That's pretty easy to do for spotlighters and poachers and REAL easy for guys who buy pen-raised animals. You might want to expand your baseline requirements.

Maybe unswerving ethics needs a place in your definition. How about being a good role model? Perhaps being an unimpeachable ambassador for archery and bowhunting, one that appeals to the general public as well as to bowhunters?

I wouldn't call a selfcentered jerk a 'great' bowhunter, no matter how many animals he's killed. That kind of guy gives all bowhunters a bad reputation simply by association.

IMO, there are a whole bunch of great bowhunters who've never taken a book animal and will never be known outside their own local areas. On the other hand, there are a whole bunch of famous bowhunters who have a humongous list of book critters and all kinds of exposure in the national bowhunting media but fall w-a-y short of 'great' status.