RE: Unbelievable ethics
 

What kind of bow was he shooting ?? :eek:

RE: Unbelievable ethics
 

I don't have an issue with shooting multiple deeer in the same hunt if it is legal. Some pass through some not dosn't much matter either as long as the arrow found it's mark. But to tell such a story and finnish with a bunch of unrecovered animals, I think the guy was talking a load of bs or he is an absolute slob that should be banned from the woods and strung up by his short curlies.
I didn't meet the guy so I shouldn't judge but the fact he went on to say he'd shoot more deer then he had tags for and would then go buy them after the fact, makes me believe he's a poaching slob.
If this guy is what he claims to be he should crawl under a rock and never open his mouth again. I have no patients or tolerance for people who lack ethics and common regard for the law.
In time all things come full circle and if he is what he claims to be, he will get his.

RE: Unbelievable ethics
 

That type of behavior would definitely be questionable in my neck of the woods. Not making a reasonable attempt to find shot game before shooting another. [:o]

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I have shot three deer in one morning. It was my last morning to hunt and I had four tags. Needed meat so I shot two does and a buck. In my state that is legal. The difference is that before I shot the third deer, I could see the other two laying on the ground. I was dressing deer and cutting meat for the next couple of days.

With that said, I would never shoot another deer, if I knew that I had hit one and hadn't recovered it yet. Fortunately, I haven't had that problem.

RE: Unbelievable ethics
 

i'd call the local wildlife agency
and report him,
let them know who he is and what he's doing,
they will be on the lookout for him,
Have zero tolerance for poachers and morons such as this

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I agree

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I have shot multiple deer from a stand on multiple occaisions before looking for the other one and I will continue to do so. When I have done it I know I made a good shot on the previous animal and I expect to find it after a short bloodtrail. So far that has always been the case. HOWEVER, even if I wouldn't have found one I fail to see how it is unethical as long as it is legal to do so in your state. Let's say I shot a deer and climbed down and tracked it and couldn't find it. So I climbed back up in my tree and started hunting again and then another one came by and I shot it and found it. The only difference was when I chose to go look for it. I am not going to quit hunting for life of for the year if I wound one and I can't find it and I am going to to do absolutely everything that I can to find it either way. I guess I just don't make the same distinction that you guys do and I don't like being called unethical because I don't make that distinction. You guys are entitled to your opinions I just wanted to express mine.

RE: Unbelievable ethics
 

Silentassassin,

Not to nit-pick, but there would be a problem if you got down, couldnt find the animal and then got back up to hunt. Heres the problem; There isnt enough time in a day to do that.

Most my recoveries are short (100yds or less) and dont take more than an hour, but I wouldnt give up after an hour search or even an 8 hour search. If I hit an animal, Im gonna give it at the very least, two solid days of looking. If I cant find it within two days, I make the decision to continue the search or call it off, based upon facts of the trailing job. Are we still finding blood? Have we completed a thorough grid search? etc,.

If its legal, I guess I dont really have a problem with shooting more than one animal at a time. But its more responsible to assure you can find the first deer. If a deer goes down within sight, and you are legally allowed to take another, I would have absolutely NO problem with it. But any other way leaves me lacking some respect for the person doing so.

And as for this [:-]hole that claims to have shot 5 deer and not found any. He is hopefully a stupid liar. If he's not lying, I hope he becomes physically or legally inable to bowhunt. What a prick. You should report him if you can.

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That's great that you do search so dilligently but I don't think most people do. In most cases through early November your deer would be ruined in 24 hours and certainly in 48 hours. Also, you seem to eliminate a lot of variables that you can't possibly take into account. For example what if the deer made it to the river and the blood trail leads right into the water but there is no blood trails coming up the bank on the other side. In other words your deer most likely drown and sank to the bottom or is pushed up under a drift. Are you going to spend the next two days scubba diving?

Luckily for me, I am not out to earn your respect and don't care whther I have it or not so now that is cleared up what if I heard my deer crash but didn't see him fall? Would you have a problem with it then?

Agreed

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What this guy did is DEFINATELY NOT LEGAL in Illinois!!!

What an A Hole!