RE: Bowhunting..is it ethical??
Personally, I believe bow hunting to be MORE ethical than gun hunting. I mean, look at the damage a rifle bullet does to a deer. Yes, I know sometimes it puts them down for the count and they never hear the gun go off....BUT....A razor sharp arrow is in and out of them so fast they have not a clue anything has happened. I've seen deer shot w/ a bow run off about 20 yards, stop, and look back to see if what ever it was is still following them. They just don't even know it...
I've shot 2 does this fall. COMBINED they ran about 60 yards, and from shot to finish on both was under 15 seconds. In fact, it was closer to 10.
I said something to my dad about an arrow killing a deer faster than a bullet...He got ticked off at me.....[&:] He just simply couldn't accept that an arrow works that fast....They do, if you hit them right. You gotta hit 'em right w/ a bullet too, though.