Most any hunter would agree that you used a poor example to defend your case of shooting several deer. Simple as that. If I were you, I would have retracted it and come up with a better reason
I don't need to come up with a reason. It's legal in some of the areas that I hunt and I will continue to practice it if see fit. What my example did an excellent job of pointing out was how quick you are to judge and or label someone without knowing them or the circumstances.
As for the antis, feel how-ever you like, but there is no denying that the majority despise hunting because they believe we dont recover animals. Thats the stats they are always throwing around. So if you are going to give an hour tracking job on an animal that could otherwise be recovered, you are lowering our recovery rate, and giving them a better reason to dispose of our sport. I dont want that, none of us should.
We'll have to agree to disagree here because I think most of them despise hunting because we are shooting animnals and they think that is wrong. I don't think lost animals helps our case in any case but I am not advocating that in any way. You chose to fill in the gaps in the story with negatives rather than positives. Again, you were to quick to jump the gun and try to label someone or a practice as unethical without having the details.
As for my ethics, of course you would question them. I cant prove it, but I can assure you that I wouldnt shoot the 180class buck....I would feel like a total a-hole but, hey, thats life. I do what I deem right, not to mention it wouldnt be legal, and I would fear that I may lose one of the animals due to greed. There are plenty of reasons not to shoot him.
It's nothing personal it's just when people prop themselves up to be so selfrighteous there is usually falls short of the truth but again this is the internet and you can claim to be, say, or do whatever you want and there is only you there to know if you are being truthful as I have been. But again it's easy preach ethics in the forum but it's different to practice them. I hope you do practice what you preach.
What you said about shooting a deer, tracking it and not finding it, and then climbing back in your stand to shoot another one, tells me two things. You most likely didnt give it your all to find that animal, and secondly you place the majority of emphasis on shooting game.
Again you are trying to put a negative spin on what I said. I never said that I lost a deer and climbed back into my stand. What I did say is that I have never lost a deer that way but you conveiniently chose to overlook that statement. You are again jumping the gun and filling the gaps with negatives and jumping to incorrect conclusions. If you would like to continue the conversation, I would invite you to do so by email.