RE: DEER DRIVES NOT HUNTING
I hunt across the road a little bit from some guys that have a tree line that borders the road, and a pasture/timber/junkyard on the other side of the trees.....like 5 guys spread out along that tree line....after daylight usually....and are spread out about 50-75 yards each, just standing in the tree line. Then, their other 5 or so friends walk across the pasture at a diagonal driving any deer.....Like someone said, to each his own, and if its legal thats fine with me, but when i am over in my stand and i hear about a dozen shots in 15 seconds, I just wonder as to what enjoyment these guys are getting out of this.....Also, I have heard of these guys not honestly knowing who had shot the deer....Also, another time, we heard about 6 shots and we were on our radios, my father and brother and I, and were talking about them, and how some deer probably just got a couple bullet holes in him, and then a deer came running in front of my brothers stand, and it was a decent looking buck....running broadside, so my brother shot the deer at about 20 yards, and when we got to him, we found out that he was probably running from those guys, and had the front of his jaw shot, and his back leg....my brother took a spine shot, and dropped him on the spot...
After we shot him, we let him sit for a little while, because I also had some movement near my stand, so we all waited....when we got out of our stands and checked the deer and all....we loaded him up on the truck and took him to the front of the timber near the road and saw those guys....The first thing my dad did was ask them how they did, and they said that they had all filled their tags.....So, I cant be sure, but im gonna guess they shot at that deer, hit him twice, and no one went and tracked him....and just continued to hunt....
Obviously, this isnt every hunter who drives deer, more than likely the small small minority, but from that experience, I have had a bad impression.