how many of you guys are fisherman also? one of the pa state record trout was stocked by a hatchery and everyone knew it was there. they all saw it put in the water by the game commish. so should the person who caught it be punnished for it? there were prob 20 othere guys with there lines in the water also is that right, that fish was raised by humans in a tank and put in nature. some guy got lucky it hit his bait. yeah these guys knew it was there and one of them killed it. a record is still a record! it was still on legal terms.
it sounds like some of you think ethical hunting is going into the woods not knowing what is there and shooting something? yet everyone uses trail cams over food before the season? so now you and your buddies know what is there and are hunting that monster deer. you were feeding it to get picks right? then stopped before the season. knowing that the buck is likely to stay in the area. is that ethical? we all do it.