A guy at work had a nice 12 pointer in the back of his truck last week. I found out he shot it through the rack into his back exiting the deers groin. The deer walked 40 yards and dropped. My opinion is this guys lucky. Of course every year he drives up with a big buck. What do you think - shooting from a tree stand through the deers back and exiting its groin...is that an ethical shot?

Not in my opinion

I wouldn't take that kind of shot, way too risky! And not ethical.

No I don't think so.I wonder how many deer this guy has wounded with low percentage shots like that.

Ethics is personal thing for the most part. If he can live with it I guess it's alright if he consistantly harvests deer. Myself or anyone I know wouldn't take that shot though. I have seen a deer get spine shot, I have no desire to do it myself. Sure it will drop them, but it isn't a pretty sight if you have any compasion for your game at all.

Paul

no i wouldn't do it wait for a better shot

Ditto!

For me, no. I would rather pass up a perhaps bad shot to not wound the deer. I, and I believer most, hunters take pride in executing solid shots.