As one of the many hunters out there that endeavor to cleanly and quickly invite game animals home for the winter, I just get tired of the crap that passes for "journalism" in the public venue....

Punching an elk cleanly through both lungs with any suitable projectile (Barnes TTSX, .50 maxi-ball, Muzzy-tipped Carbon Express, etc.) and the resultant respectfully performed duty to clean, quarter or bone out, pack out, process and use same is not sensational, except perhaps, to the guy doing the work. It occurs countless times each season, with the usual statistical number of "Ah [censored]!" events that happen to good hunters as well. The coyotes and ravens are the usual beneficiaries of such matters. All of this is not written up by "journalists" that likely don't know the difference between a "high-powered bow" and a Mathews Genesis kid bow.

There is a journalistic responsibility here as well when Dick Clever becomes a defacto spokesman for the archery and hunting community at large in a public forum. From my perspective, such responsibility is one that should not be taken lightly, and executed in the same accurate manner as when I seek to harvest an animal. Anything less is a dishonor to all parties, the elk included....