Does anyone really consider this hunting?

penguin

October 23, 2019 14:07

Cultivate a food plot
Build a tree stand
deposit a pile of corn near your stand on the food plot
arm yourself with a 30 caliber boomer of a gun
Equipped with a 12 power scope
supported by an adjustable gun rest
wear camo for who knows what reason

I think not.

Then shoot a deer and while it is thrashing around on your corn on your food plot congratulate yourself on what a great hunter you are

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  Chief Shaway

  October 24, 2019 09:15

  This.

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  bambihunter

  October 24, 2019 09:43

  To each their own. If it legal in their locale, who am I to say otherwise. In "olden times", people would use any and all means necessary to feed themselves and their family. Then, as the "need" subsided and weapons improved at an exponential rate, the sportsmen among us found artificial ways to make it more of a challenge.
  Some use a scenario like yours and imply the worst. Personally, I think that is MUCH better than the guided "high fence" option.
  The more sporting a person wants to be, they will artificially set their ideal way of hunting. When I first started hunting, I used a scoped rifle. Then, as I got better, and more experienced, I wanted more of a challenge. Since lived near the area I hunted, I used to hunt archery. Then, I blew out my shoulder, so I went to crossbow after my surgery. Once we moved away, I needed a higher chance at success since I had less than a week (generally took 3 days off plus the weekend). I worked retail at the time and they preferred us taking vacations further away from the holidays in the fall. So, since I had always loved muzzleloaders and the season used to be mid-September, that became my new challenge. I used to always stalk hunt and about 45 yards seemed to be the magic distance. Then, many back surgeries later, numbness in my lower extremities mean that constantly tripping in the brush was the new normal. So, I moved back to rifle. I am limited too on the amount of time I can sit in a deer stand. I have to carry stuff with me to give me back support. We built all our ladder stands and box blinds. We made them in a way that can hide back support for the stands, or tall enough to stand in the blind.
  
  
  A personal story.
  This warden approached me and my brother-in-law as we were walking out on private land. He was asking about the neighbor. Asking if we had seen him doing anything illegal, hunting from a vehicle, baiting deer, etc. After we clarified which one, I told him I hadn't seen him ever do anything I'd consider illegal or unethical. I said that several times, in the same way.
  Here's why:
  This farmer is probably in his very late 60's or more likely mid-70's. He's farmed that same stretch since he was a kid and it was previously his parents farm. He runs cattle on most of that half-section (~320 acres). On opening morning, he drives the tractor out and feeds the cows the exact same way he does the other 364 days of the year. Only on opening morning, after he does that, he pulls over to the side and opens his door on the tractor cab. When the deer inevitably show up to join the cows, he takes one. He tags it, puts it in the bucket on the tractor and goes home. He has only ever taken one (at least during rifle season). When this happened, baiting game was illegal in Kansas and except for handicapped, hunting from a motor vehicle is illegal as well. I guess because of his age and the fact that he isn't driving around hunting them, I have no problem with that. The bait? Well, he feeds those deer more or less year around. That is why I kept saying I'd never seen him do anything I'd consider illegal or unethical.

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