"That's not hunting"
12-28-2009, 05:55 PM
#101
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Posts: 3,869
Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
whether anyone can walk or not has nothing to do with the statement about "patterning" deer for months, in the fall its a matter of the deer changing in as little as 2 weeks.
I'm sorry for your situation, I truly am, just stating what I have learned in 40 years of deer hunting here in the east, like I said, not my first rodeo.
RR
I'm sorry for your situation, I truly am, just stating what I have learned in 40 years of deer hunting here in the east, like I said, not my first rodeo.
RR
01-02-2010, 06:13 PM
#102
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Va
Posts: 30
Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
whether anyone can walk or not has nothing to do with the statement about "patterning" deer for months, in the fall its a matter of the deer changing in as little as 2 weeks.
I'm sorry for your situation, I truly am, just stating what I have learned in 40 years of deer hunting here in the east, like I said, not my first rodeo.
RR
I'm sorry for your situation, I truly am, just stating what I have learned in 40 years of deer hunting here in the east, like I said, not my first rodeo.
RR
I've held back on this for a while but it's been bothering me...now that season is over, and I closed it well..I will end it with this..
Don't feel sorry for my situation....I don't...you don't know the circumstances involved, and it may have been from my own stupidity, it may have been serving my country.
I do everything I can 100%, I came to this board hoping the people here would help me, to give me ideas on how I could be a better hunter. I'm not here to get that "wall hanger", I'm here to fill my freezer to feed my family.
You can said what I do doesn't work,I will argue that....as shown in this thread
http://huntingnet.com/forum/trail-ca...back-yard.html
if it wasn't working would I have that activity in a couple weeks with my couple acres of property bordering 1500 that is unhunted with all the corn/wheat fields and ponds/creeks there are in the back? possibly, but I like to think I was doing something right....
each are entitiled to their opinions on what works, all I know I closed the season with a freezer that will feed my family over the off-season....
Last edited by bcrewcaptain; 01-02-2010 at 06:23 PM.
01-02-2010, 06:25 PM
#104
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Va
Posts: 30
Originally Posted by Chris_H
This is honestly the thousandth time ive seen a baiting thread in these forums
baiting is one thing, it's illegal in my state, you will never catch me perched over a feeder waiting for deer, however, using natural/native food in the area PRE season...is my dispute...
01-02-2010, 09:31 PM
#105
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Guns
Posts: 189
Originally Posted by Horacio
This is the equivalent of politics and religion on these forums, apparently. As I said in another thread, hunting practices, techniques, and laws vary widely between regions and states. Deer in different areas have different behavioral patterns.
IMO, there is no 'right' answer, but plenty of people will tell you what is right for them and some of those will tell you that if you do it differently, you're wrong or worse.
In the end, the only people you have to satisfy are the law, the people you hunt with and near, and yourself.
IMO, there is no 'right' answer, but plenty of people will tell you what is right for them and some of those will tell you that if you do it differently, you're wrong or worse.
In the end, the only people you have to satisfy are the law, the people you hunt with and near, and yourself.
01-03-2010, 02:04 PM
#106
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: down in a hole
Posts: 1,441
Originally Posted by bcrewcaptain
baiting is one thing, it's illegal in my state, you will never catch me perched over a feeder waiting for deer, however, using natural/native food in the area PRE season...is my dispute...
01-03-2010, 08:26 PM
#107
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Huntin' In Colorado
Posts: 2,910
Originally Posted by SWThomas
Just my $0.02 but there are a lot of hypocrites and folks with "Holier than thou" attitudes here.
Hunting a foodplot or a feeder is just another advantage that some people employ to better their chances of taking an animal home. An advantage is an advantage. If someone uses a call, scent spray, or a special little device on their weapon of choice, how is that different than the hunter that chooses to use a feeder? It's still an advantage. Is it really your belief that your advantage is better than someone elses??? We're really splitting hair with semantics in this thread.
IMO, we all use advantages to help our chances. Some use foodplots, some use different kind of equipment. It's been said before that the only way you can really point a finger and be taken seriously is if you hunt with a sharpened stick while wearing a loin-cloth. Otherwise, we're all equal.
Hunting a foodplot or a feeder is just another advantage that some people employ to better their chances of taking an animal home. An advantage is an advantage. If someone uses a call, scent spray, or a special little device on their weapon of choice, how is that different than the hunter that chooses to use a feeder? It's still an advantage. Is it really your belief that your advantage is better than someone elses??? We're really splitting hair with semantics in this thread.
IMO, we all use advantages to help our chances. Some use foodplots, some use different kind of equipment. It's been said before that the only way you can really point a finger and be taken seriously is if you hunt with a sharpened stick while wearing a loin-cloth. Otherwise, we're all equal.
I just waisted 30 minutes of my life reading this thread. However, it was worth it all to bust a lung laughing at this one. Those of us who care, need to pay attention to what is happening to the average Joe, that loves to hunt. It's not how someone feels about the way you hunt, it's about what you're doing to the sport. I've always said, if it's legal, then I'm okay with it. I don't feel that way anymore. You have to be able to look at the big picture.
Last edited by SWThomas; 01-04-2010 at 08:20 AM.
10-29-2013, 10:54 AM
#109
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Michigan
Posts: 269
I think the only "real hunters" are those who head out with nothing more than a loin cloth over their genitalia and a sharpened stone affixed to a stick with vines or tendons from a previous hunt.
The rest of us are nothing more than "shooters" taking advantage of our superior intellect to harvest a wild animal.
Here's one now!
The rest of us are nothing more than "shooters" taking advantage of our superior intellect to harvest a wild animal.
Here's one now!
