Is it a " true" hunt putting a deer out of his misery?
11-25-2003, 08:42 AM
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Simsbury CT USA
Posts: 34
RE: Is it a " true" hunt putting a deer out of his misery?
In my opinion, you did a fine thing. " Hunting," refers to the entire experience a-z....nice warm sunshine & extreme cold temps, large bucks & small does, seeing nothing & seeing game aplenty, shooting a big rack after much scouting - ungodly hours on stand - a great shot broadside to your cleared shooting lane & harvesting a nice deer, ensuring the quality of your future hunt!
11-25-2003, 09:39 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,693
RE: Is it a " true" hunt putting a deer out of his misery?
ORIGINAL: davidmil
He came, you shot, you ate... it' s a kill/hunt/ anything you want to call it. Get over it.
He came, you shot, you ate... it' s a kill/hunt/ anything you want to call it. Get over it.
I am not looking for sympathy, praise or any other self-driven gratification. I was simply looking for opinions on this matter to help sort out my own thoughts about this. For the past two months, I' ve been under the impression that' s what this board was partly about - getting other hunters' opinions to help out in a variety of topics. But, I guess there has to be an a$$hole or two in every group out there, so I guess I' ll just have to get over it. wimp - no crying here. don' t worry.
Thanks all for helping me out this.
Congrat' s.
11-25-2003, 09:55 AM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Buckingham Pennsylvania USA
Posts: 150
RE: Is it a " true" hunt putting a deer out of his misery?
Bob,
I took a look on the ML board. That' s a nice lookin' buck. You should be real proud of your kill.
I killed an 8-point last year that had a broken leg. I thought I was being real stealthy and all when I " snuck" up on him with my bow. And here he couldn' t get away if he wanted to.
My family is all hunters and every one of them points out that I wouldn' t have gotten a deer if it didn' t have a broken leg. They all have a good laugh. Truth be told it' s hard to defend yourself when the jokes start flying. My aunt gave me a plaque on Christmas that had a plastic deer on it with the back leg broken off.
But, in my heart I know I did the right thing and it makes me feel good - and that' s all that matters. Crippled deer taste the same as healthy deer, too.[&:]
Willie
I took a look on the ML board. That' s a nice lookin' buck. You should be real proud of your kill.
I killed an 8-point last year that had a broken leg. I thought I was being real stealthy and all when I " snuck" up on him with my bow. And here he couldn' t get away if he wanted to.
My family is all hunters and every one of them points out that I wouldn' t have gotten a deer if it didn' t have a broken leg. They all have a good laugh. Truth be told it' s hard to defend yourself when the jokes start flying. My aunt gave me a plaque on Christmas that had a plastic deer on it with the back leg broken off.
But, in my heart I know I did the right thing and it makes me feel good - and that' s all that matters. Crippled deer taste the same as healthy deer, too.[&:]
Willie
11-25-2003, 12:29 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pittsburgh PA
Posts: 1,086
RE: Is it a " true" hunt putting a deer out of his misery?
That was a figurative " cry" not literal.
All I' m saying is be proud of the deer, despite whatever non-ideal situation you took it under. I had a buddy shoot a piebald in late archery after stalking up on it, only to realize that it was starving to death, from having its jaw blown off from rifle season.
All I' m saying is be proud of the deer, despite whatever non-ideal situation you took it under. I had a buddy shoot a piebald in late archery after stalking up on it, only to realize that it was starving to death, from having its jaw blown off from rifle season.
