Originally Posted by Beezer (Post 3492905)

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.

Originally Posted by iSnipe (Post 3492945)

Champlain Islander,

You are absolutely right...

"...some have it and some don't."

That's evident.

iSnipe

Originally Posted by NC Buck Slayer (Post 3492959)

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.

Originally Posted by Beezer (Post 3492962)

By the way, shooting after hours is a legal issue not an ethical one. There's a complete difference between the two.

Originally Posted by Father Forkhorn (Post 3492967)

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.

Originally Posted by Beezer (Post 3492969)

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.

Originally Posted by NC Buck Slayer (Post 3492970)

its illegal because its unethical.