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Old 09-25-2002 | 08:43 AM
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timbercruiser
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Default RE: Whats with deer feeders?

It seems like every two or three months someone will start one of these "ethics or my way is the only way" threads. I have always tried to go by the "if it is legal and you are comfortable with it, then go for it". But don't try to preach your way as the only way. Most of the time it is a result of the individual hunter being raised with a specific kind of hunting method. 30-30 says that he sets up on game trails, which is fine by me, but his handle suggest that he hunts with a 30-30 rifle. What is so ethical about sitting in a tree waiting for a deer to travel a trail to a food source with a high-powered rifle that you can hit a half dollar at a hundred yards? There are many that would argue that compound bow hunting is the only way, some would say that long-bows are the only way, some say that stalk hunting is the only way etc, which would put his way of hunting as unacceptable. A lot of people frown on deer-dog hunting, but have no problem with quail, duck, raccoon and other dog hunting methods. Same with the baiting idea. No problem with agriculture fields, oak thickets, food plots, sex-scent attractants, mineral licks and other attractants although these could also be defined as baiting. The only thing threads like this serve is to divide hunters.

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