Nutterbuster started this whole thing, but it got me thinking. WHY? Why don't we do some of the things we mentioned on here? Is it the law and going to jail? Is it the ethics, but fun to joke about? Honestly, most of the things mentioned are simple game laws and completely doable if you don't care about the consequences. Going to jail keeps me, along with a lot of people from doing questionable things. No 2 people live by the same ethics.
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The Purge.... Why not???
- Thread starter Loopwing
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JBDaddy
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On the advice of my lawyer, I invoke my right not to answer this question, Senator.
Why do you wear clothes when you go out or drive on the right side of the road or follow any rule at all?
BowhunterXC
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There is only 1 rule. The SSS rule. 
Shoot, skin, saute???There is only 1 rule. The SSS rule.
I was wondering if it was tweaked for some of the more edible targets.
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Aside from laws and consequences (which don’t really matter because I would never consider breaking them) I believe largely in fair chase and proper ethics. Just something my family has always preached in every aspect of life. A human being with high standard ethics and whole hearted morals needs no guidance in life aside from what the big guy upstairs gives him.
Iron_llama
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We also discussed this in https://saddlehunter.com/community/...penalties-are-cases-really-a-deterrent.51338/ Conversations about morality and personal ethics as applied in the world and contrasting those with legal obligations are always worthwhile. Obviously some people pursuing game have no regard for morality or ethics or legal obligations. But @Tim0712 gave the answer that I would.
BowhunterXC
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Some people have "the right to remain silent", but they do not have the ability.
I like those answers. To play devil's advocate, is it more ethical to take a marginal shot with a fixed blade broadheads or a high powered rifle? I am talking actual marginal to the vitals, not an unethical shot. A high powered in the chest cavity will usually kill a deer. A fixed broadheads in the chest cavity may not have the same effect so to kinetic energy. In that logic is it less ethical to shoot an arrow at a deer? For the record, I sling arrows to, just play the devil's advocate side.
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Choosing to take a shot with low likelihood of success is an indicator of the hunters questionable ethics in general and has nothing to do with the tools chosen. Sounds like that shot you're theoretically describing is marginal with a bow, acceptable with a gun. Ethics dictate choose the gun, all other things being equal so bow=wait and don't take the shot. Or do because there's likely a few hundred other factors affecting the decision as well.
Not a marginal ethic shot, I am taking a 30.06 round going through a chest cavity, the concussion will have mortal damage to the vitals. A broadheads can pass through a chest cavity and not hit anything vital. Marginally missing the vital organs.
Yeah, and my point is the mechanics of the projectile passing through the chest cavity makes the comparison moot, as shot placement depends on location and projectile
huntin_addict
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I am also an infidel.