Calling Whitetail hunters

[Freak Out]

alright alright.........I know it's not common for one man to give away his prized hunting grounds site, but when ya got it, ya really got it............

Thats not fair. A trampoline is an illegal attractant.

[Deputy Nutz]

We got back early this evening. We filled out. Had a great time, as usual. Got on my Mom's PC and had to visit this site. I was able to listen to the second half of the game on the Packers Radio Network out of Bismarck.

So you get a buck or what?

[the_idle_threat]

alright alright.........I know it's not common for one man to give away his prized hunting grounds site, but when ya got it, ya really got it............

Wouldn't want to be jumping on that trampoline, or fall down on my ass on that trampoline ...

[LaFours]

I've had someone take a big brown bear with a bow, he was a damn good shot and we still had to track the pissed off bear for a mile. Thankfully it had bled out when we got to it.

See, now this is sort-off a best case scenario. An excellent bow-hunter makes a good shot. But still the animal suffers a long time.

The honest answer from the hunter has to be, "I don't give a shit if the animal suffers." OK. Or maybe it does bother the hunter somewhat. I am just curious.

I don't think you're going to find the "non-remourseful" attitude you're looking for here. Sure I feel bad when I "nick" an animal that I am unable to locate. I would be lying if I said that I wasn't a bit remorseful even after a successful venture. But at the end of the day, I have to ask myself if what I have accomplished has been done for the right reasons. Since I know that the meat will be used in a number of ways (i.e. to feed my family, to feed those with needs, etc.), I can take solace in what I am doing.

Yes, I love the hunting aspect, but I'm not indifferent or ignoring what is actually taking place.

As far as bow hunting being unfair to the animals, most of my misses are because the deer jumps when the arrow is released. You can shoot until your hands are blistered and all it takes is one duck or dodge by the deer and all that practice is for naught.

Additionally, I just put two more in the freezer yesterday...with my bow.

[Deputy Nutz]

I guess deer don't suffer when they get smacked by a Ford Festiva and they lay there with a broken back and is trying to pull itself forward with its mangled front legs. No suffering there, but I guess it is not sport, but regardless one more suffering deer.

[Harlan Huckleby]

As far as bow hunting being unfair to the animals, most of my misses are because the deer jumps when the arrow is released. You can shoot until your hands are blistered and all it takes is one duck or dodge by the deer and all that practice is for naught.

well ya, I can easily imagine this is how it works.

I used to (attempt) to hunt pheasant with a bow back when I was a kid. I guess "hunt" is wrong word, more like "poach", since I wasn't so mindful of niceties like seasons and licenses. It was in area of Pennsylvania thick with pheasants. Those birds were in little danger, except on extremely rare occasion when one might have the bad luck to fly into an arrow.

Garrison Keillor talked about hunting during his radio show this weekend. He made point that some think hunting is cruel, but the greatest danger to deer are cars, and its got to be better to take a bullet between the eyes than get smacked on highway.

IF it really were bullets between the eyes, that would be great. I don't think hunting should be sporting, it should be deadly. Sporting just means the animals are likely to get wounded.

I would think it would be fun enough to go out in the woods with a high powered rifle. Why not lazer-guided scopes that make accurate shots easy? Maybe a little less fun and challenging, but better on balance.

Attitudes toward hunting have changed drastically in the last 50 years. It used to be common for rich people and celebrities to go "big game hunting" in Africa. Don't hear about that much anymore.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I guess deer don't suffer when they get smacked by a Ford Festiva and they lay there with a broken back and is trying to pull itself forward with its mangled front legs. No suffering there, but I guess it is not sport, but regardless one more suffering deer.

Car accidents are something we can't control, even though we try.

edit: i get it, you are saying that hunting prevents car accidents by reducing deer population. OK. I am for hunting. Just have a problem with the near misses.

[GBRulz]

Good luck all of you hunters heading out tomorrow... Be safe.

[Freak Out]

Good luck all of you hunters heading out tomorrow... Be safe.

Deer season opens in Wisconsin?

[MadtownPacker]

Good luck all of you hunters heading out tomorrow... Be safe.

Deer season opens in Wisconsin?

I just want to know when the hell it is moose season. You owe me some.

[Freak Out]

Good luck all of you hunters heading out tomorrow... Be safe.

Deer season opens in Wisconsin?

I just want to know when the hell it is moose season. You owe me some.

September....but I've had three in my yard/neighborhood all week pruning. Bastards.

You know....you might pass for Alaskan native....they can hunt year round in some areas.

[Deputy Nutz]

Shot a little bitty doe on Sunday.

Had to get it done due to Wisconsin's lovely Earn a Buck program, fucking communist. My brother inlaw had to pass up a beauty 8 pointer.

[Freak Out]

Shot a little bitty doe on Sunday.

Had to get it done due to Wisconsin's lovely Earn a Buck program, fucking communist. My brother inlaw had to pass up a beauty 8 pointer.

Earn a buck? I thought you folks had a "deer problem"?

[GBRulz]

we do, Freak. Which is why they want to eliminate does I guess. No does = no bambi's

[LaFours]

Shot a little bitty doe on Sunday.

Had to get it done due to Wisconsin's lovely Earn a Buck program, fucking communist. My brother inlaw had to pass up a beauty 8 pointer.

I kind of like the idea of the earn-a-buck program. We don't use it here in Indiana, but here is why I think we should implement it in some form or fashion:

I hunt next to a beautiful nature preserve that for decades, was extremely protected (you couldn't take rocks, plants or sticks off the place let alone animals that you harvested on the property). In the past 5 years, they decided our deer population was too big and they opened the park up to hunting (by selected applications only) for two, two-day hunts.

Now the essence of these hunts was to reduce the herd size, not let a bunch of guys come in and "shop" for huge bucks and pass on all the scrawny does. So I know it sounds selfish, but I'd like for these guys to have to earn their buck on these hunts by taking out a doe first. That way, when the wallhanger I've been hunting passes by them on the first day, they have to pass him up and stick to the original intention of the hunt...reduce the herd first.