ORIGINAL: zrexpilot
There are sportsmen and there are hunters.
It seem sportsmen feel the need to give the deer a chance, like either using a bow or a muzzle loader or not hunting over bait etc etc. Like its some kind of game.
A true hunters sole objective is to kill a deer for food, he doesnt feel the need to give a deer a chance.
While both probably feel the whole atmoshpere is quite rewarding, the camping, the fellowship amongs other hunters, the campfires, the stories around them, being in the woods.
A sportsman will hold out for big bucks as he doesnt get the enjoyment out of shooting smaller bucks. A hunter will kill smaller bucks and gets enjoyment out of it, a big buck is a bonus, his sole objective is food. Hunters proccess there own deer, they make sausage, jerky, dried sasage etc etc etc . Spotsman have there deer proccesed.
nothing wrong with being either, we all enjoy the same thing, some just feel different about how we get there.
Then you have the lazy slobs, but thats another topic.
Thank you. You just saved me some time cause that was the next topic for a post I was about to create. I figured that I had a good turn out on this one might as well try again...now you started it for me.
One comment, you mentioned giving the deer a chance is being a sportsman. I think they have enough chances because we are entering their domain, have better eye sight, better hearing, better sense of smell. The deer has the upper hand on everything. And if you want a challange, shoot a mature doe over bait. She has been around a while and knows that man put the food there. In my 14 years of hunting I have only shot one mature doe over bait...she was 7.5 years old. As soon as she walked in she turned and looked right at me as if to say "hi dude nice to see you again this year." Fortunately for me she looked behind her...that's all it took.