Nothing is unfair when it comes to roosters...except how unfair it is that they are so smart and tough!
Now as for unethical? We'd probably need to discuss whether taking more than X birds per season is unethical. 6 birds a year should be enough to classify someone as an ultimate pheasant...
Stopping by Cornfields on a Pheasant Evening
By Limitless and AI
Whose field this is I think I know.
His house is in the town below;
He will not see me pausing here
To watch the cover fill with snow.
My bird dog thinks it mighty queer
To stop with ringnecks hiding near
Between the corn and...
Reasons why I don't trim the tag ends on Honey's collars:
1) The collars are orange. The more orange on her the better for me to see her.
2) We've ended untold numbers of roosters with those tag ends. No telling what might happen if we were to upset that arrangement. Definitely not...