What about off the back porch.Unsporting to me would be shooting them over bait, in the dark with a night scope, from your living room window.
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What about off the back porch.Unsporting to me would be shooting them over bait, in the dark with a night scope, from your living room window.
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Here ya go bub. We have deer here. We have golden eagles here. Deer know the eagles are here. Eagles know the deer are here. Eagles hunt from above. With much more range than a human with a bow. Throw a flag on the eagle for unsportsman-like conduct.
Here ya go bub. We have deer here. We have golden eagles here. Deer know the eagles are here. Eagles know the deer are here. Eagles hunt from above. With much more range than a human with a bow. Throw a flag on the eagle for unsportsman-like conduct.
do you hunt????
I guess deer have been hunted enough that they are used to looking up. Why on Earth would tell some one to do some thing that is clearly against the law in every state in the country?But it's exactly that advantage that take the sporting element out of it. If all you want at the end of the day is a dead deer, just shoot one out you truck cab window with a spotlight shining in his face. Sport is supposed to be a challenge, where's the challenge in shooting down at a something that has no natural instinct to look up for danger?
My Uncle also did not believe in tree stands, except for archery. He also thought everyone should use a lever action and open sights. IMO, the addl hunting pressure in most areas make it near impossible to be successful w/o a tree stand, and many places (woods) just seem more over grown than they used to be, making one necessary.
Re sporting: It is easier to hunt a farm w/o a tree stand than it is to hunt in woods with a tree stand. The deer are more used to human scent, and it does not bother them as much (on a farm). My cousin (who grew up on a farm) used to tell me that if you want to get a deer, just ride out on a tractor, they won't even move!
IMO, tree stands are necessary for bows and cross bows, and with fire arms they make the sport safer (the shot is always going toward the ground) and they result in more clean one shot kills, so in that regard they are more sportsmanlike. That said, I have harvested deer still hunting with a bow, including my biggest deer. Unfortunately, addl hunting pressure (and illegal baiting) have made this method very unproductive in the areas I hunt. I wish it were not that way, but I have to deal with reality. I'm primarily a meat hunter, and I want more than one a decade in the freezer.
Nothing personal, but as long as we obey the law, take your own road. I love to still hunt, but unless it is in a remote area or late in the season, I won't do it as it usually just results in pushing the deer to someone else. I also choose based on conditions. If there is a powdery snow on the ground, I love to still hunt, if it is dry and noisy, I like to sit in a tree stand and listen for them (I'll usually hear them before I can see them).
You could also call long range shooting and deer drives un sportsmanlike, but they are the only way you will harvest some deer. Like I said, take your own road. Tree stands and scopes make it safer and result in more one shot kills. IMO, that is more sporting. Still hunters with open sights often did a lot of tracking.
There are enough anti hunting/fishing people out there, we don’t need to be fighting amongst ourselves. As long as you’re obeying the law, I’m with you.
Yes. Red elm is different. Also there's Siberian elm and Chinese elm although some mistakenly lump Chinese and Siberian together
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