[QUOTE]
Originally posted by rattus58
[B]Well skeet and Mr. Youngbuck14 I don't think you either have a handle of the term "ethical" versus "unethical".
Actually I didn't address anything towards you...or your methods of killing. And I certainly uderstand ethics. I also uderstand fair chase.
While you have YOUR opinions, my opinion for my hunting is to enjoy the outdoors. I don't hunt doves in flyways, and of course I'm not the great shot you are at flying birds. I don't have cripples when I come across a bird on the ground either. Sure I've shot birds when they've risen, probably 2 of every 3 of the birds I've shot come from them taking off, but you are saying that if I see one on the ground and kill it that's unethical... I beg to differ.
And again I did not say anything about YOUR methods of hunting. Understand,though, that shooting a duck on the water IS technically illegal. Learning to shoot well isn't that hard a thing to do. I taught many women...and a lot of kids!
I've watched, in fact I love to watch dove shooting and duck shooting and pheasant and quail videos... great videos and I've watched many cripples fly away in these videos as well.. but apparently you don't give a rip if you cripple it in the air as that surely is legal and certainly ethical. Well not me, friend, I leave you to hunt legally while I will do my very best to also hunt legally.
I actually don't like to watch those videos. Been involved with a few in the past while guiding. I have always enjoyed my own hunting. Yep I ground sluiced a quail one time. Got my butt handed to me. The people I hunted with just didn't do it that way. We hunted with dogs and lost almost no cripples. Oh, we also included lost birds in our bag. I was taught to hunt in the old ways
I'll tell you both however, if one is hunting legally, it is not your place to criticize their legal hunting decisions as long as those decisions are safe.
I did not accuse you of anything illegal,immoral or unethical. Why do you always want to start an argument? I didn't even address you at all. Sheesh. Get a grip!! Btw I'm not going to answer your paranoid ranting anymore
Actually, I was taught to only shoot what I would eat...I and my mentors were MEAT hunters. That's why I got a cow elk license this year. And when we hunted for upland game we always came back with a mixed bag
