Dave: I didn't question what the OP said, I said the ESSENCE of the thread was weather it was ethical to shoot at this long range. Any idiot knows a shot could be made, the question is can it be done in a consistently humane manner
Contrary to what you believe morals and ethics which regulate society are set by society, not individually. You can have your own standards but if they infringe on the ethics society has set for whatever the issue you can't claim they are justified because they are your personal values. The hunting society as a whole condemns shooting at such extreme range because the chances of something going wrong increase as range increases. Thus this extreme long range shooting is unethical period.
If technology did reach the point that this long range shooting was ethical [acceptable] we would soon have much less opportunity to hunt. Look at what technology has done to bow hunting opportunities.
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