Absolutely not. I sit in a very particulart situation year after year and let many nice bucks walk. I know nobody hunts across the river from where my rifle stand is on opening weekend but that doesnt mean im going to shoot whats over there. If the deer would happen to cross and get up on the small island on the river, its fair game as thats county/state property. Most times out of none, that is what happens. If they cross in the right spot and the river is low enough. I know where I can shoot. But I will not shoot a deer thats on someone elses property POSTED or NOT POSTED. unless given permission. You do not have to have your land posted private property in WI. Not sure about other states.

If you don't want an ethics lesson, then why ask a question, that you already said you know the correct answer to? Poaching is poaching. No, I would not shoot an animal on somebody else's property without their permission.

If I saw him across property lines I would bust him(I would try to drop him though for certain reasons)................no i tAKe this back I might only be 14 but last yeat I was hunting 35 yards away from some1 elses propert(youth season so no one was hunting besides me at the time)all of a sudden a 9 point steps out I had seen him during bow season and knew he was a 115-123 inch buck but I held off thinking he might jump the fence cause I was situated right about 50 yards away from a scrape line on our side of the fence but I had to watch him walk within 70 yards of me asken myself...."He is a big buck,by far my biggest,if I shoot my dad wont care but what if Joe(the neighbor) steps out?"So I decided to wait today I wish I would have shot him but I didnt....my dad says he is proud but I also think if it were him he would shot the buck but who know's?

I don't think I would. It's one buck, and there will be others. I don't think I could deal with myself and the guilt knowing I had taken it my illegal means. I can also take no pride in the kill. To lose all that for a single buck, not worth it.

how do YOU know that we're ethical hunters,we could be the biggest bunch of criminals in the world. this is why i hate using made up names on the internet,everyone would be more likely to answer truthfully on these forums if they had post there real name and address. i've seen a few forums that won't let you post if you don't use your real name. the net is full of liars. most i bet,would shoot if they thought they could get the deer and get away fast.........

x2 Just facing reality

Damn you must not have any friends or hunting buddies. Everyone cheats on their taxes which is a crime (and I mean everyone). Everyone also has sped at one time or another or rolled through a stop which is illegal. The vast majority of Americans have also consumed alcohol while underage which also is illegal. By your definition everyone is now a crook that can't be trusted, but I am sure that you want to exempt these broken laws from your ethics argument.

I have no clue what your personal ethics are but I know there are a lot of ethical hunters on here. I've hunted with a bunch of them. I also know there are morons with no ethics at all. They would shoot that deer in a minute and leave the gut pile for the land owner to find and then bitch because the land owners won't let them hunt their property. Everyone here knows what they would do if they were in the situation described. If someones answer is yes, I would take the shot. Then that person has labeled himself a no good poacher.

Your argument is as lame and pathetic as any argument I've ever read on the internet. If you don't see the wrong in it then you never will.

I do not cheat on my taxes either. Here's just a few of my hunting buddies. I've know and hunted with all these guys for 5 to 20 years. They are all good ethical guys that wouldn't poach if you paid them. I'd post more but I think you get the message.

I have been in the position where I shot a decent 8 and then a huge 8 came along not 10 minutes later and I didn't shoot.
Im thinking right now if a booner came out and I had a shot and he was 10' feet on the wrong side of the fence/creek/whatever.........PA-YOW ! But I know me so I would PROBABLY wait and hope he crossed the fence..........