ORIGINAL: Fieldmouse
In the last month or so we have been going through some ethics questions, why do you hunt and how long without a deer.
What does how long you have hunted without a deer have to do with ethics?
If I start to kill the Does, they will begin to change their patterns hence screwing up my hunting spots. They will reroute themselves through other yards where I may not have access. It will obviously reduce the number of deer in the area.
Your problem stems from selfishness..........not ethics.
You KNOW you should be killing the does and helping to reduce the deer numbers......especially in a place where they are "out of control".........You just choose not to because it may effect YOU negatively.
You know what is the "right" thing to do.........you just won't do it for selfish reasons.
David and Len kill them by the truckload every year and it doesn't seem to effect them.
Don't you have anyone you could hunt with??
I really have never seen a guy like you who views a downed deer as such a burden of work..........why not bring someone with you who might not have such a nice place to hunt and let them do all the work in return??
A farmer in my area just kicked all the hunters off his property that have been hunting it for years............they are done. He is gonna replace them with other hunters that HAVE to agree to kill some does each year. These guys were just sitting there passing does all day and waiting for a big buck...........great for them........not great for the farmer. It got so bad and he was suffering so much damage he couldn't take it anymore.
Sometimes you have to realize that hunting serves a much greater purpose then putting decorations on your wall.