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The whole first story makes me sick to my stomach. My buddy shot a buck yesterday afternoon. We waited 2 hours after he hit the buck to start tracking it. He was pretty sure he had a good shot on it but not 110% sure. We tracked it all night because it was suppose to rain during the night. He shot it at about 3:30pm and we started tracking it at around 5:30. Saw 2 doe at about 6:00 passed them up cause we had other things to attend to (hint). Saw a buck at about 6:15pm. Maybe could've got a shot if we stalked him a bit, but passed cause we had a wounded deer out there(hint). about 11:30 last night in the pouring rain I found myself thigh high in swamp water with my buddy pulling his 6 pointer out of the water. A lot of work??? Hell yes!!! Rewarding??? You better beleive it!!! Did I sleep well last night??? You better beleive it!!! Would we have found the deer next morning??? I doubt it!!! Disgusting dude.


High Country guys whoop up on the Hoyt and Mathews shooters. AND WHAT IS THAT COMMENT ALL ABOUT????? I hope everyone has great success this year no matter what you are shooting.

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Well High country It"t time to give me your bow and pick up a big gun, you won"t need to track as much even with a bad hit and you can take shots past 60 yards.Sorry dude you set yourself up on this one.

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Check this out from another topic (broadhead success) by High Country Brute Force

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Whats the world coming to?

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I was born and raised in West Virginia and have bow hunted here for eight years. I don't think living in WV gives anyone an excuse for high country's actions. Some people may no follow the rules but everyone knows them. He is not a poor man trying to put food on the table or he wouldn't be on this forum. The daily limit is one deer..period. I have shot at 9 deer and recovered 7 of them. I never found the other two, not for lack of effort. They were evening hunts, and I didn't stop looking until midnight and was back looking the next day. Living in a state that has many poachers makes the rest of us strive even harder to be ethical and law abiding, it's easier to sleep at night. There is no excuse for high country's ignorance. I hope he is hunting a different part of this fine state than I am.

PS...he is getting off this forum because he can't come up with pictures, we all know that. West Virginia is very mountainous, in an hour and a half he finished eating, got his gear, got in the woods, made it the last place they had blood, found two deer that were not bleeding (or scarcely), gutted them, got them out of the woods, got cleaned up, signed on here, read the posts and commented...not to mention any bumps along the road...geeesh that took me an hour and a half to type.

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High Country, I am glad that you recovered your deer. I am sorry that you feel the need to run off. Yes these guys can be rough on ya if they think you have done wrong. All They are intending is for you to learn, not run you off. <font size=3>Anyone that is trying to do that, needs to leave themselves.</font id=size3> But I don't believe that is the case. We all have our bad days, no one can deny that. And we all take a bad shot now and then. We need to recover from our mistakes, learn, grow, and go on.

Most all of the replies are toward your ethics and decisions used in your morning of hunting.

I know that none of us were there in your particular situation. From your original post:
Your buddy shoots at a 4 pt and thinks he misses, because...??? You find no blood!! You find no arrow!! The deer is gone!! Need to find that arrow!!
You shoot a doe as does your buddy, which you have yet to retrieve before you both are ready to shoot at more deer. And the tactics used in attemting to retrieve your deer. Then you are planning the next hunt wothout finding the deer previously shot. Even you have to admit, that without you telling us that you two were going back out after lunch, that it would lead anyone reading your post to believe differantly. As has been stated: your states game laws allow only one kill per day. This is the poor ethics that everyone is trying to point out.

We are all subject to make poor decisions in the excitement of the hunt, but this is what we have to fight not to do. If for no other reason, to not give fuel to the Anti's.

Once again, good job on your retrieval and I for one would prefer that you hang around, which you seem to be doing. There are a lot of good folks here, with good information and you know that, they are only trying to protect their sport. Not trying to run you off!!!

Best of luck to you on your future hunts!! Now post your pics.. <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

The best of luck in all your hunting endeavors!!!

God Bless,
Dave

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James Vee I saw you mention my name in regards to taking more than one deer while never leaving the stand. I know you were not saying anything negative about me, I just wanted to clarify for those who did not read that thread that I was seeking advice from more experienced bowhunters as to whether or not if you knew you double lunged a deer and saw it go down in sight if I could safely take another clean shot at a second deer or should I wait no matter what.

I have not gotten my first bow kill yet and wanted to find out from those far more experienced than me if there was any chance of a double lunged deer that has gone down in sight of getting back up.

There is no way in my opinion, I nor any one with an ounce of ethics should even consider shooting at another deer until you know the first was a good shot and down for the count.

BTW in Va. you can kill 2 deer a day, and as long as you tag it before you gut it there is no problem with taking a second as long as you have the tags.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

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High Country
I hope you are still around reading the comments people are making. Nobody on this site is claiming to be perfect. But what most are claiming to be is an ethical hunter, something you need to work on. I would strongly encourage you to stay on this website and learn from others. There is a wealth of knowledge at your finger tips. If you choose not to stay and learn at least take this experience and be respectful of you game in the future.

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>This exact scenario was probably repeated dozens of time's the same day around the state. The game laws in WV only allow 1 deer per day....yet dozens, if not more hunters regularly shoot 2 or 3. The club that I hunt in is on a family farm, and mostly family hunting, and we try and keep things to the book....however....I know a ton of folks in the area that would have done the same exact thing, or maybe even worse. You have to understand, that in some areas....that's just how they were raised...unfortunatley. Not pointing a finger at him specifically...just stating a fact.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

Wv Hunter if all that is going on and right on the farm where you hun t and you personally know of people doing this then have you turned them in in my opinion if you know them and dont turn them in you are just as much to blame.

You make it sound as if most of West Virginains hunt like this of at least accept this type of hunter well you are wrong. Yes I am sure there are a lot of hunters that do that not only in Wv but in all states that doesnt make it right but to say it is accepted here is to down all Wv hunters.

I think if there is such a problem where you hunt then you probably should go bsack and hunt in Va where according to you the hunters have a better mentalatity(sp) .
Yes there a re families that depend on deer meat to help them make it through the winter and I am sure some that have it year round but that happenes also in all states.
Your opinion and HC-BF's actions are representive of most WVians. And I also must say we have some great Game Wardens but law breakers must be reported to them before they can do anything.
You have a nice day now hear.

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Edited by - peppi on 10/16/2002 12:23:33

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Your first post is probably the WORST story I have ever heard. If that is how you and your buddies hunt then I hope you stick to your statement and not continue to post here.

No one wants to hear anymore horror stories like that any time soon.

Personally I would rather you quit &quot;hunting&quot; then posting but it's a start I guess.

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I'm still waiting on the pictures.I bet $5 to a doughnut HC didnt recover any deer! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>