Sharpshooters
#1
Sharpshooters
I was reading the newspaper today and see that they are bringing in sharpshooters to a forest preserve and 6 other locations,looks like our money is going to a great cause destroying our deer herds.They will use spotlights to light the area up and only shoot does they say,rather then let a few hunters in to places like this to hunt they bring in sharpshooters to shoot the deer at night,and at the same time they charge a regular citizen with poaching if he or she shoots one deer at night,yet they are targeting 350 or more the rest of the month.
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Virginia
Posts: 542
Sharpshooters my @55. I love reading that in newspapers. It is marketing speak to calm the masses so they don't worry about guns being shot in their neighborhood. They are paid hunters, no more skillful than anyone on this forum. Its not like they have army snipers doing the shooting.
I agree with you, let people bow hunt if they don't trust us with guns. Many hunters would probably even pay an extra fee to get the chance to stock the freezer.
I agree with you, let people bow hunt if they don't trust us with guns. Many hunters would probably even pay an extra fee to get the chance to stock the freezer.
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Dark Side of the Moon
Posts: 406
Same thing happend here in Michigan and is getting more and more common as the deer herds grow in suburbia. I stayed up to date on the debate whether to allow hunters in the park or hire sharpshooters. Came down to liability and lethality. The sharpshooters are deemed to be a pest removal service and they operate as a Corporation. Thus they have liability insurance that relieves the park and owner.
Also, since they are hired as a subcontractor to complete the removal of animals doing damage, they are not held to hunting regulations. Therefore, they can use high power weapons, bait, lights, night vision scopes, etc...
They did donate all the meat to the local homeless shelters. There was also something mentioned about PETA being unable to protest as this was a hired subcontract. I do not know the details on that aspect, but I think the people just wanted the destruction on the Park properties to stop.
Also, since they are hired as a subcontractor to complete the removal of animals doing damage, they are not held to hunting regulations. Therefore, they can use high power weapons, bait, lights, night vision scopes, etc...
They did donate all the meat to the local homeless shelters. There was also something mentioned about PETA being unable to protest as this was a hired subcontract. I do not know the details on that aspect, but I think the people just wanted the destruction on the Park properties to stop.
#4
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 438
Well, I hunted a piece of property in Loudoun Co, VA and the adjoining property was hunted by 4-5 Capital Area Police. These guys had passed themselves off as "sharpshooter" to the landowners, I guess because they were police in name. Anyway, they shot many times and failed to recover several deer that ran off from the shot. That land has changed hands and thankfully they are not hunting there any longer.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,358
These guys typically ARE good shots. The one that happened in NH years ago, they took 99 deer with 100 head shots, one deer took two shots.
It's the PC and quick way, to do herd reduction.
Once done, here in NH at least, they allowed hunting to keep it in check.
It's the PC and quick way, to do herd reduction.
Once done, here in NH at least, they allowed hunting to keep it in check.
#7
Sharpshooters my @55. I love reading that in newspapers. It is marketing speak to calm the masses so they don't worry about guns being shot in their neighborhood. They are paid hunters, no more skillful than anyone on this forum. Its not like they have army snipers doing the shooting.
I agree with you, let people bow hunt if they don't trust us with guns. Many hunters would probably even pay an extra fee to get the chance to stock the freezer.
I agree with you, let people bow hunt if they don't trust us with guns. Many hunters would probably even pay an extra fee to get the chance to stock the freezer.
Well said, Doc
#9
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 974
Bob.....
You are absolutely correct!!!!!! There was a Air base here in Michigan that had a lottery to let bow hunters on t reduce the deer pop, they were on the runway at the wrong times, wolf pee and the rest of the deterents weren't working. However, the hunts didn't produce the numbers that they had hoped quick enough. Some metro-parks then hired these guns, and they ARE GOOD! Bow hunters aren't taking 100 in a 24 hour cycle.
#10
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
I have to agree with the people that condone sharpshooters. Hunters (real hunters) have no business in these populated areas. All city hunting does is throw gas on a volatile situation. I used to drive through these areas (Bucks,Delaware counties, Pa.) on my way to where I worked. It was nothing to see deer standing on sidewalks and in front yards at 10:00 in the morning. There are a few parks in the area that are opened to special "hunts" and the protesting and extra police and Game Wardens involved are not worth it. What a circus. As for bowhunting, we (hunters) don't need the extra publicity of arrow shot deer running around town and laying dead in K-MART parking lots.
A few years ago Gettysburg brought in sharpshooters to clean out the parks and the "hunters" were complaining. If you turned a bunch of hunters loose in there it would have been a war zone all over again. The best thing we as hunters can do is stay out of those areas.
A few years ago Gettysburg brought in sharpshooters to clean out the parks and the "hunters" were complaining. If you turned a bunch of hunters loose in there it would have been a war zone all over again. The best thing we as hunters can do is stay out of those areas.