ORIGINAL: crokit
ORIGINAL: DeerandbearhoG
So when you are successful at "hunting" a deer, do you skip the "shooting" part?

Freakin elitist
Actually I have, on a number of occasions. I can live with being called an elitist, just as you can with being known as a deer and bear hog. No biggie. As I've stated a number of times " to each his own ". Handle it.
In my experience mr crokit, when someone goes out of their way to declare themselves as bow only,mature big buck only, or no bait hunter, in your case, (which is a misnomer unless you are hunting deer in the desert

) it usually means they are inexperienced or just plain sucky hunters that have not had much success in the field and adopt the "i do it the hard way" attitude to validate their lack of success. Experienced and successful hunters know all deer hunting is hard and success, by any method is an accomplishment.
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