davidmil - My argument is this - by your reasoning, if I have a 8 inch hole that I think I can slip an arrow into a deers liver, as he's quartering to me - if I think I can pull that shot off, you or anybody else better not second guess me or tell me I;m taking a poor shot, isn't that right ? Even if I wound 3 or 4 deer every year - if I think I can make those shots I should go ahead and do it and it shoudln't reflect on the hunting community in the least ?

I aint buying that. Theres bad shots and theres good shots. Zaft took a bad one, a quarering to shot is not bad, but difinitely iffy because of the responses of people losing deer with that shot. Broadside or quartering away is best, and of course you'll see some of those shots go bad occasionally to, but you gotta admit the percentage is low compared to other questionable shots.

pdq 5oh - Your racing impacts who ? You and who else ? Your archery shot selection impacts you, the deer you're shooting at and archery as a whole, because the anti's are constantly attacking on the one point of archery we as a whole cannot defend - that many animals are shot and lost every year do to poor shot selection. Thats the difference.

IroquoisArcher - Heres the deal on the Zaft story. You are an non-hunter, neither for or against it. You read this article - a guy whos suppose to be a really good shot, shooting at a deer thats in a very poor position to shoot at with a bow, wounds it, doesn't recover it, loses the meat and its declared a World Record (not officially). What do you think you would think ? I would think that this is normal archery hunting - taking poor shots and losing game. A LOT of people will see this as such - and it builds this image of slob hunter shooting at whatever moves, taking any shot over no shot.
Zaft did it, and might very well be rewarded with a World Record title. If he is, I will NEVER be a member of nor be a part of the P&Y Club. I will not support those who support that type of hunting. I hope P&Y sees this and recognizes the ramifications if they declare the Zaft buck a World Record.