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Re: What is deer hunting???
[Re: agsellers04]
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12/24/09 01:28 AM
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Everybody has their definition. As long as we're all having fun within the law, hunting is whatever you want it to be. I agree, but only to a point. The problem isn't so much in how we draw lines between ourselves, but how the non-hunting majority views our group as a whole. If we ignore their position and loose their favor, we have only ourselves to blame when they bring new laws against us. Don't think the majority of voters are capable of such short-sightedness? Well, just consider the outcome of our last presidential election.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
[Re: Texas Dan]
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12/24/09 01:42 AM
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I don't think anyone here is ignoring non-hunters or being short sighted. They are just stating how they define hunting.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 01:51 AM
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I don't think non hunters really care how we define it, ie. feeder, spot&stalk, bow, rifle etc. Most of the non hunters get worked up about the same things hunters do; poaching, canned hunts, some idiot buying a bear so he can shoot it,etc. The problem is the non hunters associate these things with hunting which I would bet most of us agree they are not.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 03:06 AM
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My definition? Stalking a free range animal is Hunting.
Shooting a Deer over a food plot or under a feeder is fishing for deer.
Shooting an animal behind a high fence is not hunting but killing.
I don't have a problem with any of them because I eat what I kill.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 06:37 AM
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I'm tired of this argument. Who gives a damn what someone else think what "real hunting" is. As long as it's legal and it floats your boat, who am I to pass judgement.
I'll see you out there.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 11:49 AM
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Everyone has their own opinions.? Ya, opinions are like butts. Everyone has one.
Last edited by notamtchance; 12/24/09 11:50 AM.
If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 12:24 PM
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I feed Indian Corn, the deer really seem to like it and stay at the feeder longer......and longer....!
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/24/09 03:19 PM
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Sad to see, but more and more hunting is "the way I do it", and not the way others do. Elitism, snobbery and jealousy all come into play. Any HF post, and a lot of bow hunting posts usually digress into the "I am really hunting, you are not" debate. Yeah, and my dad can beat up your dad...
If its legal, ethical, and you are having fun in the outdoors, who cares if the other guy does it just like you. We do a real good job of dividing up the sport into different camps which does not help our cause. Amen brother! I will add, everyone that hunts is raised differently so I feel this is where the differance in "what is hunting" varies. If your daddy raised you in a HF operation then you prob feel that is the way hunting goes and vice versa. I think we should take the time to learn from each other and that will only make us stronger.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
[Re: Texan Til I Die]
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12/26/09 02:18 AM
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I've hunted and harvested deer still hunting, crouched down in some rocks for cover, from a stand over a feeder. My most proudest moments are from still hunts, and natural blinds I made or found, with no feeder or enticement. I've taken deer from stands over feeders. I've taken deer from high fence and low fenced properties. I will teach my grandson to still hunt and hunt from a natural blind. When he's good at that he can hunt from a stand over a feeder or however he wants. BUT....He will learn fair chase First. I think our up and coming hunters deserve to know all three ways. JMHO.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/26/09 02:37 AM
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/27/09 03:39 AM
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/28/09 03:13 AM
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I've hunted and harvested deer still hunting, crouched down in some rocks for cover, from a stand over a feeder. My most proudest moments are from still hunts, and natural blinds I made or found, with no feeder or enticement. I've taken deer from stands over feeders. I've taken deer from high fence and low fenced properties. I will teach my grandson to still hunt and hunt from a natural blind. When he's good at that he can hunt from a stand over a feeder or however he wants. BUT....He will learn fair chase First. I think our up and coming hunters deserve to know all three ways. JMHO. Sadly, it doesn't happen that way for a lot kids these days because there's no one who wants to take the time, or doesn't have the knowledge, to teach them "fair chase" tactics.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/28/09 02:47 PM
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I've hunted and harvested deer still hunting, crouched down in some rocks for cover, from a stand over a feeder. My most proudest moments are from still hunts, and natural blinds I made or found, with no feeder or enticement. I've taken deer from stands over feeders. I've taken deer from high fence and low fenced properties. I will teach my grandson to still hunt and hunt from a natural blind. When he's good at that he can hunt from a stand over a feeder or however he wants. BUT....He will learn fair chase First. I think our up and coming hunters deserve to know all three ways. JMHO. Sadly, it doesn't happen that way for a lot kids these days because there's no one who wants to take the time, or doesn't have the knowledge, to teach them "fair chase" tactics. I've always thought "fair chase" referred to any legal/moral method of hunting that isn't some canned hunt type of scenario.
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Re: What is deer hunting???
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12/28/09 06:03 PM
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I feel hunting is a privledge and a right as long as you do it on your own land and not tresspassing on somebody elses land. God put the game on the planet not the goverment. What i mean is if the goverment says i gotta stop for no GOOD reason other than because they say so, well you know what im saying.
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