slightly confused, but i guess you choose who hunts with you

Aaaahhhhh the dogs. Yes, they get the deer moving. But depending on how warm it is the deer will overheat and die and get eaten by coyotees. If your county had a shortage of deer then they probably would not let you hunt deer with dogs.

Yes, I know. He's a character. On the other hand I don't get any calls from people wanting to hunt with me..............On a different note. After having a crossbow malfunction this year, I noticed the new Bear bows they have out now. I think I'll be getting one before next season.

Your Dad sound just like my Dad!! With the exception of him messing up my hunting. He never does that, if he is gonna sit in his truck he is there before daylight. He sits on stands a lot too, just depends on the weather and how he is feeling.

My Dad stands. That's it. If you think about it, makes perfect sense. When your standing you can see a little farther in the woods. Your mobile, not stuck in a tree. He's from PA. and took this Monster Buck with a Pumpkin Ball on a lot he used to own in Spotsy., 1979.....
Crossing a beaver dam....
"Buckey"
I'm feeling better allready.......Ya I know, he needs a little dusting........

Don't know where you heard that, it's not true...

you gotta choose you hunting buddies well I have guys who iv hunted with once and after that never again. I ignore there invites to go in the woods because i dont consider serious hunters like myself. I have 2 hunting buddies my dad and a close friend of mine they both scout properly and only shoots nice deer. Practice proper scent control uses trail cams and do not shoot he first thing that walks by

I had a phone conversation over lunch with my hunting buddy. Great guy, friend of my wife's from high school so way back. I let him hunt out on our place and he's gotten a little trash horn buck with a bow this season and still holding out for the beat off his trail cam.

The conversation was pretty much "you're a great guy and I like having someone to hunt with but keep your head down because Earl is....well, Earl."

Well I will tell you from my mid November hunt. I sit down in this bottom and after about a half hour a squirrel comes out. Nice and cold with anticipation of dogs barking, chasing, way off for a while, lots of shots. One inparticular comes into my area, first I hear the scamper of little hoves on the next ridge. Then the dog haveing a good ol' time. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it. After they passed I walked to where I had seen a glance of the deer. Nothing. Well then I decided to backtrack. Then low and behold I walked about twenty yards behind where I was sitting, was a doe. I had to take a second look because I had never seen a deer look like that before. It was hunched over breathing so hard I walked up to about five feet away then took two steps back and let it have it! A perfectly healthy doe too. So tired I walked right up to it and there was nothing it could do but lay down and try to catch its' breath. I feel it was a mercy harvest. Nowonder the coyotees are gourging themselves. Don't get me wrong it was an only doe day so after tagging and dragging it a few miles back to the truck to meet my Dad, I felt accomplishment.
O'ya my Dad was not IN the truck, he stayed on the path and I waited for him....

I actually commend your friend for putting that 1 legged deer out of its misery.:happy0001: seriously, if i had to choose between using a tag for a nice buck or a deer thats suffering, Id have to do the right thing.