ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
SwampCollie, my post did not just pertain to Fred Bear, please read:
Are you saying it is unethical for anyone to take a shot on running deer?
My point is that there are individuals out there today that could ethically make the shot with a bow. Personally, I woundn't hesitate to take a shot at deer moving at an even pace (but not running) within a comfortable distance.
I understand completely Bob, andjust for clarification I'll quote what a wrote again at the beginning:
ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
It would be unethical for me to do it.
But if Fred Bear honest to the Lord believed in his heart he was good enough to make the shot... then is it really unethical?
So in a round-about answer to your question:
Are you saying it is unethical for anyone to take a shot at a running deer? My answer would have to be no.
I, of course, will take your word as a gentleman when you cite your abilities and given those, if you feel your skill is sufficient to make a shot then by your standards that is
not an unethical shot. While it would be considered unethical in
my book; your book is your own. I do not possess the ability to take a shot at a running animal with archery tackle, so for me to do so would be considered unethical, if you catch my drift.
Ethics only apply to members of a certain company, organization or club. Now, while we as hunters may include all of us in a band of hunters, or the hunting community, we generally list our code of ethics as either the Laws of the state/county/instalation/clubwhose lands we hunt upon, or by the rules of Pope and Young or Boone and Crockett (more frequently called Fair Chase).
Ethics is such a general term and it is so difficult to grasp and define that the whole point of "Ethical Shots" is almost moot.