Vabowman

Yeh, I felt for him, we have all done the bad shot thing, or at least most of us have, he really felt terrible about it, in fact, when they found the deer he cried, not because it was so huge, but because he didn't have to feel like he let the Drury's down anymore.

Schultzy

And some are way out in left field on there decisions!! Common sence can go along ways!

davidmil

Well from my way of thinking, I think it was all pretty staged I figure. I believe they wanted to keep it in the video but had to do something to counter the ethics posse ahead of time.

Schultzy

It wouldn't suprise me!

Germ

VA me and Terry had a talk about this in 2003 when he came to Cabela's

I am going to get 1 shop chance at 140+ buck in MI per year. Drury's can let a 140 walk and 2 more may come down the trail.
When I get a deer in range, and I feel it is a Killing shot I am going to take it.

I could careless what the Drury boys think about it

jackflap

I understand the point you are trying to make and we are probably splitting hairs but it is not that simple, imo.

Unfortunately, there are those who will try and force a shot, especially on trophy animals,because they think they have the ability to make it and so long as they can recover the horns in the next several weeks they are okay taking the shot and will still feel good about it.

Therefore it fits their belief system and they may have the ability to make the shot more so than others, but that does not make it ethical if time proven results has warranted it a low percentage shot in regards to being lethal and recoverable.

HuntinGUS

I have taken a head on shot once.I was still hunting in the rain and walked up on a pibald doe. She was about 25 yards away slightly up hill. I drew and she picked up my movement. She squared up to me and started to do the head bob and foot stomp. The aarow hit where I was aiming in the center of he chest and abouthalf of the aarowexited he rear end. She took one hop and died within 2 feet of whare ahe was standing.

I would never have take the shot from a treestand, but at the time I felt pretty comfortable with my ability to make a good clean kill.

GMMAT

Then he's taken a legal shot at a legal animal. If he's OK with the choice of shot and the possibilities of the outcome........ANYTHING else is YOU projecting YOUR ethics on HIS situation.

See?

You can say "I don't think it was ethical" and that's fine. It's your opinion.

annika3

It is a extremly difficult shot and very liitle room for error. Typically this shot doesn't bleed very well either. It is not a shot that I would personally take, ever.

Germ

Two steps, LOL

I have seen drury(terry) make some piss poor shots with deer 20 yds broadside
I have let 3 bucks walk over 150'' inside 20 yds the past 10 years, they still haunt me. I was not comfortable with the shot, I have let does walk also.

Not only do we have horn porn or envy.
We have shot addiction as well, kill is no good these days unless it is the "perfect shot" kill. This is putting way to much pressure on hunters. The killzone is the size of a basketball. Stick and arrow in there and tell Drury's to go pound sand

Side note I happen to like both those guys. The shot police is getting old IMO