RE: PERSONAL ETHICS
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Lab-Man - I am probably the worst here to question the ethics of others. Why ? Because its important, no, its VITAL, to the survival of bowhunting. Zaft is a seasoned bowhunter, a target shooter - he knows a good shot when he gets it and he full well knew this wasn't a good shot.
What we know is this - Zaft took a very poor shot on a world class size deer. He said himself that the animal sidd not appear to be be mortally wounded - he hit the deer high and too far back - pass through, a couple of drops of blood and that was it. He looked for a total of what, 4 or 5 hours for it, over a span of 24 hours and then discovers a landowner nearby (how close anyway ?) has found the carcass of a big buck in his field. Zaft claims it, builds a very self-oriented web site, and North American Whitetail publishes the story.
Now, Zaft is going to make a lot of money on this ( I don't really blame him for that ), he's tooting his own horn and is trying to claim this deer as the new world record. I have stepped outside, looked around, and then stepped back in. Zaft cannot prove he killed this deer, plain and simple. His stroy being published like that makes it look like that bowhunters shoot deer all the time and lose them, only to find their horns later and brag about it. Thats not what I want bowhunting to be, and if thats what it is, then yeah, I'll call it unethical, because it IS and I can see very well how the non-hunting public can be swayed by the anti-hunting groups to vote to ban hunting.
Lab-Man - I guess you're all cool with Zaft and his story ?
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Gentlemen,
Nowhere have I (nor have you) read in what I have written, that I am cool with the Zaft controversy! I am very simply stating that I do not feel it is ethically (nor politically)correct to throw out so many "rumored" inuendos of what did truly happen with the man's(Zaft) shot. Was his shot poor? I was not there in his stand to see. Thus, I do not feel it ethical to say! Point-blank! Has any one of you totally remembered EVERY aspect of what happened AFTER taking your shot at a very nice, record class buck? I think not. The adrenalin is rushing so fast, no human can entirely remember all aspects of the "moment"! I agree Mr. Zaft is a bit self-centered. A bit egotistical. A bit pompous. But, again, take a look at what has been generated solely from my "post". Take a good hard, non-biased look here, fellow bowhunters!!!
"try on our penny loafers"? Drinking too much "lab samples again"? "No one is perfect"? "It didn't go towards HIS ethical stds"?
Cardeer is the most correct in his statement, "just did not make a good judgement call". It's that plain & simple!
Come on guys! When you stand up, try at least to be "open-minded" to all reason!
Let me ask you, if you knew I was a "colored human being" what then would you have to say about my "post"....gentlemen?
Guess I'll slip on my pennyloafers and sit back and have a tall, cold "lab sample" now.
"Lab-Man"