gr8, let me make clear that I wasn't implying or meaning "morals" as you said... just that some people (obviously me, in this case) don't get the pleasure out of shooting a deer with a gun that others do. It was an attempt to show John that just as he doesn't see any joy being derived from hunting over a feeder, that others may not see any joy in one of the ways he chooses to hunt, either.

People will very unfortunately lose animals irrespective of their weapon of choice; that's just a simple fact. Truthfully, yeah, I could have put meat in the freezer ifI'd shot that elk with a gun... but there would have been no enjoyment or sense of accomplishment in it for me. I might as well have went to a butcher store and picked it out of a window. But that's just me... and I'm not trying to impose my values or thoughts on anyone else... I will fight until I die for the rights of any gun hunters. I still use a gun for other game (i.e., rabbits, doves, etc.)

Again, just showing the other side of the coin that we all have things we don't necessarily think was that challenging to accomplish. For John, it's shooting a deer over a feeder. For me, it's shooting one with a gun. But I don't question the morals of anyone who chooses to do so, nor their right. It just brings no accomplishment with it for me; it simply puts meat in the freezer. And if I collected every single animal which I pursued with my bow? I'd probably start losing some of the sense of accomplishment in that arena as well... though that's certainly the goal, isn't it?