Doc Nock wrote: Reading such posts, I always key in on the “ethical” question that is raised.

I once read something that stuck with me: Ethics are what we do when nobody is there to see us

That about covers it for me.

People like Ishi hunt to survive…next meal, life sustenance and all that… I’m pretty sure I’d do a lot of things if I were starving or very hungry that I’d like to believe I’d not do, “if nobody was there to see”.

As for killing shot? Well, I think most of us would agree that the neck or TX Heart is a “low percentage” kill shot. Sure, it can happen, but it’s not what we would want to count on…

Sums it up for me! I don’t need to kill an animal, and I don’t want to kill an animal so bad to gamble on a shot other than a broadside lung/heart shot.