Thread: Summer hunting .....a question of ethics??

the key to any herd management is taking hinds as they're always in higher proportions than males. Really you should be taking old hinds that are past their most reproductive stage but I won't shoot a hind if there is even a chance at her having a fawn, I don't need meat that badly to make her poor fawn die of starvation.
I won't shoot spikers anymore either unless there is pressure from an outside source to do so e.g. archery sponsors wanting something.

Then there are the blokes who say "well I hunt for meat not trophies", fair call but lots of people do hunt for trophies so why's it hard to show some respect for them and their hunting goals.

What bugs me is soft velvet stags, I can't congratulate someone who shoots a soft velvet stag...sorry, but no way from me.