Ok Bowhuntingfool - you are saying that if you lived on land where it was legal and safe to shoot deer and were sitting on your porch or looking out your living room window and saw a legal, shootable deer, you WOULDN'T take the opportunity to shoot it? Just curious since "style" seems to be paramount for you.
Never!!!!!!!! I see no difference between road hunting and house hunting! I enjoy hunting for the perfect spot to set up my stand. To me thats part of the hunt. Sitting in my drivers seat or lazy boy isn't part of hunting. I like to work for it. Thats just me. If thats your style do it. I just don't see the challenge or enjoyment from that style. If you enjoy it and are proud of have fun! Thats not the sport of hunting I was raised on or believe in. I personaly would be ashamed of shooting something out my window. Legal or not! I could never mount it and then look at it for the rest of my life. I hunt the same way with my shotgun as I do with my bow and enjoy the time in the woods. I take the time to scout the woods I hunt. Thats me and my style like it or not. I like it. I guess if thats your style be proud!
Please explain to me the difference between road hunting and house hunting, without the handicaped factor! I see none, enlighten me! JMO
I am not trying to be all high and mighty so please forgive me if I'm coming off that way. These are my beliefs. I'm proud of them!
Well you are being high and mighty. You're saying style is more important than making a kill. I didn't say that we were HUNTING from the house, lazily sitting around and calling that hunting. The situation is IF you happened to see a legal, shootable deer while sitting in the house or on the porch. I sure as hell would take it. I would also gladly take a legal animal in a legal and safe way, if I happened to see it while driving (or boating, what's the difference). Note I said safe and legal. But I hunt for meat, not style points. I would indeed call it luck - but frankly, luck has a lot to do with success no matter if you're being stylish about it or not. You're saying to throw away a purely lucky opportunity just because of the style.
This reminds me of the guy who came on line a few weeks back (a hoax it turns out) who claimed still hunting/stalking was the only way to hunt and stand hunters weren't really hunters.