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re: Does any one hunt anymore?
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:24 pm to Siderophore
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:24 pm to Siderophore
Hunting can be as easy or challenging as you make it. Depends on what the goal is. Bow hunting without corn/bait is pretty tough. Rifle hunting over a huge field with a pile of feed in the middle is fairly easy. Plenty of people still go about it the hard way, cause the easy way is stale. Not all that different from any other hobby.
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Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:25 pm to Siderophore
umm, yes
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:35 pm to CottonWasKing
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More of a tough guy than going to a grocery store and buying meat that someone else killed
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:40 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
There is no better organic food than wild game
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:44 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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There is no better organic food than wild game
Isn't venison one of the healthiest meats you can eat to?
I could be wrong but thats what I've always heard
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:50 pm to Siderophore
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By that I mean take the time to track an animal to kill...looking for and following spoor, etc.
Tough to do that in the south east US. Most pieces of property aren't big enough to stalk and track game for hours or days. If the animals would obey property lines it would be feasible to hunt deer that way. Rabbit, squirrel, and turkey are hunted in this manner.
In the western states you have to spot and track large game, for days sometimes if you want a trophy.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 5:54 pm to Siderophore
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2) Train them to feed at a certain point.
People never cease to amaze me.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:01 pm to BarDTiger81
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2) Train them to feed at a certain point.
People never cease to amaze me.
I put out a feeder and never killed or saw deer at it. They would come at night cause I would see tracks. I just use it to keep them coming through the woods I hunt but don't hunt over it anymore.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:37 pm to Siderophore
Do you mean "hunt" like in the movies you've been watching, where the indian follows a deer's tracks through the woods and then runs it down and shoots it? That kind of hunt?
No, because that's impossible any place without snow.
No, because that's impossible any place without snow.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:40 pm to Teague
Don't you have a falcon?
If so that is hunting at its basic primative level
If so that is hunting at its basic primative level
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:42 pm to Siderophore
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2) Train them to feed at a certain point.
If you could help me train a 190 B&C and a 180 P&Y (not greedy) to come to my clover patch at about 4:45PM during the appropriate seasons, I will compensate you for your effort.
Since I am asking I would like a 12" beard and 1 and 7/8 spurs Tom as well. I would like him to come in strutting and gobble to my hen yelp at least twice as well.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:46 pm to Nodust
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Tough to do that in the south east US. Most pieces of property aren't big enough to stalk and track game for hours or days. If the animals would obey property lines it would be feasible to hunt deer that way.
Truth!
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:51 pm to Siderophore
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:57 pm to Nodust
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Don't you have a falcon?
If so that is hunting at its basic primative level
I do, and I'm ditching my compound bow that I've hunted with for 25 years (hunted deer with a gun maybe 4 times in my life) in favor of a longbow.
But, you won't find me tasting deer droppings and following tracks through the woods, if that's what he means.
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 4/10/12 at 6:58 pm to Siderophore
quote:If you think this is easy(the "feeding" is not legal on public land) I suggest you try it next season and report back. You can come with me if you like. We can document our success or lack there of.
1) Find a place with deer using cam
2) Train them to feed at a certain point.
3) Wait in a nearby shelter for them to show up so you can make the shot.
Alternatively, just waiting in said shelter for a deer to pass.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 7:13 pm to Nodust
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Don't you have a falcon?
If so that is hunting at its basic primative level
Yeah, for the falcon.
If a caveman had high-powered rifles, trail cams, and an iPhone, would he use em? Hell yeah he would. I want to be like a caveman, so that's how I do it too
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 4/10/12 at 7:44 pm to tigerfoot
i remember last year a few people were dogging keith warren (tv host) about hunting in his high fence ranch, about how it was shooting fish in a barrel and wasn't fair, etc.
Keith issued a challenge to anyone who wanted to come bowhunt his ranch. He would let them hunt for free if they killed a mature buck. (could not hunt with bait) If not they had to pay Keith the full hunt fee of about 4k. None of the naysayers accepted his challenge.
I hunt in texas over feeders. its very rare for a mature buck to show up at the feeder, unless its the rut and he follows a doe in. I enjoy it, so does my wife, and really dont gaf what others think....that be my choice. sure beats eating store bought beef
Keith issued a challenge to anyone who wanted to come bowhunt his ranch. He would let them hunt for free if they killed a mature buck. (could not hunt with bait) If not they had to pay Keith the full hunt fee of about 4k. None of the naysayers accepted his challenge.
I hunt in texas over feeders. its very rare for a mature buck to show up at the feeder, unless its the rut and he follows a doe in. I enjoy it, so does my wife, and really dont gaf what others think....that be my choice. sure beats eating store bought beef
Posted on 4/10/12 at 7:53 pm to Siderophore
Planting a food plot and feeding doesn't guarantee success by any means. It also promotes herd health.
Deer hunting has been watered down a good bit by the high fence hunting and shows on tv, but don't let that fool you, there are still lots of hunters who hunt the more traditional way.
Deer hunting has been watered down a good bit by the high fence hunting and shows on tv, but don't let that fool you, there are still lots of hunters who hunt the more traditional way.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 8:11 pm to tigerfoot
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If a caveman had high-powered rifles, trail cams, and an iPhone, would he use em? Hell yeah he would. I want to be like a caveman, so that's how I do it too
Cave men hunted for survival. We hunt for sport with the bonus of getting food.
Your analogy isn't accurate.
Posted on 4/10/12 at 8:12 pm to Slickback
I know plenty of people, myself included, who dont hunt with bait or cams. Just walking a creek or bottom to find where they cross. Also, looking for sources of food will help you find game trails(rubs and scrapes). You can find an area where they bed down as well. All of these things will help you pattern deer and get to know what size deer you have.
I have jumped probably 50 deer while walking through the woods. The funniest one for me being a yearling that I stepped on before it got up and moved. Scared the hell out of me when it jumped up. I have learned over time that deer will lay down a whole lot more than most would think.
If I dont see anything for a while, I have to ask myself "What am I doing wrong here?" and change my plan of attack
I have jumped probably 50 deer while walking through the woods. The funniest one for me being a yearling that I stepped on before it got up and moved. Scared the hell out of me when it jumped up. I have learned over time that deer will lay down a whole lot more than most would think.
If I dont see anything for a while, I have to ask myself "What am I doing wrong here?" and change my plan of attack
This post was edited on 4/10/12 at 8:13 pm
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