hi Esau,
good job on removing the videos- that was just a personal observation, and not a requirement- just my own opinion and perspective- i certainly do not expect people or business to abide by my "decree"
but i, personally, do think it was a smarter move.
i fully understand the status the hogs have down south, and that they are a scourge, and do unlimited damage- accepted!
we have a similar situation where i live- except its deer this time. they were introduced here- do untold damage to the environment- the govt really doesnt care whether they are pitlamped, or tags are exceeded etc etc- we get 15 tags and a season that lasts 9 months!the govt has many culls, and has also considered poison for the deer- but i think the potential for collateral damage was too high
the evaluation on the dead hog, in my eyes, was acceptable, ( in hindsight though, it was obviously the boar you had just shot in the pen!)-
however the shooting of a live animal in a penned environment, whether vermin or not will verily open the can of proverbial worms.
the case, is not whether it was wild or not,or whether it was vermin or not. what we are talking about here is fair chase, and ethical hunting.
a bow is by no means considered an ethical, controlled environment, butchering tool for animals, it is obviously a hunting weapon, and only that, it is absolutely indicative of a hunting scenario!
this is obviously a fine, and treacherous line, had the video/ exercise/ experiment been of a wild hog shot at a feeder in the open, it would have been more acceptable.
i like Ben, had to switch the video off- sorry! not only in empathy for the hog, but rather in disbelief that this was part of a corporate marketing profile.
remember, with the trad shooters( and i grossly generalize here- so bear with me ) you are trying to appeal to, they are a different animal... weird, whacky, do things very differently, never mind doing things outside the box- they mostly live outside the box- and some of them guys in Pa. dont even have a box!
cant get two of them to agree on the same topic- but under all that, they do share a common thread- their loyalty to principle and code of ethics is of the highest i have seen anywhere. they are easy going,and super easy to make friends with, or to win over on your side- but stomp on their private code....
i sincerely wish you every luck with your endeavor.
regards
Wayne