It's a classic case of damned if you do and damned if you don't! I'm prone toward the side of "discretion is the better part of valor" but....

If you are going to show the dying/killing part, then hunters on film need to be respectful of that a life has just been lost and behave acccordingly --- regardless --- of what their "rights" are. Some joy and happiness of achievement is okay at the moment of the "take down" shot but you have to be careful on film (again regardless what the hunters "rights" are). Personally, have you ever seen someone go loud and immaturely kid gleeful at a funeral? That's the closest most city folks have come to the concept of "death and dying." Almost by default, it is likely they will view the two events as somewhat similar and apply similar taboos and mores.

Ever notice AFTER someone is dead and buried and there is a family dinner that, THEN the recollections, stories, laughter, and even bit of flat out rowdiness can come out and its okay. Similarly, AFTER the animal is actually dead and there has been the passage of respect and an indication that the game meat is going to be well taken care of that, THEN a bit more levity will not hurt our cause --- with modern film editing it shouldn't be hard and really a no brainer.

EKM

Good judgment comes from bad experience! Half of elk hunting is knowing what NOT to do!