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<blockquote data-quote="Spurhunter" data-source="post: 5742838" data-attributes="member: 5695"><p>This doesn't pertain specifically to this thread, but to hunting in general: I think we should be careful when equating <em>legal</em> to <em>ethical</em>. Being legal is the minimum requirement for a hunter, but just because someone is legal it doesn't mean they are ethical. Legally I can take a gun that isn't properly zeroed and shoot up the woods, wounding deer I have little chance of recovering. Legally I can sling lead at deer well outside my shooting capability hoping for a lucky hit. Legally I can shoot at turkeys 80 yards away hoping for a lucky pellet to kill the bird. All these things are legal, but unethical. Being legal is the minimum requirement for a hunter. It should not be the only requirement. I see the argument all the time that as long as someone is legal we should respect the way they hunt. In my opinion, that is just not true.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spurhunter, post: 5742838, member: 5695"] This doesn't pertain specifically to this thread, but to hunting in general: I think we should be careful when equating [I]legal[/I] to [I]ethical[/I]. Being legal is the minimum requirement for a hunter, but just because someone is legal it doesn't mean they are ethical. Legally I can take a gun that isn't properly zeroed and shoot up the woods, wounding deer I have little chance of recovering. Legally I can sling lead at deer well outside my shooting capability hoping for a lucky hit. Legally I can shoot at turkeys 80 yards away hoping for a lucky pellet to kill the bird. All these things are legal, but unethical. Being legal is the minimum requirement for a hunter. It should not be the only requirement. I see the argument all the time that as long as someone is legal we should respect the way they hunt. In my opinion, that is just not true. [/QUOTE]
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