juanvaldez
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Sudbury, Ontario
Who shoots rifles in air, what if you miss or get shoot through, what is your back stop?
Mr Ethical, Have or would you?
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Who shoots rifles in air, what if you miss or get shoot through, what is your back stop?finally a man like me im not after the biggest buck oe bull it can be a fawn calf or cub if i got the tag im doin it
Well they do say fact is sometimes stranger than fiction.
- Location
- Back in the Peace Country
I have pics of some of them kicking around somewhere in Newfoundland...
Most of my hunting pics are still on prints, before digital was around... I'll see if I can get dad to scan some from home..
I'm gonna be bear hunting this weekend and again in November back in Alberta,.. If there's one in a tree, I'll take pics..
Most of my hunting pics are still on prints, before digital was around... I'll see if I can get dad to scan some from home..
I'm gonna be bear hunting this weekend and again in November back in Alberta,.. If there's one in a tree, I'll take pics..
Same thing that you have if you shoot a bear on the ground, the dirt or trees behind it. Of course, that's providing you use enough gun to get through a bear in the first place......
Say, what cartridge should a guy be using to........
I suppose it has a lot to do with how we were introduced to hunting. Some of the things that weren't done by my father or those that hunted with us were, shooting ducks on the water (unless they were wounded), shooting geese in the decoys (make them fly first), road hunting for deer, shooting over bait, shooting grouse on the ground or in trees (I broke this one once when I had a young dog out that didn't seem to get what we were there for). Yesterday I went out for grouse and the dogs flushed one into a tree. I threw sticks at it and it flew to a high branch before I could put the gun on it. We ended up walking away. We never hunted bears, but I wouldn't shoot one in a tree. That's the way I hunt, but as long as its legal its none of my business how you hunt.
BigUglyMan
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- New Scotland
I have not but I would.
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
No, I personally would not...it wasnt' even tempting. It took the picture below 3-4 weeks ago while hunting.......Momma left him hung out to dry. He was pretty upset...huffing and puffing at me We backed off, he came down . Everybody was happy.
We backed off, he came down . Everybody was happy.
No, I personally would not...it wasnt' even tempting. It took the picture below 3-4 weeks ago while hunting.......Momma left him hung out to dry. He was pretty upset...huffing and puffing at me
I would hope that shooting a cub out of a tree wouldn't be tempting....
However, as to shooting a full size bear out of a tree? One would think that having all the time in the world to set up for a shot to make a quick clean kill would be more desirable that not, no?
It would depend on:
a) how I felt about it at the time.
b) how hungry the family was.
c) how big the bear was.
d) what time of the season it is.
But ultimately hunting an animal is hunting an animal. Yes, I prefer if the animal doesn't know I'm there. But sometimes they do. If it stops and "gives up" I'm not going to not shoot it. If a deer could somehow run up a tree I would still shoot it. I shoot grouse from trees all the time.
a) how I felt about it at the time.
b) how hungry the family was.
c) how big the bear was.
d) what time of the season it is.
But ultimately hunting an animal is hunting an animal. Yes, I prefer if the animal doesn't know I'm there. But sometimes they do. If it stops and "gives up" I'm not going to not shoot it. If a deer could somehow run up a tree I would still shoot it. I shoot grouse from trees all the time.
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
Seems its ok for some animals not so acceptable for others...
How many here have tracked a grouse away from a trail only to shoot it off a branch in the thick woods ?
How many here have tracked a grouse away from a trail only to shoot it off a branch in the thick woods ?
- Location
- AB foothills
If I was tracking a good sized bear and it climbed a tree, it would be a dead bear. Of course, I would first ask him nicely to get down so I could chase him some more. If he didn't, dead bear
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
If I was tracking a good sized bear and it climbed a tree, it would be a dead bear. Of course, I would first ask him nicely to get down so I could chase him some more. If he didn't, dead bear
Good one. While I'm not much into Bear hunting, there've been two that have been in a tree, when they, met their 'demise'. Both were the side result of the dogs treeing them out while upland bird hunting. One was a FAIR sized bruin. As pepperoni, both were great.
- Location
- AB foothills
Doesn't it bring a tear to your eye knowing that these bears were treed every time you take a bite
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
Yep no doubts about the cub but if I get this recent visitor up a tree I may not give him a chance to come down.....mostly because he's twice my weight and three times faster......oh and did I mention I like sausage
