Aldo Leopold was the pioneer of “land ethics” in the first half of the 20th century. Inspired by Leopold, his fellow professor at the University of Wisconsin, Van Rensselaer Potter, coined the term "bioethics" in the second half of the 20th century (1970). Both terms have a powerful social and personal component. Both terms evoke an integration of values ​​and environment. The same goes for “hunting ethics,” an integration of values ​​and action based on biology and the “earth.” The hunter has affection and awe for all creations of nature, perhaps more than any other human observer, for the hunter must read the most subtle signs of his prey, its habitat and its behavior , to succeed. In case of success, respect and regret are the dominant sensitivities. The moral responsibility of the hunter is linked to the purpose for which the prey is killed. Is it for food? for the human joy of the hunt? build a tangible repository of memories? or to test the civilized human being against an amoral and harsh natural world? Buried within us, too deep to remember, but only under a few layers of civilization, are the ancient instincts of the hunter/gatherer who make no distinction between the artificial and the natural and who concentrate entirely on hunting. Our Paleolithic era spanned millions of years, our Neolithic spanned only a few millennia. Today, triumph and the power of possession have become common values ​​for some sport hunters. In 2008, these latter values ​​of "triumph" and "possession" seem to infect the ethos of these hunters and their fraternities, particularly the Safari Club International (SCI) and what has more recently become the Grand Slam Club/Ovis (GSCO). (Of which I am both a lifetime member.) These values ​​only serve the purpose of the "collector" where the...... middle of paper ...... author of American & British 410 Shotguns, has been a mountain hunter all his life with more than four dozen expeditions for mouflons and ibexes around the world. This book is a series of vignettes from some of these hunts, an all-consuming vocation. Ron’s professional vocation is that of a pediatric neurologist; today clinical professor emeritus of neurology and pediatrics at the University of California (Los Angeles) School of Medicine, where he taught for 40 years. He is board certified by the American Boards of Child Neurology & Pediatrics and certified as a pediatric neuroimager by the American Society of Neuroimaging. He co-authored the Textbook of Child Neurology for the first four editions and has authored other professional publications. Currently caring for children with neurological conditions and enjoying the company of a large Southern California family..