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It's tough to relate to hunting living where you do. Your perception of hunting could change if you had the opportunity to be around true sportsman who are mostly naturalists in their own right. The ethical reasons for hunting are varied and legitimate and if you spent a week in a hunt camp with the kinds of hunters who truly love the wild and all that goes into hunting you would be impressed. That being said, there are a hell of a lot of idiots who hunt. t.

As an avid hunter myself....I saw several "red flags"....a couple have been mentioned: 1.) I either have serious doubts about his big game experience in that he describes making a "kill shot" and heard the crashing, etc....but can't find the carcass of the adult? I've tracked numerous bowkills, some with and without blood trails...always with success. Your telling me he can't track a wounded 600 pound animal that is "crashing", etc.....should have been easy.....so basically we don't have a confirmed kill on the adult. 2.) Your telling me his buddy gets out of the vehicle and doesn't take his gun when they look for this "monster"....and then they split up for a while and the buddy has no gun...sure...tracking a wounded BF with no gun?? 3.) I'm sorry, I haven't seen many .25-06's or any rifle near that caliber leave a "basketball" size exit hole.....this all could be 100% on the level....but there are some things not adding up!

I should think that the journal editors "touched it" to begin with full well knowing the risks and thought the risk to reputation were acceptable because of the quality of the paper and the precedent that would be set to be the first scientific journal to blow the field of primatology wide open sort of like Denisova, Floresiensis and recent Ardi and Neanderthal efforts have impacted paleoanthropology and paleoarchaeology.

He really blew off the point about whether he was poaching at the time. He seems to think it was a non-event, in which I totally disagree. I"m not a hunter, so I'm not part of the culture, but I do know this guy is very dangerous. He has absolutely no regard for anything living, saying he would shoot and kill things that don't "belong" in the area. The vast majority of hunters I do know follow the laws which means if they are out duck hunting and see a deer and it isn't in season, they don't shoot it. They respect the season, respect the laws and aren't out randomly killings things that don't "belong". This guy has the mentality that he can kill anything if it fits in his narrow objective. Whether he was poaching is very relevant to the type of person and the actions he took on that day. The premeditated act of killing the juvenile should be reviewed by the proper authorities. He was not in any danger and had to defend himself, so his actions should have consequences. This was very difficult for me to watch

Hoaxers give the bigfoot community a bad name.

More on Standing. http://squatchdetective.com/standingdisappears.htm

JohnC, they say sunlight is the best disinfectant, so bringing this to light is a way to show T. Standing for what he is and also to show that the bigfoot community will call out people who attempt to pull a fast one. I'd like to thank all the folks who run this place for allowing this to be discussed, unlike other places I will not name that will not allow certain things to be mentioned. It's best to be open about these things, as JohnC noted, to help out the new folks who otherwise might not be privy to this information. You are to be commended for your honest efforts. To me that is one of the best things about this forum other than the wonderful knowledgeble posters who deliver such great info, and why I joined the discussion here but will not at some others.