Originally Posted by
halfbakedi420
they feel the same way about 1000 as you do 400...
so whats the real difference? answer...there is no difference...same thing. comfortable zone
Same thing I said in the headshot thread...it's not about what you're comfortable with, it's about how confident you are that the shot is low risk (of wounding). Some guys are apparently quite comfortable lobbing random shots in,
hoping for a hit. It's a high risk shot though if they're not
confident in the likelihood of a hit. It's legal, but not ethical. The only ethical shot is one with a high likelihood of killing the animal.
From a dictionary:
eth·ics
–plural noun
1. ( used with a singular or plural verb
) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture.
2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics; Christian ethics.
So in other words, if you're OK with wounding an animal and letting it slink off to die a long, slow death (and not be recoverable), then high risk shots are certainly ethical according to your own morals. However, I think most hunters here would agree that's not an acceptable practice, and as such, high risk shots are unethical.
It's up to each hunter to determine which shots are high risk given their individual equipment and skill level.