Will Thompson: Snowy egret in the top of a tree 80 yards away. Shorebird at 100 yards. Talks about hunting ducks, going out in the morning with several hundred arrows and coming back to camp for more arrows at lunch. Recommends shooting woodpeckers for practice. Hunts in the dead of night. Shoots several animals before he even identifies them. He and his Indian friend, Tommy, put a half dozen arrows into a cougar before it finally dies... A whole book of that kind of stuff.

He might not be as revered today as Bear is, but he was Fred Bear's equivalent in the late 1800's. The kinds of things he did then are absolutely shocking to us today, but it was the norm for HIS time. And I think it does us good to look back on these historical figures and see how far we've come. Hopefully, those that come after us will learn from our mistakes too. That's how the human species adds to it's knowledge base. Learn from mistakes and build on successes.

At least, that's how it SHOULD work. Doesn't always happen that way, due to mental deficiencies in key positions.

If you're so all-fired worried about what people in the future are going to think about your hunting - and if people in the future are anything like you, you're probably justified to be worried - maybe you just better quit hunting and take up chess or tiddlywinks.

Personally, I've got enough to worry about just looking out for my own set of ethics.