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<blockquote data-quote="upacreek" data-source="post: 1026655" data-attributes="member: 59039"><p>It's true the video is a small glimpse of what really happened. The problem I have is knowing my experience hunting elk this was a disappointment in ethics. We have shot elk after the sun had set. Never left them overnight without quartering them. This last season my brother in law and his 12 yr old son came back at 9:30 cause they needed to field dress the elk asap. The year before same situation, dad made the choice to shoot a spike the last 20 minutes of light at 550yrds. It wad a 45 minute horse ride in the dark to cross the canyon and get to it. We hauled the elk out that night and was back in camp by 10pm. Deer hunting this year my nephew shot a deer which put us getting to the truck at 11pm. We tough it out and recover our game. I realize sometimes animals can't be found. But the attitude when he says, "right where we left him" speaks volumes. Taking that shot near 5pm (II have no idea what time exactly the shot was made), with a 3 mile hike out leads the viewers to assume they didn't make much effort to find the elk.</p><p>That being said, it was a great shot. To me the first one was a miss. It was a dead bull. I don't care about the gun, or closed eyes(that's why I think it was a miss on the first shot). I just don't want it to be the reason we have rules placed on us and how we hunt. Showing ethical kills are great, but don't give the other side ammunition against us. I have idiots where I hunt that take 800yard shots that wound elk that they never recover. Makes me sick to think how many of these happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upacreek, post: 1026655, member: 59039"] It's true the video is a small glimpse of what really happened. The problem I have is knowing my experience hunting elk this was a disappointment in ethics. We have shot elk after the sun had set. Never left them overnight without quartering them. This last season my brother in law and his 12 yr old son came back at 9:30 cause they needed to field dress the elk asap. The year before same situation, dad made the choice to shoot a spike the last 20 minutes of light at 550yrds. It wad a 45 minute horse ride in the dark to cross the canyon and get to it. We hauled the elk out that night and was back in camp by 10pm. Deer hunting this year my nephew shot a deer which put us getting to the truck at 11pm. We tough it out and recover our game. I realize sometimes animals can't be found. But the attitude when he says, "right where we left him" speaks volumes. Taking that shot near 5pm (II have no idea what time exactly the shot was made), with a 3 mile hike out leads the viewers to assume they didn't make much effort to find the elk. That being said, it was a great shot. To me the first one was a miss. It was a dead bull. I don't care about the gun, or closed eyes(that's why I think it was a miss on the first shot). I just don't want it to be the reason we have rules placed on us and how we hunt. Showing ethical kills are great, but don't give the other side ammunition against us. I have idiots where I hunt that take 800yard shots that wound elk that they never recover. Makes me sick to think how many of these happen. [/QUOTE]
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