AH, I think Iunderstand now why the post was removed.
My Brother did "hold" the shot on a beautiful 15 pointer with 2 drop tines that were palmated. He did not shoot because the deer was 30 yds outside the fence where wedid not have permissionadjoining of the public landwe hunted. It was in western Kansas, unit 2 Cedar Bluff, biggest damn deer I had ever seen! The shot would have been 125 yds, piece of cake for my brother and his .280 rem. He did not take the shot and the big boy saw some "terrace jumpers" coming his way. (We used to be "hunter-gathers" now we have evolved to "hunter-tresspassers" as a culture, i guess.) The smart deer saw this and took off.
Western Kansas is "the" place to take a deer illegally, not likely to get caught during rifle season where there are 63 CO's for 80,000 hunters in the field. My brother is a man of integrity and does not rationalize things away to justify poor decisions.
I believe the post was removed because this crap of "Evyerone else would take it" mentality is one of the reasons I am considering giving up hunting. The masses which do it now don't know they aren't "hunting". For instance:
Your tellin me that if you scout all season, plant the land, hang-stands, spend hundreds of hours in the stand, fill your buck tags, and go out to manage does, and a 260 INCH DEER walks out you couldn't be proud of outsmarting him and harvesting him??? GET REAL and OFF YOUR HIGH-HORSE.
That is not hunting, it is baiting. BIG DIFFERENCE!!
And this rationalization that you would take the deer is "Lawbreaking">
So, many of you would argue when it comes to all these other social ills we are: "a nation of laws", but when it comes to your recreation "it is no big deal". "It is just a joint, or I just had a couple of beers and drove, or I just paid for a BJ," or etc......these are all illegal, just like poaching
That is the samedefense johns use when they are busted for solicitation of a lady of the evening.
Our hunting community needs an ethics infusion STAT!!
The post and your posts all need to be removed as it violates the 8th rule of posting on huntingnet, no posting of material that can be used by the antihunting communtity against hunters.
WELL, collectively you gave them the motherload, thanks.