This requires you to match the firearm and ammunition or the bow and arrows to the game you're hunting. Then, practice to place the shot properly. Take only shots you're confident of making. If you don't, you may completely lose a wounded animal. And, even if you recover it, the meat will be of lower quality than if you had killed the animal cleanly.
Field dress a downed animal immediately.
Be careful not to puncture the stomach, intestines or bladder. Immediate field dressing is especially important to maintain meat quality in deer or larger game, but it's also important on medium or small game. Quickly draw a downed animal before continuing the hunt. Keep animals clean as you transport them from the field. This is more of a problem with large animals, such as deer, that you may have to drag from the field.