Could've arrowed him but.....
11-02-2009, 03:37 PM
#12
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 110
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean? Picking a vehicle struck deer up off the road isn't hunting, but many do it. Just because it's behind a house and following a doe isn't fair game? In that case, I may as well not go into the woods because they are all over the place behind me and bedding down across the street. You'd have to cover yourself in camo and be another 20ft in the woods before you'd shoot it? And then, you'd stalk up onto it, hiding behind trees, and shoot it just like it's sitting now?
Hate it, I'm in it to eat. If that deer didn't have antlers on it's head, it'd sure enough be in someone's freezer right now. Why does the size of the antlers make such a difference when it's all about the meat? And no I don't hunt "brown it's down," like I said I hunt to eat. Until the freezer is full as long as it's legal it's fair game, regardless of antlers or not. You can't eat doe tags or antlers, period.
Hate it, I'm in it to eat. If that deer didn't have antlers on it's head, it'd sure enough be in someone's freezer right now. Why does the size of the antlers make such a difference when it's all about the meat? And no I don't hunt "brown it's down," like I said I hunt to eat. Until the freezer is full as long as it's legal it's fair game, regardless of antlers or not. You can't eat doe tags or antlers, period.
11-02-2009, 03:39 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
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That deer can run just as easily where it is now as it can in the woods. Are you to tell me that you NEVER HAVE and NEVER WOULD shoot a buck tending a doe? If were chasing a doe past your stand you wouldn't shoot him? Why is where he's sitting now different than if he were two miles into the woods sitting just the same tending a doe?
By the way, shooting after hours is a legal issue not an ethical one. There's a complete difference between the two.
11-02-2009, 03:40 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: NE Kansas
Posts: 1,101
From reading the first post, I think the idea is that this deer lacked any element of "the chase" or "the hunt." In other words, it was killing a deer rather than getting the experience of hunting.
I can relate. I've passed on a deer that would have been legal to shoot in circumstances like this. Going out in the muzzleloader season, there was a doe I could have easily taken standing just outside the city limits on our own land. I just kept driving because it just had no feel of hunting.
I can relate. I've passed on a deer that would have been legal to shoot in circumstances like this. Going out in the muzzleloader season, there was a doe I could have easily taken standing just outside the city limits on our own land. I just kept driving because it just had no feel of hunting.
11-02-2009, 03:41 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
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opening up the back door and shooting a deer to me isnt hunting. i want to be in the woods and in my stand when i shoot a deer. an easy kill is not the experience that im looking for. Ive seen plenty of deer while looking out of the window of my house and could have easily taken one. but i didnt cause that aint no fun.
If you're in it for fun, carry a camera instead of a weapon.
It's always amazing to me when people get "ethical" on a message board. Take ten people who say they wouldn't take a shot at that deer and you can bet there are one or two who would...they're just afraid to say so because they fear what others will say.
11-02-2009, 03:44 PM
#18
Typical Buck
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From reading the first post, I think the idea is that this deer lacked any element of "the chase" or "the hunt." In other words, it was killing a deer rather than getting the experience of hunting.
I can relate. I've passed on a deer that would have been legal to shoot in circumstances like this. Going out in the muzzleloader season, there was a doe I could have easily taken standing just outside the city limits on our own land. I just kept driving because it just had no feel of hunting.
I can relate. I've passed on a deer that would have been legal to shoot in circumstances like this. Going out in the muzzleloader season, there was a doe I could have easily taken standing just outside the city limits on our own land. I just kept driving because it just had no feel of hunting.
And I stand by what I said....if that deer didn't have antlers on it's head it wouldn't be an issue.
11-02-2009, 03:47 PM
#19
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 110
If you're in it for fun, carry a camera instead of a weapon.
It's always amazing to me when people get "ethical" on a message board. Take ten people who say they wouldn't take a shot at that deer and you can bet there are one or two who would...they're just afraid to say so because they fear what others will say.
It's always amazing to me when people get "ethical" on a message board. Take ten people who say they wouldn't take a shot at that deer and you can bet there are one or two who would...they're just afraid to say so because they fear what others will say.
11-02-2009, 03:49 PM
#20
Typical Buck
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