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

[MontanaFarmer]

8. This is a *nonsensical* thread.

I've bowhunted a bit my whole life, obsessively the last 2 years. I've shot 2 animals with a bow, both elk, and both died within my sight, within moments. A faster death would never be found in nature. Do bad shots, mistakes, wounded animals occur? Certainly. Any decent hunter, especially a bowhunter, absolutely strives to take clean, ethical shots that kill quickly. There are also bad, unethical hunters, and they're viewed as unfavorably, or moreso, by other hunters than even by the non-hunting community in my experience. To ethically take an animal with a bow is a reverential, wonderful, complicated rush of emotions that is impossible to explain. I'll close by saying this: i love elk like i love no other animal on earth. I love how they communicate, how they socialize, the pungent whiffs in the dark timber, how richly they feed me and my family. I have no qualms hunting them with archery tackle because i know i can do it ethically and with respect for the animal i revere.