HuntingBry

No, I don't see that the situation is weapon dependant. My point was you were not making an apples to apples comparison. All of the weapons you mention above are single projectile weapons which, generally speaking, have a most desirable shot situation being on a calm still animal.

Small game and upland bird hunting is based on flushing the animals and shooting them. Waterfowl is based on calling the birds in and taking them in flight. Big game hunting is based on getting within the animals defense perimeter and taking a clean killing shot.

It's like comparing trout fishing to ocean sportfish fishing. Yeah they're both fishing, but the way you do it is completely different.

huntingson

You are so heartless!!! I would NEVER shoot a poor fuzzy wuzzy bear who was napping

Seriously, I don't see what the difference is between standing and feeding and not knowing he was about to get shot and sleeping and not knowing he is about to get shot.

bigbulls

Do you think that the bear would give you the courtesy of a wake up call if you were about to be his dinner?

I believe in ethics in hunting but give me a break. This is just ridiculous.

BowHuntingFool

Yeah its probably a better shot because the bear will most likely not jump the string or move as you release the arrow! I'd take the shot!

rybohunter

Amen Germ, you can tell its the off season.

Paul L Mohr

No YOU wouldn't do those things, I would shoot a sitting bunny in a heart beat, as a matter of fact sometimes I wait until they stop and then shoot them. And sometimes I like to sniper them with a .22, I would rather they are standing still when I do that. When I go bunny hunting it's me against the bunnies, they get no MERCY! They are just pretty woodchucks to me. I don't use a dog though, just me and a gun, maybe a buddy.

I don't waterfowl hunt, so I can't comment on that situation. I always thought shooting them in the water was illegal, looks like maybe it's just bad form, but not against the law?

And where I live you pretty much don't know there is a pheasant there until it's in the air, so you don't have much of a choice on that one. Again, I don't use a dog. I would have no problem shooting one running along the ground though. I love the taste of pheasant and they are hard to hunt in my area so I am not passing up any shot at one.

I will admit using a pointing dog and shooting them while sitting wouldn't be very sporting.

Thats just me though I guess.

Paul

chucker34

Paul, the image of someone poking a bear with a stick to wake it up left me in stitches. I'll probably still laugh about it tonight and my wife will shake her head when she finds out the cause of my guffawing.

I've only hunted ducks a few times but I don't get that whole its unethical to shoot ducks floating in the water, only while they're in flight into the water? Seems to me like a duck is a duck. Now it's easier to shoot a sitting or floating duck, perhaps even less sportsmanlike if you dare say, but I don't see how its unethical or something that would lead someone to accusing you of being some sort of outcast for.

LittleChief

Chuck,
That did conjure up a hilarious mental image, didn't it? There is no way that I could bow hunt brown bear from the ground. I have a phobia about those things. My wife wants to move to the Cascade Mountains in northern Washington State in a few years. It'd be beautiful, but I have abit of aproblem living where there are huge critters that caneat me, like Grizzlies.

txmarshmonkey

If I can get withinMY effective kill range(regardless of weapon) on any legal game animal or bird. I'm shooting!! I don't care if it's sleeping, eating, drinking, breeding, or wiping it's......!

GMMAT

Bry:

The reason I said what I did about the BROWN bear is......it's a HELLUVA lot more aggressive than a BLACK bear (which is what's more frequently hunted). My remark was in jest.