John McCoy: Could ‘kill shots’ eventually kill hunting?

[EspressoBuzz]

John McCoy: Could ‘kill shots’ eventually kill hunting?

http://www.wvgazettemail.com/outdoors/20170401/john-mccoy-could-kill-shots-eventually-kill-hunting

Thoughts?

 

[philoshop]

I'd much rather watch videos of poor shot placement and endless hours of tracking. Or 3 hours of camera focus on the guy holding last place in a car race. Or an entire game film of a guy sitting on the bench at a ball game.

You'll have to help me out because I don't understand the argument here.

[G-Man]

It has already lead people to think killing a big buck is easy. Thus the push for antler restriction..if there are more big bucks I can just go out and kill one.. 

Fact is if your a bad hunter it won't help..

[Dinsdale]

His info is incorrect......kill shots were shown on American Sportsman and examples of such are easy to find on You Tube.

[Marion]

The author must be anti hunting

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[left field]

You should move this to General Hunting.

His article was poorly argued, but there's some merit in it. The issue isn't killing shots; it's video that's nothing but killing shots taken to the extreme. 

This was recently brought up on WOS. 

The point about producers going to any means necessary to get the shot is a good one. Lasy year, Montana Wild was fined for poaching Bull Trout for a video. The sad thing is they didn't seem to care and posted a feckless weasely response to the crime.