RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

See this I don't get.

Just a few posts ago you said I was full of bullsh!t..........now you post a clear insult to anyone who doesn't stalk and imply that all stand hunting requires no skill because we don't "get off our a$$"

Who is "The rest of us"?? I am the only guy that hunts from a stand? I stalk a lot........and I stand hunt a lot. Some times based on safety concerns.

Geez, if people got upset at me saying long range bombing was more shooting then anything..........I can't wait to see what they think of your condeming of all stand hunting as no skill. YIKES.

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

The skill comes from putting the stand in the right spot . You can sit for days upon days with a good veiw but if there aren't any deer using that area all you've got is a restful place to sit. The skill then becomes having the confidence to make that shot. Which takes practice. Sure it's different to shoot across the valley than look down on one from a tree stand but the fact that you're seeing a deer is where the skill comes from. ( assuming the hunter did all the scouting for stand locations)

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

Hey Superman....er..I mean Atlasman,

I'm bbbbaaaccccckkkkk! Turns out the surgery went well...just have to wait on the biopsy results to ascertain what's up. (The surgeon didn't know what he was dealing with...until he "got in there" and saw what it was. On the X-ray it was just one big "void". He couldn't make the diagnosis from 300 yards...he had to get within "spitin" distance....to get a good look. You know how hard that can be?!?) But anyhow....except for the gauze in my mouth (feel and look like a deer grazing)...and the vicodin (and residual anesthesia....I'm back and ready to go)! Hope you're not too disappointed!;)

Actually started the morning at one office for a couple of root canals on novocain.....then a 45 minute drive to another nearby town...for the surgery. Other than the "junk in the back of my throat" tasting like "crap".....it all went fairly well. Or the parts I remember.....did! (At least until the rest of this anesthesia wears off....then we'll have to see!)

'Nuff about me.....how's that election campaign coming? Got the team all "up an running" yet? You might want to consider adding at "least one" on those long range rifleman. Seriously.....they can see things coming from a little further out! Hate to get blind sided....because of myopia.

Truth of the matter is....you've made some very valid points. And not that I suppose you care...or give a s**t.....but if it wasn't for such a "superior, smug" attitude, I think you'd have found alot more agreement...than argument!

But that's okay anyway...like I said...it's winter...we're bored...and its all been highly entertaining. At least for those of us that can contain our "blood pressure problems;)!

Anyhow...on the your next flight through Metropolis....say, "hi", to Lois for us!

P.S. Jimmy too!

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

So.........it's not what I said........it's how I said it?? That is moronic.

In the future you may benefit from not trying to apply emotions, moods, or tones to internet posts. Stuff typed out on a screen rarely if ever captures the way a person would convey that message in real life with facial expressions, tone of voice and body language. There is no "superior smug attitude" and never was......it's all just a bunch of words that paint a different picture in each readers mind. You seem like a kind of guy that likes to read between the lines and figure out what someone is REALLY saying.............well sometimes there is nothing between the lines and it's just a guys opinion..........nothing creative, sinister or sneaky. WYSIWYG.

It's amazing the leaps and bounds this thread took in multiple directions based on nothing more then people going off on mental tangents.

To say that you agree with most of what someone says after 5 pages of blasting him for saying it is ludicrous.

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

Sorry Atlasman but I think most of the ones I have seen have shot their bucks closer to 50-60 yds. 'course that is what I have seen, and not you...

And just because a doctor hasn't told you what he is really looking at and can only give you a general sense of the matter is no excuse to attack a man with some sort of ailment.
and a cyst is actually related to a non-malignant tumor which is a form of cancer, so they are actually quite similiar.

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

Attention all readers,

Look in the USA Today sport section tomorrow. I heard that Vegas is posting odds on who will get the last word.............

Atlasman or akbound

Next they'll be taking their show on the road.........

MTV ......whitetail celebrity death match!


Bn'R

RE: Is it hunting??..........or Shooting??
 

OK guys, we're way off topic and have been off and on for about 3 pages now. Going to put this one to rest.