AWWW SHOOT... I can see it coming now.

and before it does, let me say: Oh stop it children! Quit the bickering, stop putting words into eachother's mouths, this aint sad, and make sure your posts make sense before hitting "OK"

oh, and please don't attack me for trying to diffuse a would be situation.

Not the same........they are still wild born, instictual and taught by mom.......sure they are not wizards of the woods yet but it's not like they will just walk up to you and let you pet them either.


We could play this game all day............and apply it to EVERY deer if you want to think about it that way. A deer has it's inate defenses as it's sole defense against predators.....when that inate skill is washed away by a cage or being exposed to humans every day those deer are no more a challenge to kill then a stray cat.

My yard is full of deer.........I have video footage of a 10, a 12, and a nice high racked 8 all within 15 yards of me just hoping for food.........if I walk out into my yard at night deer come running from everywhere hoping I am gonna feed them.......they watch me shoot my bow and couldn't care less.

How great would it be to shoot any of them???...........Would it be cool to have that 10,12 and high 8 on my wall and tell everyone what a great hunter I am because I could kill a helpless pet in my backyard that was hanging around my swimming pool???

C'mon man.

Talk about hypocrisy running rampant.


All we ever see on this forum is people saying how much they despise fenced in ranches and they "Would never" hunt a deer in a cage because it's not sporting and it's not even hunting.

Now you see everyone saying how they would shoot this buck in a second...........I guess a pen raised deer suddenly becomes an unhuntable ghost of the woods that we have to use every ounce of hunting skills we have just to a glimpse of this great beast when he hopefully makes just one mistake that will offer us the slightest chance at a kill shot.






Same deer guys..........someone just left the gate open

Atlasman, you just dont get it.Keepfeeding the deer in your yard,your doing exactlywhat deer farmers do to pen raised deer, you seem more of a hypocrit then anything else to me. Enjoy the view from the windows of your house at the deer ..... and at an empty freezer lol.

The guy shot a deer that had escaped from a fenced area, pen or cage,(not sure which, you said it was from a cage in one post and pen inothers) and had no way of knowing this, period, nothing more to say about him shooting this deer except thats its an incredibleanimal and he made a good shot.

Also you yourselfsaid the deer lost its natural inatedefense abilities, so, he did the deer a favor by killing it, because it probablywouldnt have made itthrough winter anywayif it didnt have its natural inateskill like you said in this quote I dont think the chickens andcattle have much inate skills left before they get slaughtered either, but I still eat the hell out of them and always will, I raise my own and they areboth fenced and in cages. Its not sad when I make a fresh 24 oz prime rib or freshscrambled eggs for family or friends.

So, is it sad the deer was killed being it was at some time completely or partially raised behind a fence and shot completely and uterly defensless like cattle and chickens?
Was it sad the hurricane destroyed its pen, cage or whatever, and washarvested legallybefore it was returned to a fenced area?
Or is it sad its bigger than any buck you have shot this year or ever possibly??

What's your point?? I don't kill them. I have deer, turkey, rabbits, squirrels, hawks, and bats all over my yard........I do my best to help them survive with what little habitat our sprawl has left them with........and we have some laughs along the way. What don't I "get"???


Obviously you don't know what the definition of hypocrit is then.



I do enjoy the view from my house..........and here is a picture of my freezer this year Sorry to disappoint you.


Yea.......I bet the deer is very grateful that he did him that favor

Doing him a favor would have been returning him to the cage he got out of.



Do you feel proud of yourself as a hunter when you kill the cow??


Yes.


Yes.


Nope..........though not really a fair comparison seeing how I have never shot a caged pet.

FYI,it's illegal to feed deer in NY.I wish I could harvest one of those oreida waffle fries

He had his head down feeding just like a buck in the wild, he was on legal hunting grounds with a legal weapon. If he did see that little white square on his ear from 100 yds he wouldn't know what it was. He could of just riped the tag off his ear when he did see it and told nobody. He didn't do that so it shows alot of chracter to me. Nice buck, good shot, he gets the score.

Thats alot of meat for a little button buck......

Wonder if atlas ever noticed how he is always on the other side of the arguement?

As for record books.....

I don't think it should be entered.Although it isn't big enough for B&C anyhow so it is really a moot point.

Yeah they are a caging beast, on public land in Northen MI, one of the most high pressured area's in MI(Huron National Forest) to hunt I have to toss stuff at them to get them to leave. Shooting a dumb deer(fawn) one of the easy things to do. If people read your threads(I always read your Atlas) they would know you whacked two fawns which is 100% your choice and I support your choice 100%. What I do not support is you getting all high and mighty on people. MOTOWNHONKEY said it best, the guy had no idea. He could have ripped the tag off and none of us would know. You had to take a shot at the guy. He was just sharing a nice story.

I know.


One of the toughest hunts I've ever endured......the lines at the grocery store were dense and the freezer section was picked pretty clean from years of offering too many coupons.......I found a nice ambush location that had definate fresh sign of a freezer section stock clerk and his route through a nice transition area. I waited and waited for what seemed like an eternity and finally my prize peaked through the swinging doors of the stock room and out into the early morning light of the flourescent bulbs.......I steadied myself and calmed my nerves as it drew closer and closer. The moment of truth had arrived and with every ounce of energy I had left I reached out and asked the young kid if he would toss me a bag.......he said "What kind?".........I responded "waffle.......of course".......as if I would take anything less.....being the "trophy" hunter that I am. It truely is a wonderful feeling of satisfaction to know that I got the chance at that bag of waffle fries because I had the skill and discipline to let so many other "lesser" bags of fries walk........knowing full well that they may fall prey to another fry hunter not as skilled or knowledgable as myself and I may never see them reach their full potential as a fry.......it is a price worth paying and even though many days I go home fryless I still have a deep satisfaction knowing that I am a better fry hunter because I don't just take any sliced potato out there just to say "I got one"