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Rant on high fence hunting
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Huge +1.
I heard someone say one time that hunting is not a sport since one side doesn't know its playing.
Thanks fellas for the replies. It was something that I've been wanting to bring up. I was new here and didn't want to rock the boat. I figured most of ya'll would see it as I did.
It really bothered me to see these deer that look and act like pets in a "hunting" preserve. Again, to me it is no different than killing a cow for eating. But really, do not call it hunting.
To me hunting is working your ass off to maybe get the chance to see something. Then if you are lucky or good enough, maybe you get the kill. If not, you had a good time alone, with friends or with family in the outdoors.
It really bothered me to see these deer that look and act like pets in a "hunting" preserve. Again, to me it is no different than killing a cow for eating. But really, do not call it hunting.
To me hunting is working your ass off to maybe get the chance to see something. Then if you are lucky or good enough, maybe you get the kill. If not, you had a good time alone, with friends or with family in the outdoors.
Might ruffle some feathers here but how much worse is it to have a fence keeping people from killing "your" deer and keeping "your' deer from wandering off than just hunting with a high power rifle to begin with? There are really only 2 major things to consider with a 30-06 on a deer hunt: Will a deer come within range and will I be a good enough aim to hit it if it does? When scoped and zeroed to 200 yards, having put out corn and salt for a month or two to get them all used to finding food where you want the carcasses to drop and hiding in a tree with a perfect view, you have a purty good chance of eventually having one stroll into the kill box. Then all you have to do is aim and shoot. Now THERE'S a sport.
At least with bow hunting you have to actually work for the kill. Although with half the material in bows invented by NASA and a $1000 dollar piece of equipment that has been professionally assembled and tuned it still seems like a bit of an unfair advantage.
I had to give it up. I hunted one season, used up all my tags and realized that I can buy beef a helluva lot cheaper and still get to sleep in. If there was some SPORT to killing deer with a gun, maybe it would be different but sit/wait/shoot is NOT a sport. And you guys that pay $500 and up to join a club so you can use their land PLUS pay big bucks for guns, ammo, cammo, processing(if things go well) and licensing...man y'all GOTTA be rich. Hell, processing alone is so high you may as well buy steak.
Personally, I say if you want to consider yourself a sportsman because the way you hunt is really sporting, get rid of any piece of equipment that has been "engineered" and get either a longbow or a recurve, slap on a pair of simple BDU's and get in the woods and stalk hunt. Don't "pre-bait", go look for them instead of waiting for them to come to you. Bet you won't need ALL your tags that way.
At least with bow hunting you have to actually work for the kill. Although with half the material in bows invented by NASA and a $1000 dollar piece of equipment that has been professionally assembled and tuned it still seems like a bit of an unfair advantage.
I had to give it up. I hunted one season, used up all my tags and realized that I can buy beef a helluva lot cheaper and still get to sleep in. If there was some SPORT to killing deer with a gun, maybe it would be different but sit/wait/shoot is NOT a sport. And you guys that pay $500 and up to join a club so you can use their land PLUS pay big bucks for guns, ammo, cammo, processing(if things go well) and licensing...man y'all GOTTA be rich. Hell, processing alone is so high you may as well buy steak.
Personally, I say if you want to consider yourself a sportsman because the way you hunt is really sporting, get rid of any piece of equipment that has been "engineered" and get either a longbow or a recurve, slap on a pair of simple BDU's and get in the woods and stalk hunt. Don't "pre-bait", go look for them instead of waiting for them to come to you. Bet you won't need ALL your tags that way.
has anyone really tried shooting fish in a barrel? i mean..it sounds kinda fun...messy...but fun
Have I mentioned that I love this site. We can disagree, discuss and no one has threatened to ban me.
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Or fishing in a pond.
