It always amuses me when folks talk about clean ethical kills and things like that. There are absolutely no ethics involved unless, of course, you care to make something up along the way.
But all such attempts are nothing but justificationism pure and simple.
dead is dead, nothing cool or ethical about it.
I watched a clip at another site where someone took down a moose with a bow. It was clean and quick, the shot right on the money. It was a good kill.
And I CAN appreciate the ability to hunt and be successful. I can do it myself. I just prefer not too. One majestic bull down right in front of his mate. forever.
So what about THOSE ethics?
See.. the problem for me is that if you raise one set of ethics, then you are subject to the other.
Its not that I am against it either, even though you might be taking it that way. I simply wish more people would look at it as an unnecessary thing at present. We could conceiveably hone the exact same skills with a paint ball gun that had the reach.
People kill those things as a matter of choice and not need. Therefore there are no ethics involved. Only good sounding excuses. That's part of why I don't hunt anything. well... hunted people while in the marine corps. done plenty of rabbits and such small stuff.
so I am not exactly squeeky clean or anything. I just sort of changed my mind somewhere down the road when I realized that my hunting was more of a fever and compulsion than anything else.
I'd like to save that fever for some kind of general revolt, armed rebellion, or nasty riot. Wars against corporate america would be cool... Do you think CEO tags would cost much? just jokin.
But I have heard of plenty stories of people using 1860s and such to take down deer. I don't know what the facts are.