Calling Whitetail hunters

[packinpatland]

Who says deer are scarce???????

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/11/10/reaves.ky.runner.struck.deer.wave

[MJZiggy]

These guys would have been drooling over the young buck I almost hit the other day...

[Harlan Huckleby]

These guys would have been drooling over the young buck I almost hit the other day...

are you mixing it up with a young buck?

[MJZiggy]

These guys would have been drooling over the young buck I almost hit the other day...

are you mixing it up with a young buck?

[Joemailman]

What qualifies it as "30" point? Something with the antlers right?

yep, count the antler points.

I think they have to be an inch long to count as a point.

[GBRulz]

I think they have to be an inch long to count as a point.

awww, to have a point and not being able to count it because it's less than an inch long must suck for you, eh? (that is for your GC comment, btw)

[packinpatland]

What qualifies it as "30" point? Something with the antlers right?

yep, count the antler points.

I think they have to be an inch long to count as a point.

Leave it to the guys to think 'inches' count.

[Joemailman]

These guys would have been drooling over the young buck I almost hit the other day...

are you mixing it up with a young buck?

Right now should be the peak of the rut in Wisconsin. Not sure about where Zig lives now.

[Deputy Nutz]

I have never hunted. I did go once with some of my father's family in Mexico. I don't think they shot anything but it was fun.

I think paint ball hunting along the border could be a lot of fun.

As long as you eat most of what you kill I think there is nothing wrong with hunting.

I haven't come down on hunting. I laugh at it a little bit - guys out in the woods pretending to be Davey Crockett - but I understand it. I did lots of hunting, fishing and even trapping back in Pennsylvania, where the copperhead snakes swam with me in my swimming hole. I got woods cred. I pretty much grew up in the woods.

You understand but yet you make fun. We all explain why we hunt and explain things to you but you refuse to change your views, and now you go a head compare the tortured dogs in the Mike Vick situation to that of deer taken with an arrow. If you want to eat meat, and by god I am sure you do, the animal suffers at some point.

You like beef? Chicken? Pork? Some say their whole lives are torture due to the living conditions in these mass production farms.

Again Harlan makes an impact with his lovely pot stirring effects, thanks.

[Jimx29]

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............

[Joemailman]

Always a good idea to set up near a bedding area.

[Harlan Huckleby]

You understand but yet you make fun.

Yes. I see ridiculousness in many things. Maybe you think my drumming circle out in the woods is funny. That doesn't mean you are opposed to it, does it. I'm surprised you can't step back and see hunting from a humorous angle.

We all explain why we hunt and explain things to you but you refuse to change your views

I accept what you say about responsible bow hunting. Maybe you are aces in the woods. I have a hard time believing that most bow hunters are able to get clean shots. I think a lot of times the animal is left wounded, as was the case in several of the bow hunting stories in this thread.
You are having trouble accepting that somebody could have mixed feelings about hunting.

and now you go a head compare the tortured dogs in the Mike Vick situation to that of deer taken with an arrow.

I did not bring dog fighting into the discussion, that was GBRulz.

Both dog fighting and hunting involve suffering of animals for sporting pleasure. How can you deny this obvious commonality? Better to deal with reality than stick head in sand. And of course there are important differences too, which is why I am for sending dogfighters to prison, and only want to rough-up bow hunters a little with some hard questions.

If you want to eat meat, and by god I am sure you do, the animal suffers at some point.

Ya, but the amount of suffering varies a lot. Slaughter houses can kill animals very quickly and efficiently. I must have said 5 times now I'm not against hunting. Just expressing where I have misgivings.

You keep trying to argue with me as if I am simply anti-hunting, because that is an easy argument that you already know how to make. Or you dismiss me as a trouble maker. Just ways of avoiding uncomfortable questions. Although you did give some thoughtful answers before. Guess you had this little conniption fit when I wasn't completely convinced.

[MadtownPacker]

When you think about it an animal that was hunted had a good life until the moment a bullet or arrow pierced its body. It was able to run free, breed and do whatever animals do.

A slaughter house animal was born to die and kept contained in some form or another. It would then be removed from where it grew up, taken to a strange place where it likely hears suffering before it meets its fate.

Giving the choice I would prefer to to live free. Likely an animal would feel the same way.

So what do you got to say about that bitchass Harlan?

[Harlan Huckleby]

hunting is a part of nature, I am pro-hunting.

but we also are smarter than animals, and can choose to minimize suffering because we have compassion. I'd like to see people hunt with high powered rifles with lazer guided scopes. Somebody earlier mentioned bazookas - maybe a bazooka season too.

[HarveyWallbangers]

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.