Bow hunting should be viewed with the same horror as bull fighting, cock fighting or dog fighting

[flamin lib]

7. Not weighing in on the side of the OP but there is a single commonality

in the replies: skill.

There's far too little of it in almost every aspect of amateur sport. How many nut busting videos of wanna' be skate board celebrities have gone viral?

The deer in the article was obviously shot from a high vantage point, ie tree stand, not from some highly skilled stalking at his own level. Beyond that who the hell takes a head shot with any weapon? It's stupid and I've seen worse results--don't ask.

Hunting in modern America is essential to maintaining a healthy population of game animals as habitat shrinks and gene pool along with it. Perverse to animal rights activists I know but true nonetheless. It just has to be done right. That takes work and restraint on the part of hunters.

So, if you hunt make it your business to raise the skill level for your sport. Support legislation for hunter education and instruction. Make a noise to elevate your pass time to a passion. Make people ashamed to go into the forest without skills. Set your own skill level as the floor for anyone coming into your domain.

Treat your quarry with the respect and reverence deserving of an animal giving it's life for you while you realize it isn't a fair fight.