Trac209,
IMHO, you appear to be simplisticly "molding" what Muley69 said into what you WANT it to say, instead coping with what was ACTUALLY said.... here's the difference:
Muley69:
Look I hunt whitetails occassionally too, that doesn't mean I consider it a great challege. Frankly, whitetails are the easiest big game animal there is to hunt.
Trac209:
Whitetails are not a challenge!Muley are you kidding me or what.
Now, now, that is NOT what Muley69 said ---- READ. He simply stated that in the realm of "big game" hunting, that he considered the whitetail to be the easiest of the bunch.
Now, if you wish to nominate an alternative big game animal here in North America as being easier to hunt than whitetail, then let's hear your position on it.
Bad twisting of someone else's statement.... bad.
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On A Totally Separate, But Related Note:
Personally, when teaching a young hunter the ropes I start'em with gun safety and 22 on targets and shotgun on blue rocks, then hunting for rabbits and birds, and then once they progress into centerfire rifles (lite) I start'em in on prairie dogs and then when it is time for the youngster's first big game hunt (lite) it is time to do the white tail hunt, no easier big game (lite) I know of. If you don't get the "drop" on them on the first encounter (some times kids are a little slow to "acquire & fire") then if the terrain is open enough whitetail often give you that wonderful second chance, just let'em run out to 125 yards or so and they so often strike that wonderful and classic "whitetail pose" i.e. turn broadside and look at you for 5-7 seconds, bang game over.
Great place for a kid to "cut their teeth" on big game (lite). IMHO, no other game animal comes close: not antelope (300-400 yard shots are too common), not multi-day remote hunts for elk (too much hardship), nor high mountain mulies, goats, or sheep (air's too thin and the car is too far for them).... nope, IMHO, a whitetail hunt is "thee" starting spot for big game (lite). For the most part, whitetail don't migrate, can be located close to home so the youngster sleeps in his own bed, everyone can fix their own breakfast (usually the kid's mom at home) and then be picked up, it's typically a short walk (less than two miles) in easy, non-mountain terrain to get to the hunting area so kids don't get tuckered out and its easy to take them back to the car [or town] and "warm them up" if needed, whitetail can be hunted in half days (good for a kid's typically short attention span), and whitetail are easy to kill thus allowing the use inexpensive and available, low recoiling/modest performing rifles which allows novice hunters to shoot better. Whitetails are an absolutely great place for a kid (or anyone else for that matter) to "cut their teeth" on their first big game (lite) hunt.
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Trac209, I look forward to your nomination for the "easiest big game animal to hunt." [If no answer, then I'll assume you agree it's the whitetail.
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EKM