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Originally Posted by mr.MikeD
by "ethical shot" do you mean kill instead of wound?
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more or less. there's obviously no hunter that can take a shot and know with certainty that he won't wound instead of kill...but most bows have sight pins for 10-40 yards. A good shooter can get comfortable from 50 in good light, but much past that the deer can react or the wind can take it, etc. i'd imagine you're trying to say that a kill isn't "ethical" either...but unless you're a vegetarian that argument's going to fall apart.
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Originally Posted by PilotC150
FYI, I know guys who bow hunt without scent blockers and without sitting in a tree. You just have to stay downwind. One guy said he was within 10-15 yards of a deer, crouched down in a ditch, and the deer didn't know he was there. He had to pull his bow back and hold it for quite a long time, and it wasn't the kind where the load is descreased on a full pull, until the deer turned for him to take the shot.
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The reason it seemed familiar to me is because it was you who told this same story last time and raised these same objections. I still have the same objections too. 1. Property lines today prevent this frontiersman type of hunting 2. common sense prevents this type of hunting (scent sticks around regardless of wind direction. if the deer travels back to the food source he was on that morning (and he will, they all do), he's gonna smell your trip across his path and decide to find a different food source off your land). We won't agree, although i can absolutely respect where you're coming from, there are a lot of hunters who make it an ethically suspect sport. Instead of raising a stink of controversy in such a peaceful thread I'm going to back down and say instead:
I love the outdoors. being outside means a lot to me. it's the time of year where i get to do it a lot, and it makes every day that much sweeter!