what is legal,ethical or acceptable in the hunting circle could be debated forever! if it is legal,it is ethical and sporting.we may not agree that the method of hunting is the way we choose to hunt,but should not condeme those who do.i don' t agree that a dog should be allowed to cold trail a nocturnal buck from his bed when he has learned to survive from those of us that choose to still hunt.however,i do not want to force my selfish standards on those who choose to hunt legally with dogs as long as they do not break the law.i believe that planting food plots to lure deer into places where they normally would not go is baiting.i do not condeme this method although it does not meet my standards.in summary,each of us has the choice to hunt in any legal manner we want to without insisting everyone comply to OUR standards.

Loner I couldn' t agree more with your post . Because you personally don' t agree with someone or thier method of hunting doen' t make it unethical . You could say the antis dont agree with the way any of us hunt and in thier eyes it is unethical ,but that is only thier opinion . I think what is ethical and what is not depends on each individual and how they look at hunting . There are a lot of methods of hunting I don' t agree with and I would never do ,but that doesn' t make it unethical .
Unethical to me is the individual that shoots a deer and then checks to see if it is legal like the PA antler restriction caused. LOL Or takes more than the legal limit . Wastes the game they do take ,takes shots that they never even bother to check and see if they connected . I could go on but this is just some of my ideas of ethics . Halcon