FYI bogobble, It' s not about being more ethical than thou. It' s about being a good and responsible hunter. As far as the world record and record book bucks go only offering a neck shot, I' ll tell you that during last years elk hunting season I was presented with more than one easily record book elk that only presented neck shots and I surely didn' t take them. Three of the elk I had with bad shots would have scored well above the minimum, 350" - 380" . I would much rather see a world record animal and possibly see him again than to make a stupid and crappy shot and not be able to find him and to know that he is out there some where with a hole through his neck dying a slow and painful death.

I was in Sportsmans Warehouse before this years hunting season and got to talking to a guide[:@] that was in there. During the conversation he mentioned that he tells his clients to take a neck shot if that is all they have. He said that if they hit the jugular or spine it will die a quick death and if they miss them it will be fine. Well, we got into an argument. How can any one say that the animal will be fine with a hole going through it' s neck? There could be a cut wind pipe, a cut trachea, and to top it off if you miss all of that then infection will set in the animals neck and probably get so bad that the infection itself wll kill it or it won' t be able to eat and starve to death.

The neck shot is not a good shot. It' s a down right crappy shot![:@] Also IMO if someone is consistantly taking these types of shots then that person shouldn' t be hunting in the first place.