I recently acquired a 62 Sharon hawken. Good shooter and a no-nonsense gun. Congrats to the OP for picking up a ML and getting back into the sport.
I'm having difficulty understanding why anyone has a problem with Snake's posts. I agree 100% with his position. His points are well taken in my opinion.Someone’s having a bad day. Lol
Walk
Didn't say that at all and i envy you that you live off the land. I'm referring to the ones that take it, don't use it, then throw it out freezer burnt, usually to make room for the next batch. the ones that take a limit of fish, go home change shirts and go out for another limit.Well I don't shoot deer illegally (without legal tag), but I kill 3-6 deer every year. I also butcher and package my kills. I eat NO beef, pork or chicken. We eat nothing but what I kill or catch or grow from our garden (except for bread/flour products). Yet according to you I'm a bad person. We live off the land quite literally. What's wrong with that??? More folks do that then you might realize.
thank you for the kind wordsI'm having difficulty understanding why anyone has a problem with Snake's posts. I agree 100% with his position. His points are well taken in my opinion.
any day I am still breathing is a good day.Someone’s having a bad day. Lol
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Likewise.any day I am still breathing is a good day.
People have been ambushing deer to eat as long as people have hunted them.I'm puzzled why they call it "hunting". Call it what it is. Shooting a deer from a stand is more of an ambush than a hunt.
agree, but back in prehistoric times up through toady, peoples used traps, pits, driving herds over cliffs, nets, dogs etc etc. That was a matter of life n death survival in many instances. We have very few if any instance of that today. Certainly no need for any of those hunting techniques. While many people eat what they harvest(good) I sincerely doubt anyone will starve if they do not get a deer. To many options today to prevent that. IMHOPeople have been ambushing deer to eat as long as people have hunted them.
I don't mind it at all, in fact I've done it myself years ago.It's the calling it "hunting" that rubs me wrong. What exactly are you hunting for? A clear view maybePeople have been ambushing deer to eat as long as people have hunted them.
You are probably right but I do love "ambushing" deer.I'm puzzled why they call it "hunting". Call it what it is. Shooting a deer from a stand is more of an ambush than a hunt.
I think it's a great past time/sport and has probably fed alot of hungry mouths.It's good to see the next generation enjoying it too. I just wish it hadn't become such a "rich man's event". The right to "hunt" on private property here in Texas has gotten expensive.You are probably right but I do love "ambushing" deer.
Yes, unless you are still hunting on the ground (without a commercial blind), or still walking ie., very slow walking through the woods, there is no other forms of real traditional "hunting" IMHO. The rest is setting up an ambush. Using tree stands and feeders etc is not quite "kosher" in my view, but then again, It is only my opinion.I'm really not sure what you'd call the sport of shooting a deer. But there is very little actual "hunting" in it.
That's a shame that there is added expense to hunting on private land. There is enough cost involved without that. IMHOI think it's a great past time/sport and has probably fed alot of hungry mouths.It's good to see the next generation enjoying it too. I just wish it hadn't become such a "rich man's event". The right to "hunt" on private property here in Texas has gotten expensive.
Well way back then in the 1700s and even much earlier, most everyone used to climb up into trees and ambush deer and other game from above. Even the native Indians were doing it too. So using a blind isn’t much of a stretch.I'm puzzled why they call it "hunting". Call it what it is. Shooting a deer from a stand is more of an ambush than a hunt.
I have to still hunt. I am not good enough to move silently etc. through the woods. I have "ambushed" my deer too, becasue everyone I shot came from behind me, and di not realize I was there. Though I sit in a natural cover from a large blow down etc, The deer obviously did not know I was there. I have gotten up some times to relive myself and found deer tracks 5 ft behind me, and I never knew they were there too!!You are probably right but I do love "ambushing" deer.
Sharon barrels and ML's ?I don't like to reply with another pet peeve but let's let this thread get back to it's original topic.
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