First off, this is a great site. I love reading the different takes on what is right and wrong. Anyway.... So I have an in-law who thinks my hunting ways are horrible. He is a gun hunter who thinks that to shoot a deer, you need to track it for days, get close enough to wipe it's butt, brush it's teeth then shoot. He has shot monsters in the past, but on average, bags a deer once every three years or so. I bowhunt all fall. We all know that this means about the same thing..... stalking, waiting, getting in their face. When I rifle hunt, I am in the 16 foot enclosed, heated (opener was sub-zero this year) stand. I pop em at 50, 100, 300 yds. For me, bowhunting is the hunt..... the total package. Rifle season is not as fun for me, but I can fill the freezer with meat that my family WILL use and control the doe population. Some people freak out when I say that.
I am constantly hearing criticizm about how one hunts, who is right, who is wrong...... A student of mine is awesome with a bow and has shot deer at over 60 yards and scored great hits. He is very comfortable with his ability at those distances. According to some, that would be a sin. Like over 30 yards is always a supposed "luck shot"?
How do you feel about this? Are we unethical? Is it fair to judge someone this way?