Thanks again everybody for your posts and opinions, I still stand with mine.
polarbear - its surprising to see that you followed my last post, I didnt think you would be able to. First, eric, you answer your own questions and then Ill give you my answers, "3 inch group at 700 yards", etc, etc, etc. And yes by your comments you are coming across as holier than thou. I think the majority of us think you lying through your teeth not shooting at a bull of ANY class at that distance, BULL. See how easy you are to judge people, talking about other peoples self control and such. Wise up buddy, its becoming more and more clear who is talking out their a**. Let me rub your feet and pat you on the back, you sir, seem holier than thou and your comments back it up. So what is the farthest shot you will take with a bow? Because I know what distance I think is unethical with a bow, and I'll let you know when you reply. Maybe we will differ on that too, or maybe you will continue to think you are right in every situation and have all the right answers.
bowdaddi - thanks for the comments, once again I agree. For those of you who have misunderstood my opinion, polarbear, I will say it again. I think he deserved the ticket, but I was questioning the fine, thats all. Yes I think the judge should have taken into account all factors and made he decision on that.
D13er - No whining here, he paid the fine, I agree thats life sometimes you get burned and sometimes you dont. I still think he could have ended up with a lesser fine.
mymuley - man you are right, actually the elk ran right up to our truck and laid down. My brother slit his throat with his swiss army knife and cut off the extra 5 points on each side, and still got fined!!! Apparently in your world noone is allowed to give more detail to clear the story up. Why would you want to try and score a spike at all? No, I dont believe you when you say that you wouldnt take a shot at any bull over 300 yards. Not trying to make myself feel better here, I never felt bad, I didnt get the ticket. My whole point in posting this story was to show that people have different opinions and different levels of ehtics and morals, I think that has been proven by the many different posts. Im glad it accomplished this, now when people post stories and pics hopefully we can all lay off them for what (the commentor) believed they (the hunter) did or did not do right. But from the posts of certain individuals I can tell that that probably wont happen because it has shown they have to much pride or are to childish, or are to holier than thou to just let a guy post his story and let everyone enjoy it. Ill see you in the woods.
pj31178 - I agree, years ago I tried just that. I was way off on my guess, thats what made me work on being better at judging distances in the field. Now I am pretty darn close when I have to guess, at 300 yards we have our rifles dead on and so that shot, since we practice it all the time, is not a problem for us like it seems to be for other people. Maybe I'll feel like you when I am older, but for now, 300 yards IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT, I'm shooting.
(I cant wait to see what comments I get for capitalizing, if the circumstances permit.)
MuleyMadman79 - First things first, there was no question in our mind, it was a spike that we were looking at. He might turn himself in again, but he might not. His trust in the DWR was shaken and he felt like he was taken a little on the fine.
elkantlers - thanks for the post, it seems like you are someone who is willing to let people have their own opinion and not label them or degrade them for making mistakes. We need more people like you around.
polarbear, again, - boy i really hit a hot button with you didnt i? things in your life going ok, or are you just pissed off at the world? How tall are you? You show me THE RULE, that says it is "WRONG" to shoot at an animal, running, at over 300 yards. Go to the proclamation, or wherever you need to and find the rule so I can look it up and then we can have a better discussion about this. But first you need to follow my directions closely, find that rule, but it cant saying anything about "uncertain" targets because we were certain when we were shooting, we made a mistake, you obviously dont.
You must not allow people to make mistakes in your world. OH thats right cuz you seem to be MR. Perfect when it comes to hunting, etc. So find that rule, that says that is "WRONG" and then we will talk.
Are you 7 years old and think that that running wolf makes your posts cooler than everybody elses?