What is ethical? Who decides what is ethical? Hunting is killing, and sometimes killing is not pretty. Animals do suffer. But if your like me, we don't kill for fun, we kill to eat. Been that way since man lived in a cave. Ethics are a set of standards you hold yourself to. You decide what is ethical. I have made a 40 yrd shot on a buck standing straight toward me with a compound.( By the way I do have pictures.) The shot was right in the chest, hit the heart, and the deer went 60 yrds and was done. I'm not telling you this to brag about my shooting. I'm telling you this because I had been told many times to wait for a broadside shot. I decided to try the shot. Was it ethical? For me yes because I knew my ability. For someone else it might not have been. If you are going to try to live up to someone elses ethics you, my friend are going to go hungry. The argument over ethics is silly. Once again don't forget hunting shows these days are for ENTERTAINMENT. Do not base your hunting life by what you see on hunting shows. Don't be fooled these shows are for selling products nothing more.
Live it up! Doug