In reply to the initial question...I' m kinda cut and dry on this one. I think if you do not tag it, then you have little business hunting, much less bowhunting. As a bowhunter, I take additional pride in what we do, as I think we need to. We normally put in more work than a rifle/shotgun hunter, because we have to. And that work involves many things, one of which is being in constant contact (and good standing) with the landowners where this animal lay. In addition, many landowners prefer bowhunters as opposed to rifle/shotgun hunters. That being said, we need not only follow the rules to a ' T' , but also even go a step further if something may be legal but involves a moral judgment call of some sort. I personally see it as both, highly illegal and highly immoral.

This is all within our hunting family too, not even getting into the issue of anti-groups who would LOVE to catch wind of something like this. What many of these wacko' s wouldn' t give to have a picture of a rotted out carcass (regardless if eaten' by other predators...that part would never be told) with an arrow sticking out the side of it...know what I mean? Not good.

Just my two cents.

**just a side note, I was watching the O' Reilly Factor last night and he had a segment, which touched on anti-groups and their demonstrations. To be quite honest, I was somewhat shocked at what these people were doing outside of a fast food restaurant. They were all dressed up in fake fur outfits, chained at the neck, and COVERED in fake blood...all the while rolling around on the ground making as**s out of themselves. This was a serious head shaker for me, as I am honestly stumped how fence sitters would buy into this and not just think they were flat out lunatics?