I shoot plenty of deer I don't eat....I feed 3-4 families in a given year. A couple where that venison helps keeps a couple middle-aged gentlemen who grew up on meat and potatoes and don't want to listen to their doc's pleas to lower their cholesterol in meat they will eat that also makes their docs happy. A couple more where they need the venison but don't have the time, skill, or manpower to hunt their own.

Around here deer are over-populated. Hunter numbers are decreasing. If none of us shot more than the 1-2 we'd eat personally, we'd have a disaster!!! Hunting is not just a SPORT, itis population management.

I have NEVER left an animal I shot in the woods. THAT is not ethical IMHO.

This is my first foray into this forum; I shot traditional for years, then compound the last few as I don't have a traditional bow right now (last one broken in a move). I gotta say I'm disappointed folks. I've been in the muzzleloader world for many years, and just like there what I see here is narrow-mindedness and bickering and hating on anyone who doesn't do things JUST LIKE YOU. So keep it up, this is just what the anti's want, hunters so divided and bickering amongst themselves that they can continue to push us further and further!

You think traditional archery makes you more of a man? You think it's so hard? Try hunting with a spear. Maybe we should ban longbows from "traditional" season and make it spear-only, no treestands. The whole argument is silly and counter-productive.