why would you quote me on that. rea dmy other posts in this thread I'm all for asking permission. no permission means tresspassing in my books wheather it's posted or not.
Saved a young bucks life tonight!
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why would you quote me on that. rea dmy other posts in this thread I'm all for asking permission. no permission means tresspassing in my books wheather it's posted or not.
I like to think that if you are truely doing nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about so i really don't care. if you are doing something wrong at some point you will be caught. so as it's already been said by others, just keep doing what your doin. I'm not sayin your doing anything wrong, but I also don't have to do things the same way as you.
Sounds good to me..I am not doing anything wrong, actually never have.
I can't beleive where this thread is gone. but i'll post my personal hunting values for you all to consider. It's the nice thing about the internet we all get to say whate on our minds.. and usually get dumped on for it lol.
Driving around until you see a deer on main roads is not a big deal. so long as you follow all applicable laws ie not shooting out of the truck not shooting to close to roads or houses. I'm a "lazy" hunter mostly becasue of my dad, (as i said before he has issues walking distances) but even without him I would probably drive around and do a bunch of scouting in the truck and cover more ground. where i hunt it is very flat and therefore it makes no sence to go walking there aren many places for the deer to be hiding. if i see a group of trees yes i'll park and go take a gander at them or take a walk in the river bottoms.
If i don't know whose land it is I don't hunt there. If i know who it is i'll ask for permission. If the land is crown land then yes i'll hunt wherever.
crown or private land I don't blaze my own trails in the truck. I follow fencelines or dirt tracks. I'm a farmboy it would piss me off if people were driving all over hell and back in my feilds, why would i do it to theirs? when i get a deer i will leave the main trails to pick it up taking the most direct rout in and out so as not to wreck tho farmland and/or crownland. I have other ethics as well. I hear stories about peoepl having to chase their gutshot deer that hit at 400yards+ a mile to find it. I'm proud to say that I have never hada deer go more that 3 feet from where i shot it. If i can't kill it with one shot I don't take it. I spend lots of time and the range and know what I can do and what my rifle can do. Some people can take a shot at 500yards at a deer at full run with a .243 and kill it humanely. I can't so i don't.
Also i always take the landowner the prime cuts as a thank-you and my gramma always gets the liver which she shares with one of here good friends.
I'm a chef So i am a pretty good butcher. I find the deer, kill it, gut it, skin it, hang it, butcher it, package it, cook it and eat it. It is a VERY satisfying feeling knowing that no hands but my (and maybe my dad's) have ever touched that deer. compared to that mystery cow from mcdonalds It is the best meat on earth.
/rant
Hunting ethics to me are pretty simple:
Not your land and no permission?
Hail mary shot?
Don't know the backdrop?
Can't be bothered to get out of the vehicle?
Not going to retrieve it?
Only want the rack?
Anyone doing those things is the kind of hunter I will never hunt with. I don't want anything to do with people like that. They can all get stuck in a ditch and freeze their faces off for all I care. Ethics are about respect and the people who do the above aren't demonstrating respect for anyone else or even the deer.
Not your land and no permission?
Hail mary shot?
Don't know the backdrop?
Can't be bothered to get out of the vehicle?
Not going to retrieve it?
Only want the rack?
Anyone doing those things is the kind of hunter I will never hunt with. I don't want anything to do with people like that. They can all get stuck in a ditch and freeze their faces off for all I care. Ethics are about respect and the people who do the above aren't demonstrating respect for anyone else or even the deer.
