Originally Posted By Skellington88 Hunting is one thing. Flying around in helicoptors sniping animals just for kicks and then offering up bounties for there severed legs is quite another.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <What is an ethical way to hunt? Either it is OK or it is not OK. > A lot of my MO relatives are avid hunters, and they would disagree. Remember when Cheney shot his friend in the face? They weren't out in the woods shooting wild birds, they were at a place that catches the birds beforehand, and releases a bunch together which the mighty sportsmen then shoot at. It's slightly more difficult and slightly more fair than just shooting them while they're caught (or shooting the proverbial fish in a barrel). According to my relatives, "real" hunters consider this cheating.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 But back OT, yes the 2-minute Obama ad is very good, and certainly refreshing.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<They weren't out in the woods shooting wild birds, they were at a place that catches the birds beforehand, and releases a bunch together which the mighty sportsmen then shoot at. It's slightly more difficult and slightly more fair than just shooting them while they're caught (or shooting the proverbial fish in a barrel). >> Agreed. But don't you think it was more trying to cover the vast areas of Alaska than to enable a cheap shot? I've never hunted so I don't really know (heck, I don't even fish any more because I got to where I couldn't stand seeing the fish gasp and flop around while I gutted them). But if I was gonna go huntin' wolves I don't think I'd do if from a 1,000 feet up in a machine that makes so danged much noise every wolf within 5 miles knows you are coming!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't know how other people view it, but I know to my MO relatives, if you're hunting from any sort of motorized vehicle (with the exception of getting to the area in the first place), you're giving yourself an unfair advantage on the animal.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Of course, having a high-powered rifle while the animal does not is NOT seen as an unfair advantage; I didn't say they were consistent, I said this is how they feel.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan For the record, I think bowling from a helicopter is entirely unsportsmanlike.
