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As Aldo Leopold, the “father of wildlife management,” once said, “Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching—even when doing the wrong thing is legal.” The ethical code hunters use today has been developed by sportsmen over time. Most hunting organizations agree that responsible hunters do the following:
Nov 20, 2006 · The Boone and Crockett Club defines fair chase as “the ethical, sportsmanlike, and lawful pursuit and taking of any free-ranging wild, native North American big-game animal in a manner that does not give the hunter an improper advantage over such animals.” So, what exactly does the U.S.-based organization mean by “ethical”?
Feb 7, 2024 · As hunters, we’re constantly confronted with ethical and moral issues. Some are thrust upon us, such as the 2017 closure of B.C.’s grizzly hunt. That was fueled by the ethics of the broader community, which simply wanted the hunt stopped. It had nothing to do with science-based evidence about the actual health of the bear population.
Apr 25, 2021 · The arguments for and against hunting are complicated. This page explains wildlife management, ethics, recreation, and human/deer conflicts.
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Nov 13, 2023 · Ethics in hunting specifically refers to a code of conduct that hunters should abide and practice while in the field pursuing game. For many, the game laws themselves dictate the actual ethical code; if it’s legal, then it’s ethical. However, is that always true, or are there times when something is not ethical, even though it’s legal?
Feb 9, 2017 · Every year as daylight dwindles and trees go bare, debates arise over the morality of hunting. Hunters see the act of stalking and killing deer, ducks, moose, and other quarry as humane, necessary, and natural, and thus as ethical. Critics respond that hunting is a cruel and useless act that one should be ashamed to carry out.
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Ethics are a set of moral principles that guide a person’s behavior. So, the term hunting ethics specifically refers to a code of conduct that hunters should abide by. Now, ethics vary from person to person, so not everyone will agree all the time on what is considered ethical hunting and what is not (and that’s ok).