ORIGINAL: Virginia Mike
Hey News,
I hope that the numbers are more like you said then what I think they are. It would be great if there could be some kind of understanding between the dog hunters and the landowners. I would be glad to open my land to them when I don't have plans to hunt and it was reciprocal, but the guys near me don't want to play nice. I can tell that you fit right in with us Virginians, stubborn to the last drop. Good for you for following the rules and putting up a good argument. You still did not address or defend taking running shots. How do you feel about that. You mentioned your recent hunt on which a good number of deer were taken. How many were taken on deer that were running and were any deer wounded?
VA Mike,
Well I will addressthe running shot issuebut only briefly as there wasrecently about 12 pages on that topic(I will try to link it for you in case you want to read it). It all depends on the circumstances, the weapon, the distance and the individual shooter. This is one of my statements from the other thread:
"A bow, a rifle, and a shotgun are all different weapons with different characteristics. When I bowhunt or rifle hunt I am still hunting and usually don't see running deer so I guess that is one reason but more importantly Iwouldn't feel confident with my bow or rifle shooting at running deer as it is not something I practice with those pieces of equipment. Now a shotgun is different for obvious reasons and shooting clays and other moving targets is pretty common practice.
I should not have said advocate in my earlier post just simply I do not take running shots with my bow or rifle. I'm sure there are many who can do it with a rifle(I'm not one)but a bow has some trajectory issues and I personallywouldn't feel comfortable or confident in that kind of shot.
You draw the line by knowing your equipment(in my case it is a shotgun) and what it and you are capable of. Anything beyond those capabilities you don't shoot."
Here is the linkif it works:
RE: How do you hit a running deer?