"I have coyotes in my backyard everyday. I have learned to live with them on a daily basis for over 25 yrs. It is not hard."
A lot of poor shots rationalize their lack of results :-)
This thread is rather funny as it is sad. This is a hunting and shooting and gun forum. What next no pictures of guns because non gun owners will be frightened and try to take them away? Ethics....ethics that are not codified in law are the perogative of the individual and therefore can always be debated. Anti hunting sentiments and dislike for hunting exist in a significant number of people working in wildlife agencies (I know I worked in one as an administrator). Holier than thou attitudes in game managers extremely prevalent and there is no changing their opinion as hunters are merely the unwashed masses (you know the gulf of ignorance). Many with that attitude also believe they must be our spokesmen and champions, we do not know what is in our own best interest attitude also prevails. Our enemies are among us. You can see it here and you know what happens to a house divided. Keep it up men! Whoever mentioned the appeasement of those who opposed us as failing our cause hit the nail on the head. In my state we have gone from having to have dead deer in plain sight when transporting to hidden from public view (like poachers would do) so we don't offend the non-hunting public. This and other similiar actions simply shield the non-hunting public fromt the life and death that is the reality for all of natures creatures including us. All predators fail to make clean kills 100%, be it man, bear, coon, fox, coyote, raptor etc. Nature is cruel you all know this. I am not condoning deliberate torture but that is not what happened here.
For Brent, what is the wounding and non recovered ratio for deer shot in an archery season? Bow and arrows are seldom ever capable of immediate clean kills and therefore I think that is an inhumane and unethical method of hunting. Please help me in banning bow hunting, afterall it's really no different than shooting a coyote facing away with a load of shot is it?
