Tj Craig

I shoot a LOT. I shoot a 53# longbow at 28" draw, 29" carbons weighted to 525-550 grain depending on the broadheads I've used. I do everything "right" from knowing my equipment to practicing to hunting to picking my shots.

I've killed 1 buck, missed a big elk, wounded 4 deer in the past 3 years. Thats horrible success rate.

Am I morally and ethically wrong ? You'd not say so after reading the first paragraph.

A guy I know don't shoot much. He's not into practice like I am. He has a short draw, 25"and a 49# bow. He's killed a couple of does and 3 bucks in the past 2 years. I can outshoot him at anytime on the range. I take "better" shots than he does. His deer die, mine don't for whatever reason. Not as "ethical and moral' as me ? He's killing the animals though, go figure

Another guy I know shot a big elk almost walking away from him. The broadhead sliced al the way along the outside of the rib cage, went in behind the soulder and lodged in the back of the neck. NEVER entered the body cavity. Big bull, bad shot, TERRIBLE shot really ....... bull bled out after a mile of bloodtrailing.


Good shots, bad shots, ethical, moral .......... all are dependent only on the shooter himself I think at the time of the shot, and all depend on the outcome of the shot too. No one but the hunter himself can say a shot was or wasn't bad.