I really enjoy this topic and enjoy seeing the pictures and reading the stories that accompany them.

I think legal and ethical are the standards by which a man measures his hunting. It's fine to hold oneself to a standard that is higher, but never lower, than legal and ethical. I'm reminded of a line from Cory Ford, "A purist is someone who goes to great lengths to deny himself a little pleasure." I've been around people who say you're not a real bowhunter if you use a compound bow. It's certainly alright for them to limit themselves to certain equipment, but if the state laws say it is legal and ethical equipment, so it is.

I'll leave you with another funny line from Corey Ford's Lower Forty. One of the members of the Lower Forty was having a bad day on the home trout waters. He's complaining and says, "This old trout stream isn't what it used to be, and furthermore, it never was." Figure that one out.