Shooting at a Running Deer/Animal - Ethical or Not?

[Drycreek3189]

I wouldn't shoot at an unwounded running deer anymore. I have a couple times in my youth, and once it didn't turn out well. I strive to kill everything I shoot with one shot, but I will shoot a hog or coyote anywhere, at any time, running or not.

[sharpshooter1]

Is it ethical to shoot a pig in the gut and let it run off?

[Dakota7493]

I wouldn't shoot at an unwounded running deer anymore. I have a couple times in my youth, and once it didn't turn out well. I strive to kill everything I shoot with one shot, but I will shoot a hog or coyote anywhere, at any time, running or not.

So ethical is just if you want the animal or not after it's dead? Just curious really.....

[2coolforschool]

Is it ethical to shoot a pig in the gut and let it run off?

Is it ethical to purposely gut shoot deer?

[JeffK]

It is only ethical if you give them a running chance.

[RobinBradbery]

Not for me.

[Razorback01]

Getting a few bites trolling. Might try casting a little.

Spray it with some scent, or put a nibble on a hook point.

[JeffK]

Does this survey include feral hogs?

Hard to beat a 30rnd mag hellfiring at a group of them bastages..........so I hear

Unethical if you have a round left in the mag when done. Well unless spray firing and hitting one of my cows.

Easiest shot on a running hog is the Texas Heart Shot!

[glen]

Is it ethical to put a spinning rod on a 5 gallon bucket with water in it and put a dab of peanut butter in middle of rod. Not sure but killed 14 barn mice in a night doing this. Ethics are for each person to decide. Some would say I’m unethical because the mice drown to their death

[Uncle Saggy]

Is it ethical to put a spinning rod on a 5 gallon bucket with water in it and put a dab of peanut butter in middle of rod. Not sure but killed 14 barn mice in a night doing this. Ethics are for each person to decide. Some would say I’m unethical because the mice drown to their death

Buckets huh?
I'm about sick and tired of buckets

[glen]

Gotta be in the cool group to get buckets Saggy

[whitecrow]

Sausage Kolache.

No such thing.

[Patton]

Each situation is different and each hunter is different, particularly their ethics and skills (or lack of). There are guys here that probably can't hit the side of a barn even if they're inside it; and other guys who can shoot birds out of the air with a bow. Everybody is going to different; which can make for some entertaining posts like the guy who said he aims at the femoral artery when bowhunting.

Gunna be lots of moral relativism with this one, which is funny coming from right wingers that typically attack leftists for the same thing.

Weren't you already kicked off TBH, JMalin? Twice?

[flywise]

Ethics in hunting is 100000000000% different than in the regular human existence.
Shooting running stuff......what difference does it make.

[okrattler]

Depends on who's shootin.