Is this /fair chase?
09-09-2007 | 03:05 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: MA
RE: Is this ethical/fair chase?
If I don't do it then it must be unethical.. Seems to be an overused sentiment. I have permission to hunt an apple orchard which will be loaded with apples. Besides the wind falls under the trees the farmer piles them up by the ton mixed in with the mash left from making sweet cider.
But... I guess it would not be right to sit in thatfine stand I have set up in the funnel leading in... Looks like a cattle trail and it would have been my first year on the property..
But... I guess it would not be right to sit in thatfine stand I have set up in the funnel leading in... Looks like a cattle trail and it would have been my first year on the property..
09-09-2007 | 03:12 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
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From: York,Pa
RE: Is this ethical/fair chase?
I have 2 cudde backs and if any thing they make me hunt harder. I love using them its alot of fun to hide them in the woods and see what for pictures you got. It also helps a person like me who has a problem passing on little buck when I know I got bigger ones around. Its just scouting made easy! No different than me sitting in my stand everyday and watching. With the lifestyles now a days this is just a work of genious!!!
09-09-2007 | 06:55 PM
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From: Da U.P. eh!
RE: Scouting with cameras!
To rob/pa bowyer who said anything about binoculars?at least you have to be physically there to use them for scouting.and my point is exactly what you said about your honey hole,quote(i just want to know whats there)get out there yourself and take the pics,Iknow you won't cause you'd mess up the spot.so stop trying to make this something entirely different and make me look like a bad guy.Iwas just stating my opinion!
09-09-2007 | 07:05 PM
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From: Da U.P. eh!
RE: Is this ethical/fair chase?
ORIGINAL: JoshKeller
i'll add one more log into the fire. I dont see baiting as unethical - no different than sitting over an oak tree dropping acorns. lets face it, we're predators. we kill, thats just nature and the way it is. As long as the animal comes to the bait on its own will (and has ample natural foods to chose from as well),and its legal in your state, I say who cares.
No different than sitting over a watering hole in the heat.
i'll add one more log into the fire. I dont see baiting as unethical - no different than sitting over an oak tree dropping acorns. lets face it, we're predators. we kill, thats just nature and the way it is. As long as the animal comes to the bait on its own will (and has ample natural foods to chose from as well),and its legal in your state, I say who cares.
No different than sitting over a watering hole in the heat.
09-09-2007 | 07:09 PM
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RE: Is this ethical/fair chase?
So is hunting agricultural fields fair chase? Show me a field of corn or soy beans growing indigenously in the wild you're hunting.....and I'll retract the question.
Otherwise....it's just a big "food plot". A food plot's just a big "bait pile".
Careful ye whocast stones.
Otherwise....it's just a big "food plot". A food plot's just a big "bait pile".
Careful ye whocast stones.
09-10-2007 | 05:38 AM
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From: Nekoosa Wi USA
RE: Is this ethical/fair chase?
How are cams not fair chase??? All they do is take pics and hopefully you can be in the right place at the right time...they dont the behavior of the deer they just let you know whats in that area. Nothing wrong with cams one bit.