Originally Posted by
Father Forkhorn
From reading the first post, I think the idea is that this deer lacked any element of "the chase" or "the hunt." In other words, it was killing a deer rather than getting the experience of hunting.
I can relate. I've passed on a deer that would have been legal to shoot in circumstances like this. Going out in the muzzleloader season, there was a doe I could have easily taken standing just outside the city limits on our own land. I just kept driving because it just had no feel of hunting.
Once again, the "chase" and the "hunt" don't put food on the table. There are people here who may only have one or two shots a year at a deer, any deer. Why should they pass on an opportunity to harvest a deer legally simply because someone else thinks it "isn't right"?
And I stand by what I said....if that deer didn't have antlers on it's head it wouldn't be an issue.