Taking an ethical shot.

[snobiller22]

A few years ago my brother stalked up to a buck and as he relesed the arrow the buck jumped from quartering away to straight away and ended up shooting it directly up the butt with the vanes sticking out. Fortunatly it ran about 80 yards and piled up. Now this year one of our buddys had a cow at 15 yards facing straight away, and he told my that he remembered that my bro had killed by shooting up the rear end so he let it fly. This didn't sit well with me because i consider it to be disrespecting the animal and i had let him know that it's one thing to have an animal jump the string, but then it's completly different to do it on purpose. Anyway the point im getting at is that i think that there should be more shot placement emphasized either in hunter saftey courses, pre-hunt requirements or maybe something different. I just don't think that high percentage shots are not stressed enough. Teach them while there young and don't take stupid shots

[jumpshooter]

amen to that

[Elkhuntingfool]

This didn't sit well with me because i consider it to be disrespecting the animal

Agree 1000+ percent!

[snobiller22]

What other suggestions do you have to educate these hunters??? Maybe we could get something goin.

[tex-o-bob der yeger]

Making bowhunter education mandatory in this stae would be a good start.

[rifle666]

Making bowhunter education mandatory in this stae would be a good start.

+1

[HuntDucksOrDieTrying]

yeep. overder by dat muntin me n bobby dun got deer overder n it was a good un at hund yerds hit em smac in der hed fell good n fast. yeep.

[elkhunter32481]

Why would the "TEXAS HEART SHOT" be un-ethical? Does it get the Job done? If that is the only shot you have (after trying to get closer etc) then what is wrong with that shot?