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Old 02-09-2007 | 11:00 AM
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Default RE: 103yd with Bow & Arrow in the wind??

ORIGINAL: MC Bowhunter

Has anyone seen the old footage of Ben Pearson shooting the Javelina at what they say on the movie is 3 city blocks away? He was up on the cliff and the Javelina is way down in the draw. And he smokes it!!

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Nope, but how many takes do you think it took to get that shot right. In all honesty, many of the legends of bowhunting, may not have been overly ethical about their shot selection. Call that disrespectful or whatever you choose, but that is the truth. I can't remember who wrote it,but one of the old-timers who'd hunted with Fred Bear, and some of the other old legends,stated in anarticle I recently read that many of their shots were probably unethical in comparison to what bowhunters today consider "ethical," but that was before PETA andHSUS type organizations.

To me, that shot is a high riskshot, making it unethicalIMO, but I remember shotgunning for deer as a kid, and before OHIO had a 3 slug limit, I carried a POLICE ISSUED Riot gun with a 20" slugbarrel that held 8 slugs, and I'd fire all8 if I got an opportunity, because that was how the "old-timers" I hunted withhunted. I've given up gunhunting for deer, and solelybowhunt now, but if I did still gunhunt for deer, I'd carry a single shot,as the first shot is usually the one that matters the most anyhow.

It's not about the feat of shooting 103yds, itis about respecting the animal and taking an ethical shot infor the conditions.
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