What was the question again? I'm still laughing at the Reno remark. I don't think high fence hunting is really hunting, I think that is just shooting and killing. Just my opinion. To be honest, I don't see how me driving 10 hrs to another state that I have never stepped foot in, buying a license, paying 3-5 thousand dollars to an outfitter, waking up the next morning and climbing into his box stand or tree and shooting a 200"+ deer is hunting either. Again, just my opinion.
Chris

hunting...the pursuit of an animal with intentions to kill it.


end of story.

(didnt read anything except the original post so dont bash me if thats been said..)

Better bring more than 5 grand

I assess the situation, my heart tells my head and my head send a message to my trigger finger. I pray the take expires quickly. When it's fair, I know. When it’s not, I also know. The meat tastes the same either way. I do not and will not compete with you-that I promise (it would take the fun out of my hunting). Likewise, you should not compete with me. So why am I a threat?

I am a hunter-there is no denying it! I am also a shooter; I trap; I employ rocks; I use knives or whatever means available. I kill animals (I also conserve and preserve them-the epitome of a love/hate relationship)! I stack the odds in my favor. I take[/b] advantage[/b] whenever I can. There is nothing truly fair about it! It is my[/b] way! Why? Hell, I do not know. Maybe it’s the result of a deep rooted trick innately given to me by my ancestors- those folks who slaughtered animals by running them off cliffs. Maybe it's because I'm too slow and unable to catch things with my bare hands.

I am ok.

I walk into the woods with my bow and shoot game that is legal, using legal methods...hunting.

No, Jim....the REAL difference between you and I is.....I choose to allow each hunter to define for himself what he thinks hunting is. You think you're morally and ethically superior to anyone who doesn't do it "your way". And if that wasn't enough....you want toreserve the right to publicly humiliatethe "other guy's"choice.

Kinda reminds me of the 6th grade "jocks" making fun of the fat kid.....in a twisted kinda way.

Nope. Red dot sights, maybe, but the rangefinder isn't attached to the bow and doesn't locate the deer. Also, my lumenocks are electrical, not electronic. Same with thelighted sights. Electrical, not electronic. Big difference.

Now I love the way that's worded.... as it should be. It sort of leaves the door open to debate.

I used to believe that there was no such thing as "a stupid question".

Now I am contemplating that.

Time away fro the wife........ looking for furry creatures in the woods. No high fences though.

Got a pot stirrer in every crowd. Like Mauser said, hunting is in pursuit of; or in search of. The hunting experience and what is acceptable and what is not is left up to the individual hunter and the state/country in which they reside. If I don't agree with someone on what an ethicalhunting experience should be I will debate that subject with them, but just because I go hunting does not mean I am killing a deer in either an ethical or non-ethical manner. It only means I am out there looking for the prey.