Well, shooting or not shooting is not a reality since they exist only in the minds of Discovery channel producers and people who believe in ET, Santa, the Easter Bunny, fairies, leprechauns, ghosts and the host of fantasy creatures inhabiting the programing of cable channels.
IF they actually existed, given the number of supposed eye-witness "sightings", someone would have shot one already. Notice that anyone that see one seems never to have the ability to actually focus their camera? "Hunters" that see them always have an excuse for not being able to get off a shot. Please.
If you shoot one there will be trouble, not because "they" are a protected species, NO "unknown but possibly primate" DNA from hair samples etc means "they" DO NOT exist. The problem will be because you shot some idiot in a gorilla suit or a bear out of season.
