Originally Posted By: Stan
Ethics, as regards hunting methods, are a vague and moving target....

...Trust me when I say we've come a looooong way in conservation and ethics in taking game since the 1700-1800s....

Sorry to drift further off topic, but I was recently reading some short story accounts of hunting in India in the 1800's. It seems some of the hunters of the day didn't hesitate to use human corpses for tiger bait. It's a different time now, but I don't think there's anything wrong with finding the history absolutely fascinating. It's similar in ways to the historical buffalo and fur trade. Besides, the rifles used have very familiar sounding maker names and the business no doubt helped keep gunmakers viable.