Different time no doubt. Wouldn't fly today.
Do you not think it happens today anyway ? Its just not talked about ! I know a lot of compounders push the 60-70 yard and beyond ranges with their bows, especially out west.
yet did things that we consider very unethical today. Even game laws have changed--lots of things that were common when I was young are illegal today.
Why do we consider it unethical ?
Are there "good ways" vs "bad ways" to try and kill an animal ?
Also, he had a job to do on many of his hunting trips--to get film footage of an animal going down. Unlike today, where you seldom see an animal even get a scratch other than on some cheesy hunting shows, those films were family entertainment back then--and Africa, Alaska, etc. were even further (harder to acess)--there was pressure to get something on film (read more about that in Fred's field notes).
'Course all we can do is speculate and give opinions, but based on what I experienced growing up, it was a good bit different back then.
That is all true however the more I read, the more it seems that Fred Bear was very big into the Hunt, and not the Kill, which would indicate to me he had a very high moral standard.
Could it be ......... that we as Hunters have lost something in the wake of the Animal Rights movements ? Are we maybe somehow scared at being a hunter ?