the gun writers who insist that the only cartridge that will kill a whitetail must have a belt on it.
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Good post. Those same gun writer's insist that you must also use someone's magic $1.00 bullet that is guaranteed to turn a gut shot into a bang flop 100% of the time.
The vast majority of my deer and hogs have been killed at ranges of less than 75 yards. In the past 40 years I have killed over 200 white tailed deer with my .308 and .30-06 using plain old Sierra 150 grain bullets and moderate loads of powder. Have not lost a deer in the past 20 years. Have had a few long tracking jobs because I botched the shot.
Which brings up another point. Many hunters do not follow up on their shot. When the animal does not fall over dead they assume that they missed it. An elk hunter argued that he had not hit a big 7x7 bull but I saw dust fly off the animal. The hunter drove off for home and I went after that elk. Found it dead about 700 yards away. The guy was mad as hades when I told him about tagging his elk.