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I have been taking my nephew deer hunting with me for the last two seasons. He is 9 years old and is still in search of that first deer. Last year we were moving along a fence row on our way to our hunting spot when we stumbled onto three does on the other side of the fence row. The fence row was very dense so they did not see us. We sat and watched them for about five minutes when a good six point buck came out. My nephew wanted to take the buck, but it was on private property that did not allow hunting. There was no one around and he really wanted to take the deer. I thought about it and decided that it would not be the right thing to take the deer. ShouldI have ignored mymorals andlet him shoot it anyway?

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I think you made the right choice because there is always next time and besides he is only 9yrs old so he has plenty of time to take that monster.

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You did the right thing young man. You set the best kind of an example for a young hunter that has many, many more years ahead of him, and likely to pass onto youngins in the future as well.

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Is this a serious question?

Yeah sure, discard your morals and teach a 9 year old to have bad ethics. Teach him to trespass, poach, and why not get him a good spotlight as well?:eek:

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i see what hes saying, and he did make the right decision.

i guess he means the buck was very close to the property, but legally not on huntable land. of course if it was on a totally different property, like driving down the street and seeing him on side of road, then it would be completely wrong. but im guessin he means the buck was right over the line, and if he shot him, it could have very well been on the huntable property. i see his dilemma, but in the end, i think the correct deciision was made. but i feel different than farmcounty - he seess it as completely, no way about it there should be no urge to take the shot, i feel as there would be a very big urge but you should be proud that you overcame that urge and let it walk. im sure karma will repay you. just my 2 cents

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also, i see what farmcountry is saying especially b/c its a young hunter, and if he sees just a minor, immoral action,then he will grow up beleiving its alright. i would have been incline to shoot the buck if i was by myself, but if the child was there, it made your decision much more smarter for the sake of the young hunters morals - he learned a direct lesson that day regarding morals and hunting :)

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Absolutely you did the right thing. Do not second guess yourself. It may be one little thing this time but you teach by example. What would it be next time. It is so important to do the right thing in front of the one you are mentoring, don't forget, by taking him out there you are his hero. This might sound stupid but how would you look at Superman if he used his x-ray vision to check out young women's change rooms. Just trying to make the point.

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Would you really want to have to stand there and explain to your sister/brother how their kid ended up arrested for tresspassing. Sounds pretty clear-cut to me. Now if it was a brushy area with no clearly defined boundaries....[:@]

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It was a good choice for sure.

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Right decision - everytime. Plus, you taught your son a valuable lesson too!

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No doubt as hard as it may appear to the young fellow you did the right thing. Teaching him to respect anothers wishes by not allowing him to break the law is more of what's needed now a days. Being respectfull of others will help the young fellow presurve his hunting rights in the future.

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Think about it this way. If you did let him shoot, what would you really have taught him.

Maybe taught him that it is more important to tresspass just so he could get a deer.

Maybe taught him that it is OK to ignore ethics.

Eventually he will be hunting on his own one day. If he was taught at a young age to be unethical, imagine what he would do later on.

He could possibly consider taking unsafe shots at game, thinking that bagging a deer is most important.


You did the right thing!

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u did the right thing

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Right decision!

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Right is right and wrong is wrong.

Instead of calling the decision "moral" put the word "values" on it. You didn't allow anyone to throw their values out - that is why they are VALUABLE! (They have a worth to you and hopefully others!)

What if the young one wanted a little booze or smoke a little dope. You would mak the right decision there, right.

Keep with it and I recommend that you talk to him atleast several more times about right and wrong.

Ya know sometimes examples speak better than words too. How would he feel if something he really valued up and disappeared? How would he feel if someone wronged him?

Man, what can I say? You are obviously in a great position of influence on him. Do everything you can with it and don't let him (or yourself!) down.

He's kinda young and green but only you can decide how much to come down on him.

"Boy! You keep thinking like that and you'll have to find another guy to hunt with. We just ain't gonna have it!"

Then throw abig old hug on him to let him know you love him more than ANY deer!

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Good job, you did the right thing.

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Your best bet would be not to shoot the deer. For one its illegal, and secondly, you want to teach the new hunter the rights and wrongs about hunting. If he was to shoot it, he would be getting a false sense of morals. The seasons are long enough and theres enough time for him to get that first deer, buck or doe.

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You did the right thing by setting a good example, children learn from us and they should learn the rules as written. Bravo! [8D]

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My only question is...did you have any doubt that you did the right thing?

Were you expecting anyone here to disagree with you?

Everyone gave you a slam-dunk answer...no contraversy.