its a sad day for all hunters
 

Over the weekend i was out yote hunting and i seen the saddest sight i have ever seen this guy pulls up in a land rover opens up the back and pulls a shooting bench from the back of his suv drags it out a couple hundred yards pulls out his high priced rifle, scope and range finder then walk back to his truck and breaks out this laptop with amplified speak and starts call blasting for yotes. is it me or does this picture kind of make hunting look bad. is this even hunting with all this stuff is it really hunting or just killing where is the sport in it

I think it the way it's going. From fishing with fish finders to using bottled sent to using duck decoys, electronic game callers, dogs, camo, high powered riffles, game feeders.... the list goes on and on. If it gains an advantage folks will use it.
It all comes down to the individual that uses it and how he\she wants to experience it. Give the advantage to the predator or the prey and knowing that the less "stuff" used in the experience, the more skilled you were or are.

He won't kill many, if any, doing it like that. BUT, at least in his mind he was out "gettin'er done". To each his own. Some use hand calls only, some use single shot rifles, some use AR's. As long as it's legal and the guy is enjoying himself, he can have at it as far as I'm concerned.

You mean there was not someone online at another location that would actually pull the trigger? They can do that now, you know.
I believe electronic calling is illegal in Michigan.

Looking at the products already sold
 

it looks like the country club hunters, or a variation thereof, are taking over outdoor sports.

While it isn't the way I would like to hunt, it is for some people. We must remember that years ago using a scope was considered an unfair advantage, and before that repeating guns were. We can look at the positive of this and think that there could be more people hunting because of these gadgets and gizmos, and the more hunters there are the better for all of us.

Give me a break. You had some sort of caller with you Im sure. I cant stand how people come on here and knock other people for how they hunt. I think the real problem here is that he had a land rover, high priced rifle, and he knew how to use a laptop

my personal view on any hunting you need two things gun/bow and stealth thats all you need anything else is just extra junk that isnt needed..

I don't see what the big deal is...
The pulled up in a range rover? Plenty of people use chevy or ford or four wheelers

The guy had a "high dollar" fancy rifle - unless you saw the make and model of that your just assuming and unless you're using a recurve or long bow there's really no room to talk there. Plenty of people use ARs and no one says anything

I could go on about how your complaining just seems pointless and idiotic to me but that would just be pointless and a waste of my time and I've wasted enough on reading and responding to this post. Maybe an admin will erase it.

I don't see what the problem is either, I use electronic calls to call in coyotes and crows all the time. We used to do it in PA when I lived there, they are a nuisance, there are more coyotes than deer. And what deer there are, are being killed by them, I went out scouting one night with my dad and when we came back during the day hours, there were three sets of coyote prints that had followed us the whole time (there was snow on the ground).

Just because he didn't drive a busted chevy and shoot a gun his gran pappy owned at one time doesn't mean hes not a hunter. As long as he is being ethical then he is alright by me.

Well I'm not going to give you a hard time :-). I agree, it doesn't seem like hunting as it was taught to me.

However, my old man gave me a hard time when I bought my first compound bow.

Perhaps someone can hack his computer and :pcwhack: ?

People will use as many gadgets and high priced equipment as they can afford, there is really no way around it. If I could afford a Range Rover, you bet I'd use it. Unless it is outlawed for some reason it is perfectly ok. Maybe not with you, but no one is forcing you to buy all that gear and hunt that way, so why worry about it? And yes if it is legal to hunt that way then he is hunting, real honest to goodness hunting. Not the way I would but thats ok. The best thing about living in this country is our freedom to do things our own way, and not having to appologize to anyone for it. I personally would not hunt that way at all, but it's ok if he does.

However they want to hunt is OK with me as well. Just because he has all the gadgets you do not have or want doesn't make it wrong if state laws allow it. I talked with a guide out scouting for moose this fall. He had a large electronic calling device. He showed me how it sounded. I took a little one out and showed him how mine sounded almost the same except his was more distorted. But, you should of seen the look on his face when i told him I had found the best place for them was under a tire.. I informed how I tried to stop a moose with mine while it was walking down the road. It never even looked back at me. Then I showed him my old style grunt tubes and told him how well they worked and he just looked dumb founded.. This guy was a guide that had hunters with him. I did tell him where alot of moose activevity was and I do not know if the happened to get one or not..

Count me among the crowd that says "if it works for you, more power to you". Life would be boring if we all thought and acted the same, now wouldn't it? This very subject is why I chose my current signature. :wink:

My biggest beef with this type of hunting is the laziness. The good news is these folks leave a lot of woods for those of us willing to get off of thier arses.

When I go out for rabbits or to do some trout/salmon fishing, I always try to walk at least a mile from the nearest vehicle access. That will usually leave out the majority of the "sportsmen". Five miles and I can count the other people I've seen on one hand. Great exercise, and it makes the catch taste that much better. A ten mile walk in the Oregon backwoods gets you hungry LOL...

ya think he'd lemme check my email?

to each his/her own...if thats how he "hunts", i guess its ok,

is that how im teachin my kids and friends...helll nooooooo


and fer the guy who said an admin should delete this...your just as bad tellin someone they cant type this post!

long story short...i guess we can all do what we want, jus make sure it makes sense to you!:party0005: