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Old 02-01-2007 | 09:38 PM
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Default RE: The subjective nature of what is considered "hunting" vs "shooting"

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I define hunting as fair chase



What is your definition of that? (not P+Y or B+C)


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un baited,




Do you consider food plots, scents, and calls as "bait"??


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and shots inside of 100 yards. IMO



What is it about shots over 100 yards that makes it no longer "hunting" in your opinion??
For me fair chase is basically no high fences. I have no problem with scents or food plots but corn feeders and salt blocks are just kind of un-natural. The 100 yard range is just because I like being close enough to the deer to count the number of eyelashes it has! Don't get me wrong... I've shot deer with my .270 at up to 200 yards (because they are tasty no matter how they perish!) but it just didn't seem as exciting as being up close and personal. All I have ever used calls for is to stop deer. I've never really been that successful at calling in a deer. (never really tried that much either) I think for every person it is how you are brought up hunting. My father isn't much of a hunter (mostly squirrels he doesn't understand the joy I get from freezing temperatures stuck up in a tree) so I pretty much was drawn to hunting on my own and formed my own ideas. I also never understood deer drives (once again illegal in indiana I believe which probably caused my opinion)
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