bowhunting accuracy test?
07-03-2007, 09:02 PM
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bowhunting accuracy test?
Greg's post got me thinking about this......[/align][/align]Would you be in favor of an accuracyproficiency test to secure a bowhunting permit in your state?[/align]
07-03-2007, 09:06 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
You know the only problem I would have with it would be some people applying might not be that poor of a shot; however may not properly understand how to tune their equipment or form. So I'm not so sure it would be a fair test of competency, for what it's worth.
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07-03-2007, 09:19 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
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WHOA BUCKEY DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GO THERE! That sounds like something an anti-hunter or politician might suggest.
WHOA BUCKEY DON'T THINK YOU WANT TO GO THERE! That sounds like something an anti-hunter or politician might suggest.
It wouldn't be to exclude anyone but to make the guys who pull their bow out of the "garage" the day before the seasons starts to actually get their bow out earlier and become proficent with their equipment.
I don't know how I feel aboutitthat's why I am asking for opinions.
07-03-2007, 09:43 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
No. I would not be in favor of it. While I understand your point I think the government tries to control us enough. It's a damn shame, but one bad apple spoils the bunch. I for one am pretty tired of having to adapt to the "bad apples" of the world. The fact of the matter is, it's a free country ( supposedly ) and if someone wants to get their bow out 2 days before season and shoot 5 arrows, then deem themselves worthy of hunting.........Well, so be it. I don't agree with it, but I would be against legislation trying to control it even more.
I think the good apples have to stand above the bad and attempt to sway the attention away from the bad......Just my 2 cents......
I think the good apples have to stand above the bad and attempt to sway the attention away from the bad......Just my 2 cents......
07-03-2007, 09:59 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
If I were an outfitter I might consider it. I wouldn't want just any yahoo flinging arrows at my lively hood and wounding a bunch of them. Having them run off never to be found. That and if you draw blood you bought it.
But to get a permit, I don't think it would work.You would have a mob on your hands a couple of days before the season.
But to get a permit, I don't think it would work.You would have a mob on your hands a couple of days before the season.
07-03-2007, 10:00 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
It's not that i don't think everyone should be profiecient with their weapon of choice,it's just that i believe it would be just one more thing to divide us at a time when we need to stick together on all points.I believe it would give the anti-hunters more to flip it around and use against us.
07-03-2007, 10:06 PM
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RE: bowhunting accuracy test?
GREAT question, Scott...
And equally as good an answer mobow.
I actually agree with both concepts; as a pretty hardcore, right-wing conservative, I agree whole-heartedly with Donnie. But... I'm gonna waffle a bit as I think through this and say that you've got a great point, buckeye.As someone who's about as serious about bowhunting as you can be, I love being an ambassador for our sport, and often times think that -- while not necessarily the standards I hold myself to need to be put into place -- that sometimes we do need standards.
I had the extreme displeasure of a co-worker a few years ago who found out I was a bowhunter want to go hunting with me. We ended up hunting a couple times together, and I saw him gutshot a deer, shoot another in the hip, wound a turkey, and wound a bobcat in those couple hunts. I was appalled, and we went our seperate ways. Oh wait... we hunted three times together, because the first time out together, I put him in one of my best spots and he wounded a legitimate 150-class bruiser; I know he was because he cameby my stand after he shot him, though I didn't know it at the time. I wondered why I couldn't grunt him over to me.. I got a friend of mine to take me up in his private plane the next day and we circled the area for 10 minutes as I looked over the CRP field he went into with binos. [:@]
The problembecomes who administers? Who sets policy? Does it -- like mobow said -- open the door for more restrictions from anti-hunters down the road? (This would have to be weighed VERY carefully, and is the reason my initial reaction would be to say "no") There's a LOT to think about here...
And equally as good an answer mobow.
I actually agree with both concepts; as a pretty hardcore, right-wing conservative, I agree whole-heartedly with Donnie. But... I'm gonna waffle a bit as I think through this and say that you've got a great point, buckeye.As someone who's about as serious about bowhunting as you can be, I love being an ambassador for our sport, and often times think that -- while not necessarily the standards I hold myself to need to be put into place -- that sometimes we do need standards.
I had the extreme displeasure of a co-worker a few years ago who found out I was a bowhunter want to go hunting with me. We ended up hunting a couple times together, and I saw him gutshot a deer, shoot another in the hip, wound a turkey, and wound a bobcat in those couple hunts. I was appalled, and we went our seperate ways. Oh wait... we hunted three times together, because the first time out together, I put him in one of my best spots and he wounded a legitimate 150-class bruiser; I know he was because he cameby my stand after he shot him, though I didn't know it at the time. I wondered why I couldn't grunt him over to me.. I got a friend of mine to take me up in his private plane the next day and we circled the area for 10 minutes as I looked over the CRP field he went into with binos. [:@]
The problembecomes who administers? Who sets policy? Does it -- like mobow said -- open the door for more restrictions from anti-hunters down the road? (This would have to be weighed VERY carefully, and is the reason my initial reaction would be to say "no") There's a LOT to think about here...