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Old 11-29-2006, 07:02 AM
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Now, I understand that this is some peoples livelyhood,but is it really much of a challenge? Teddy roosevelt,the founder of the boon and crocket club wouldnt shoot that bear that was tied to a tree[:'(]and people ripped him for it and thats where the teddy bear came from.I may have shot the people that tied him to the tree (not really-jk of course) The question here is - Is paying a ranch 1500$ to go shoot one of many 180-190 class deer that are cooped up in a 300 acre ranch to be considered hunting?
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Old 11-29-2006, 07:07 AM
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If you're asking me to answer IS IT HUNTING? I can't answer that.

If you're asking my OPINION......my OPINION is that much of what we see on TV is........"Shopping".

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(Do you want THAT one? NO....I want THAT one. OK.....he's yours. GREAT HUNT!)
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Old 11-29-2006, 07:54 AM
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I've said this before you can't tell if a guy's a hunter by the racks on his wall.
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Old 11-29-2006, 08:04 AM
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ORIGINAL: Charlie P

I've said this before you can't tell if a guy's a hunter by the racks on his wall.
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Old 11-29-2006, 08:15 AM
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Shooting deer behind a high fence is not hunting. I do not care if the ranch is 1-Acre or 1-Million acres. High fench killing is not a sport.
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Old 11-29-2006, 02:44 PM
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Wolf Killer,
I'd say that it is a "sport". An ugly one that should be done away with, but I think it would be moreof a sport for people who can't do it elsewhere, and the terms sport I think fits better than hunt.

A sport that sick failures would play, if you will.
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Old 11-29-2006, 03:53 PM
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I like that term of Shopping, that was a good one. I don't believe in paying someone any money to shoot something I can shoot somewhere else for free (-) the tag cost. I will never do it. Now paying a guide in Alaska to take you around on public land would be ok though. I probably still wouldn't pay anyone and do it myself, if it is allowed.

I would rather hunt public land or a landowner that does not charge and not ever see anything than pay someone for the right to hunt on property.
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Old 11-29-2006, 04:18 PM
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Is paying a ranch 1500$ to go shoot one of many 180-190 class deer that are cooped up in a 300 acre ranch to be considered hunting?
Thats not cooped up really and you wont' buy a buck that size for $1500....... but to answer your question, no , its not hunting, its simply killing livestock, not unlike shooting farmer Brown's cattle.
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Old 11-29-2006, 04:35 PM
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I don't think it's hunting at all if the deer are confined in anyway
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Old 11-29-2006, 04:39 PM
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I dont think that shooting deer enclosed in a high fence is hunting at all. Some people just have more money then they know what to do with and dont have the dedication of hunting free chase...
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