And there you go, that is what you are not getting. A better example would be you climbing the biggest mtn in NY and me climbing the biggest mtn in my state (my mtns being bigger because of geography) and you saying my accomplishment isn' t as great as yours because your mtns just aren' t as big. Right ?
I don' t know why you are having such trouble understanding me. It' s not the size of the mountain........it' s how you climbed it.
Originally Posted by " Zelazny"
Easier because there are more of them
You said it yourself..........it is easier to get a big daddy buck where you are going because there are more there. IMO anything achieved by an easier method results in less of an accomplishment........not that it means nothing.......just not as much.
Jay Hunter said
" And I can guarantee you if you do your research on special draw permits in NY, you' ll find more than one area that that applies to. I know its not in your blue hunting regulations book you picked up from the town clerk' s when you bought your liscense, but there out there, several being in bow only areas(hint!, hint!).
Did you read that ? Do you think he' s lying ? The opportunity of special draws for special hunts is in almost evry state if not every state.
I have already addressed that issue. I have hunted many of the places he mentioned and they issue permits more to count numbers and know who' s in there day to day then anything else. The permits are not hard to get, they don' t cost money and in many areas all you have to do is check in at the entrance. They provide places for the public to hunt........not a secluded farm where they plant crops to " grow" deer that people can pay to come and kill if they are one of the chosen few...........BIG difference.
Thats EXACTLY my point. I won' t belittle your kills because you choose use high tech equipment thats easier than my choice of weapons.
The fact that you brought it up shows you think compounds are easier.........everyone with a brain knows what you were getting at
I would not post to your buck kills " well, for a compound its nice, but you' d get more respect if you' d shot it with a Bodark branch, cane shafts and obsidian head."
But you could........and it wouldn' t offend me at all!!! Your damn right a kill like you describe above deserves more respect.......it IS harder then me zipping arrows out of my Patriot with a release.....no question. I' ll be the first one in line to say someone that kills with the methods you listed went a harder road then me zipping carbons around at 270 fps with all the bells and whistles of technology in my bag. I' m not embarrassed that I hunt with a compound.....hell I kill deer every year with a shotgun too and that' s even easier.....no sense pretending it' s not.
Here is a list for you.......tell me if you agree or disagree.
Easiest to hardest weapons to kill a deer with
Gun-----crossbow-----compound-----traditional----knife/spear(you never know
Easiest to hardest land to kill a monster on
Game farm---your place and/or non fenced ranch---private land--public battlefields
Keep in mind that these lists in no way belittle any deer killed by what I deem the easier methods..........I am just a realist and choose not to pretend killing a deer is the same no matter where or how you do it.