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re: Guns during bow season for protection.
Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:07 pm to Nodust
Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:07 pm to Nodust
Right, it's like a pocket knife. It's a tool. I've never viewed either one as an object of protection in the woods.
If you see a snake in time to shoot it you've either seen it in plenty enough time to avoid it or it already bit you. I like blasting cottonmouths as much as anybody, but to say I NEED a gun while bow hunting is hilarious.
If you see a snake in time to shoot it you've either seen it in plenty enough time to avoid it or it already bit you. I like blasting cottonmouths as much as anybody, but to say I NEED a gun while bow hunting is hilarious.
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Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:10 pm to AlxTgr
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Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:18 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
What does that mean?
Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:21 pm to AlxTgr
It's that face you make when somebody says something so dumb you can't properly express it, so you don't really express anything
Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:40 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Yeah, his posts evoke that a lot.
Posted on 6/30/15 at 9:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
It can be hard for someone who views guns as just tools to understand people who view them as working pieces of art. Just as it can be hard for me to understand the appeal of most modern polymer / black semi auto pistols.
Of course those 2 groups are probably purchasing different types of firearms that reflect their opinions.
For example, if you wouldn't feel any emotion sitting around a campfire with an old Colt close at hand then I'm not sure I could explain the mindset to you.
Of course those 2 groups are probably purchasing different types of firearms that reflect their opinions.
For example, if you wouldn't feel any emotion sitting around a campfire with an old Colt close at hand then I'm not sure I could explain the mindset to you.
This post was edited on 6/30/15 at 10:11 pm
Posted on 6/30/15 at 10:06 pm to Hammertime
I'm going to add my two cents here.
As for allowing a sidearm I think it's a great thing.
In the past I never really saw much of a need for one but that all changed last bow season when I walked up on a bedded 300 lb plus boar.
I had just gotten to the bottom of the tree I was going to put my climber on and saw a flicker of eyes. I was using a green light, so he never spooked. By the time I realized what it was I realized if he charged I was fooked. I still had my climber on my back and bow in my hand with no arrow nocked, not that it would have mattered since it was pre-first light anyhow. Boar was 25-30 steps away, a distance that sounds a lot farther than it is in reality under these conditions.
He stood and looked at me and slowly walked away, much to my lucky stars. If he had chosen to charge it would have been a really...REALLY bad day for me.
Thus, in early bow season anyhow, I will ALWAYS have a hog-stopping capable handgun on my person.
My other thought regarding this is that while one should carry a sidearm for protection, it should NEVER be used to finish off a wounded deer. It is bow season, so if you choose to bowhunt , than you should be profficient enough with a bow to put a kill shot into a deers vitals. Having the option to finish off a deer with a sidearm will make for a lot more iffy shots if some people can use that guise to wound any deer within range and finish it off via the pistol.
Thats BS in my eyes.
I know not all shooting opportunities work out the way we want. I've had to finish off 3 deer after tracking with a second arrow and two others with second arrows following spine shots from the stand. Also had to finish off a buck for a buddy with a knife to the throat, which all suck big donkey pricks. But it goes with the territory of bowhunting. Also will force one to make better shot selections in the future to help keep this from happening.
Having the ability to dispatch a deer with a gun during BOW season is wrong...plain and simple.
JMHO
As for allowing a sidearm I think it's a great thing.
In the past I never really saw much of a need for one but that all changed last bow season when I walked up on a bedded 300 lb plus boar.
I had just gotten to the bottom of the tree I was going to put my climber on and saw a flicker of eyes. I was using a green light, so he never spooked. By the time I realized what it was I realized if he charged I was fooked. I still had my climber on my back and bow in my hand with no arrow nocked, not that it would have mattered since it was pre-first light anyhow. Boar was 25-30 steps away, a distance that sounds a lot farther than it is in reality under these conditions.
He stood and looked at me and slowly walked away, much to my lucky stars. If he had chosen to charge it would have been a really...REALLY bad day for me.
Thus, in early bow season anyhow, I will ALWAYS have a hog-stopping capable handgun on my person.
My other thought regarding this is that while one should carry a sidearm for protection, it should NEVER be used to finish off a wounded deer. It is bow season, so if you choose to bowhunt , than you should be profficient enough with a bow to put a kill shot into a deers vitals. Having the option to finish off a deer with a sidearm will make for a lot more iffy shots if some people can use that guise to wound any deer within range and finish it off via the pistol.
Thats BS in my eyes.
I know not all shooting opportunities work out the way we want. I've had to finish off 3 deer after tracking with a second arrow and two others with second arrows following spine shots from the stand. Also had to finish off a buck for a buddy with a knife to the throat, which all suck big donkey pricks. But it goes with the territory of bowhunting. Also will force one to make better shot selections in the future to help keep this from happening.
Having the ability to dispatch a deer with a gun during BOW season is wrong...plain and simple.
JMHO
This post was edited on 6/30/15 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 6/30/15 at 10:16 pm to AUTimbo
Isn't it strange that so many people here have walked up on top of hogs and the hogs did not charge?
Oh, no, wait, it's not, because they very rarely do
Oh, no, wait, it's not, because they very rarely do
Posted on 6/30/15 at 11:32 pm to LoneStarTiger
I watch shows showing your "Lone Star" hogs milling around in the daylight hours while people walk up within bow-type ranges to dispatch them with a rifle so I can see your thought process here.
Unfortunately the hogs we have here in S. Carolina are a different breed altogether. I have NEVER seen one during daylight hours. Rarely do I get a game cam pic during daylight hours and usually it's at last light , if at all.
No sir, the breed of hog you are familiar weith and the ones running around here are world's apart in their behaviour.
And if you think I'm going out in the pre-dawn darkness without a sidearm,knowing there is a 300 lb plus boar in the area, then you need to put down the crackpipe and allow your thoughts to clear brother.
Unfortunately the hogs we have here in S. Carolina are a different breed altogether. I have NEVER seen one during daylight hours. Rarely do I get a game cam pic during daylight hours and usually it's at last light , if at all.
No sir, the breed of hog you are familiar weith and the ones running around here are world's apart in their behaviour.
And if you think I'm going out in the pre-dawn darkness without a sidearm,knowing there is a 300 lb plus boar in the area, then you need to put down the crackpipe and allow your thoughts to clear brother.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 7:24 am to AUTimbo
quote:
Guns during bow season for protection.
Two words: Big Foot
Posted on 7/1/15 at 7:41 am to KingRanch
quote:They make these laws to allow more people to "enjoy" the outdoors, thus buying license, permits, etc. Aimed toward jabronis who never learned true woodsmanship.
Stupid laws
Another example of the pussification of the country, just like allowing centerfire rifles and scopes for "primitive" hunting, or crossbows for anyone who can pull the trigger.
Guns while bowhunting will also open the door for more outlawing during bow season, like there is not enough of that already. Real smart.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 7:49 am to SCwTiger
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just like allowing centerfire rifles and scopes
Only allowed for youths - good regulation in my mind, my 7yr old isnt ready to shoot a 45-70, or 444.
Who gives a shite if someone carries something bigger than a 22 during bow season.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 8:07 am to swanny297
I was not commenting on youth hunting. I'm all for kids getting advantages to let them get started, but grown men shooting .35 whelen, or any other centerfire rifle, with any kind of telescopic sight is not primitive hunting.
Didn't mean to highjack the thread.
Didn't mean to highjack the thread.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:00 am to swanny297
historically, the problem is poaching. if someone has a rifle in a bowstand, and the deer is too far for an arrow, what stops them from shooting it with the rifle? May as well open rifle season on Oct. 1. The resource can't stand the pressure.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:06 am to Nodust
quote:
If I'm on my own property I'll almost always have a sidearm to do some target shooting.
THIS
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:20 am to Nascar Fan
I'll be happy for people who can carry on their land. At the same time, I hope the WMAs and NWRs do not adopt.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:25 am to AlxTgr
quote:
I hope the WMAs and NWRs do not adopt
I don't think they will cause they like the black sheep of the state IMO
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:26 am to Mung
quote:Bullshet, one can't drive down the road at night without dodging deer. I pray for the blue tongue.
The resource can't stand the pressure.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:28 am to Mung
quote:Yup
The resource can't stand the pressure.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 9:32 am to White Bear
quote:
I pray for the blue tongue.
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