Backcountry Ethics

[Western Hunter]

Hunters experience many different kinds of behavior while afield. Often, these experiences become part treasured memories with hunting partners or other hunters we encounter along the trail. On other occasions, these encounters may cause us to pause and wonder what motives were behind what we have encountered. Hunting customs, traditions, and ethics are all intricately […]

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Great read. I always choose to be the better man without a struggle in trying encounters with unsportsmanlike individuals, especially now that I'm hunting with my daughter and want to set an example for her. Still, it definitely rattles me when I see or hear about unethical behavior, or am forced to relocate because of dangerous or disrespectful activity, because I was raised differently and I have a hard time just accepting that fewer and fewer people in the field each year seem to have a functioning moral compass.