I also argree with Data's outlook (<cant believe I just said that) on ethics.

That is no lie!!! That is what you said back on one of the posts that got locked. You said that was your record with your recurve.

If you cannot remember what you say maybe you lie!

Have you met my wife?

Thats what my experience has been with a recurve/longbow only. The way he typed it makes it appear that I always miss/wound 3/4 deer for every deer I kill - which is very much untrue. I think I went the past 6 hunting seasons with my compound without missing anything I shot at - which was my whole point on how much more difficult trad shooting is.

He used one snippet as a character attack. Attack away at me and it normally doesn't bother me. However I'm very proud of my hunting ethics and take those pot shots personally.

Again, that statement is 100% FALSE - I know for a fact I'm not batting 3 misses and 1 wound to every kill.

My ethics are in the form of respect. From respecting the animal you hunt to the woods you hunt in. Also respecting the laws the protect both.

I follow the ethics I follow not because they are right, but because I would feel bad if I didn't. I don't want to look back and remember horrible memories about my hunt.

My father has shaped a great deal of my values.....I have spun off in one direction or the other on my own as I mature through life but have rarely strayed too far from that foundation......what he taught me was right so there is no need to stray.

I had no option as a child (which is the way it should be).........I did things right, or I didn't get to do them. If I could not shoot accurately, I did not get to hunt. If I didn't know the hunting laws, I did not get to hunt. If I didn't practice proper gun safety I got my ass kicked......and then I didn't get to shoot or hunt. When doe permits were scarce you didn't pull the trigger on a small deer........and if you shoot at a deer you can be sure that your shot placement would be critiqued by everyone back at the truck. You shoot it, you dress it, and you drag it (with help of course) An animal was NEVER disrespected.....NEVER!!!!

Now there are certain things that are personal and no one can help but you. For example, I am more effected by the death of an animal then my dad. I just can't help but feel a twinge of sadness when I kneel down beside a deer I have killed.........I don't think it effects my dad in that way at all........and a lot of other guys........just my personal feelings. I have never hesitated to pull the trigger even for a second but when I kneel down I get a wave of empathy for the life I just took. I make my peace with the animal and that feeling quickly gets washed away by excitement, satisfaction and the fact that my work has just begun. It may fade quickly........but it's there every time.

I guess that isn't really an ethics thing but it's just what came to mind.


Just like the old saying goes.........your ethics are what you do when no one is looking.

Ethics speak to what kind of person you REALLY are.........not an act that you pretend to be because you know someone is judging you.

Ethics are the right thing to do.

Everyone knows the right thing to do...........it's just a matter of if you talk the talk.......or walk the walk.

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Datamax, I am amused that you are lecturing others about personal attacks and ethics.
Ironic?

"He used one snippet as a character attack. Attack away at me and it normally doesn't bother me. However I'm very proud of my hunting ethics and take those pot shots personally."

I think "pot shots" with the recurve is what earned you this one.... lol

LOL