WV Hunter

Good job BHC I can' t tell you how many times I' ve been out there and wished I was a cop for one reason or another. Keep up the good work.

jerseyhunter

My hats off to you also. Guess they were surprised. If they needed meat that bad there is always fresh meat on the highway, and they' d still have their license' s.

jimpok61

I was sitting on a wood pile this A.M. and let a nice doe and an 8 ptr. pass at 10 yds. My son Joe called last night and said he could not hunt today I was thinking of him when I let the pair pass. There will be another day and when hunting alone most of the thrill just comes from the hunt itself. You true blue dads know what I mean. Hope some young ones read this and learn a bit. Have fun fellow ethical hunters.

SuperX

Scar955, it is not unethical to miss. For all you know a perfectly clean shot went bad for some reason other than a lack of ethics. Deer are wounded as part of hunting - that is just a fact. Bow or rifle - it happens with both so I would be careful of throwing stones if I were you.

fxbonerhead

MAN THAT SUCKS.BAD HUNTERS DOING BAD THINGS[:@]

JeramyK

Too many guys I know that will shoot a deer running away from them at full speed. That' s when shots like these happen. It sucks that the deer have to suffer because of stupid hunters.

Scar955

SuperX, I know there are variations of ethical based on each person' s perception. You are right, since I wasn' t there I don' t KNOW the other hunters were unethical. I was taught that unless you are 100% sure you have a clean shot, you don' t take it. I probably could have taken more deer in my life because I PROBABLY could have made the shot. Luckily for me, I have taken 4 deer with 4 bullets.

I' m not trying to sound high and mighty, but those are the standards I live by. I hope I never have to feel that awful feeling in my stomach when I know I' ve injured but not killed a deer.

Thunderdogg

I' ve been taught the same thing. If you don' t have a good clean shot at a deer, don' t take it. It always burns me up when I hear someone shooting 5 or 6 times in a row, like they are spraying the woods with bullets trying to hit a deer. If you can' t take down a deer in one shot, let it go...if you shoot once, let it go unless the deer runs and stops and presents another clean shot. That' s just my opinion, but that' s what I' ve always done.

Thunder

rcd567

Rangerstud,
You can bowhunt during gun season? Around here the season closes. Don' t know if I' d want to be dressed in full camo walking to or from my blind during gun season. Too many fools just shoot at the noise.[>:]

Jimimac

That is tough to see man. If you go out in the woods of Pennsylvania on opening day of gun season you will hear many guys empty their guns on a deer. That is asinine for sure. It' s a rifle people. If/when the deer shows up it really should only take one shot. Just like bowhunting, you don' t plan for follow up shots. I' m also pretty certain that a lot of these wounded critters are shot by people that went to the range and fired one shot, hit the paper and probably announced, " I' m ready to go. Good ol Bessy is always on the mark." Heck, I' m a bowhunter first and foremost but I have made the time to shoot at least four boxes of shells through my .308 over the last month so I know I' m ready for certain. Also, a lot of guys here in PA will go out once a year for the opener and that' s it. Nothing like being in tune with the woods huh? Jim