Atlas... man... I gotta hand it to ya, nobody starts a barn-burner like you do.... I thought I was never gonna reach the end of this one.....

If you really want to take this down to it's roots (man vs. beast w/ no tools), is it fair of a lioness to use her claws and jaws to take down a wildebeast? or cheetah to run down it's prey with it's 60mph speeds? Every beast on earth uses it's God-given tools for it's survival and it's hunting(for predators). We have no sharp teeth(accept those guys on TV with the grinded down fangs... ) no claws(accept the women with the 3 inch long fingernails), and when compared to animals we have no speed.Our intellect is the only significant tool we have to be on anywhere near a level playing field with these critters. Our ability to learn, pattern, and track these animals is no different from our abibility to apply our intellect to tools to kill these animals.

Short answer, as long as I'm getting skunked while hunting over a feeder, I see no reason to accept it as not being fair-chase.

All that said I understand that our methods are not the subject of arguement, but the terms used to describe them... How bout this, call it what ever you want.

Fair or unfair, the deer still taste delicious, and I will continue to eat them. Just like any other predator.