The guy who runs The Fish Sniffer, one of Nor. California's most popular hunting/fishing sites posted an article about his D zone deer hunt. In it he mentions that he filled his tag by taking a 200 yard butt shot.

D-Zone Bucks! Written By: Cal Kellogg, September 22, 2014

"The buck was about level with me and facing straight away about 200 yards away. It wasn’t an ideal shot, but it was the only shot I was going to get.

I put the crosshairs on the base of his tail, the rifle went off and buck went down as if pole axed. When I dressed the husky forked horn I found that the 7mm slug had traveled through the abdominal cavity beneath the spine shredding the left lung and major vessels leading to the heart. Despite my worst fears the bullet didn’t hit any major bones and very little meat was lost."



When questioned in the big game forum about the ethics of taking that shot he went on the justify it by saying he was using a 7mm Remington Magnum and he felt confident in making the shot. The poster and others called him on taking that shot under any circumstances and Kellogg responded by deleting the thread.

So what do you all think about taking a 200 butt shot on a blacktail and the guy who runs a fishing and hunting site bragging about it. This guy and his moderators also delete and ban posters (I know from personal experience) who question flossing, aka snagging salmon and steelhead. Personally I think it is reprehensible. They should be proponents of hunting and fishing ethically and are doing just the opposite.