ORIGINAL: AJ52
Wow - that's a very matter of fact statement condemning ALL stand hunters as lazy.Is this an attempt to Stir the Pot - sure sounds like it.
This isn't really intended to stir the pot, and I didn't think I said that ALL stand hunters were lazy, I'm just trying to get people to think outside the box a little. The same reasons that many use to say that someone else's way of hunting is lazy or unsportsmanlike can usually be used to say that their methods might have some of the same issues. The way many talk,the only "pure" hunting would be stalking with homemade devices.
In my neck of the woods(flat lands,coastal region)there are vast expances of marsh/wet lands with 8-10' stands of Fragmitis(sp),Marsh Grass,Sink Holes etc.These areas hold some huge animals that can't be stalked/still hunted of even seen unless your in a 10-12-14' edge stand,or they move out into clear within shotgun range.These deer hide where hunters can't or should not attempt to venture.So we hunt from stands.
I added the bold. This is what I'm trying to point out. Hunting styles seem regionalized to me. You aren't going to do a lot of spot and stalk in the east or south. It just isn't practical. In the west you aren't going to do much hunting from a stand. Some areas allow bait, some don't. To accuse people of being lazy slobs based on the hunting methods in their area is wrong.
I've seen more ATV'S - Hydraulic high reach stands mounted in a P/U bed, - 20ft+ Box stands - and even seen Quail hunters use Golf Carts in Texas than any other state I've been in.Is all this lazy or unethical - I don't think so.
I still have yet to hunt deer in Texas but have recently purchased some property and this fall will probably be my first attempt. I will probably use a stand of some sort and willprobably use bait of some sort. I would have never dreamed of doing either of thosethings even 5 years ago and regularly made fun of people who "hunted" deer in Texas because it must be like shooting cattle in a penusingbait to hunt deer.After seeing the areas and talking with people whohunt deer in Texas Idon't feel that way any longer.I doubt I will get to the point of riding around in a golf cartto hunt quail but if my knees gave out and I had the opportunity to do something like that Iprobably would.
Oh well,not sure if I will get anyone to think differentlyabout anything, I would just like to say that you shouldn't knock it until you've tried it, and just because you have had one bad experience with huntersusing one style of hunting doesn't mean all hunters that use that style of hunting are the same way.
My 2 cents.