Bowhunting dangerous game!
02-08-2008, 01:36 PM
#81
Boone & Crockett
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RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
ORIGINAL: HuntingBry
Me too, as long as I've got my toys it's at the top.
ORIGINAL: Germ
I agree I am a wuss
I just know my place on the food chain Even with a Gun I am not going[&:]
I agree I am a wuss
I just know my place on the food chain Even with a Gun I am not going[&:]
02-08-2008, 01:47 PM
#82
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
dieing does not make you more ethical or a better hunter there is no reson why not to carry the back up
now not needing it is what impresses me
now not needing it is what impresses me
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
02-08-2008, 01:49 PM
#83
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
Posts: 9,445
RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
dieing does not make you more ethical or a better hunter there is no reson why not to carry the back up
now not needing it is what impresses me
dieing does not make you more ethical or a better hunter there is no reson why not to carry the back up
now not needing it is what impresses me
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
02-08-2008, 01:52 PM
#84
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,867
RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
thank you
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Well put Tim!!
ORIGINAL: bigtim6656
dieing does not make you more ethical or a better hunter there is no reson why not to carry the back up
now not needing it is what impresses me
dieing does not make you more ethical or a better hunter there is no reson why not to carry the back up
now not needing it is what impresses me
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
Wanna impress me?
Ditch the backup rifle.
Now then.....I'm impressed. No takers? I think THAT would be way up there on the ethics scale. You know.....when the food chains are on a more even keel.
02-08-2008, 02:06 PM
#85
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Phoenixville, PA USA
Posts: 5,541
RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
ORIGINAL: Germ
many have died who thought like that
ORIGINAL: HuntingBry
Me too, as long as I've got my toys it's at the top.
ORIGINAL: Germ
I agree I am a wuss I just know my place on the food chain Even with a Gun I am not going[&:]
I agree I am a wuss
I just know my place on the food chain Even with a Gun I am not going[&:]
Of course one of the ways we stay at the top is by hunting our food down in the frozen food section of the grocery store. It's not very elusive prey there.
Back on topic. I think that if you are going to hunt dangerous game you need to take every precaution necessary to make sure you can make a clean kill and recover the game. Let's face it, if you stick a cape buffalo in the boiler room and get trampled to death because you don't have a PH with a back up weapon you are dead and he is dead and the only ones that benefit are the vultures and the jackals.
02-08-2008, 02:13 PM
#86
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
Be very careful now hunter 59! The last thing we need is hunters going after other hunters! What is your goal here? To ban certain hunting? When you do these things you are moving one step closer to losing your hunting rights. Think before you speak or write! Should we leave it up to you to decide what type of hunting to ban. Shame on you!
02-08-2008, 02:14 PM
#87
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RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
Back on topic. I think that if you are going to hunt dangerous game you need to take every precaution necessary to make sure you can make a clean kill and recover the game. Let's face it, if you stick a cape buffalo in the boiler room and get trampled to death because you don't have a PH with a back up weapon you are dead and he is dead and the only ones that benefit are the vultures and the jackals.
According to some, you should just forego your safety so that you can be called a "BowHunter"andprove to all your friends that you areserious about this. Guns are for sissy's!
02-08-2008, 03:03 PM
#88
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
ORIGINAL: HuntinGUS
Hey, there is someone with a logical way of looking at things.
According to some, you should just forego your safety so that you can be called a "BowHunter"andprove to all your friends that you areserious about this. Guns are for sissy's!
Back on topic. I think that if you are going to hunt dangerous game you need to take every precaution necessary to make sure you can make a clean kill and recover the game. Let's face it, if you stick a cape buffalo in the boiler room and get trampled to death because you don't have a PH with a back up weapon you are dead and he is dead and the only ones that benefit are the vultures and the jackals.
According to some, you should just forego your safety so that you can be called a "BowHunter"andprove to all your friends that you areserious about this. Guns are for sissy's!
I guess I just can't follow the line of thought where someone seriously thinks that having a PH with a backup weapon makes you less of a man or less of a bowhunter. To me, it just makes you a smarter bowhunter.
02-08-2008, 03:22 PM
#89
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: westchester, ny
Posts: 678
RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
More words of wisdom in this thread that went 9+ pages of grown men telling other grown men that they're pussies for not doing it the way they would do it.
ORIGINAL: turtleshell
ORIGINAL: loogout1
Just stating my opinion. If the guides all had bows, it would definitely be more dangerous. Too dangerous for said hunter? I guess that's a personal question the hunter would have to ask himself. At what point does the safety mechanisms or limits put in place overtake the very reason for being there? Another very personal question. I could probably drive the parkway at a very high rate of speed at rush hour to the nearest cabelas, look at a cape buffalo mount and get a pretty good thrill and probably be in more danger than most hunts that guys are out there kidding themselves about. Plus I'd get to sleep in my own bed, and be thousands richer.
Again, JMO. To each his own though.
MORON(written by turtleshell)
Just stating my opinion. If the guides all had bows, it would definitely be more dangerous. Too dangerous for said hunter? I guess that's a personal question the hunter would have to ask himself. At what point does the safety mechanisms or limits put in place overtake the very reason for being there? Another very personal question. I could probably drive the parkway at a very high rate of speed at rush hour to the nearest cabelas, look at a cape buffalo mount and get a pretty good thrill and probably be in more danger than most hunts that guys are out there kidding themselves about. Plus I'd get to sleep in my own bed, and be thousands richer.
Again, JMO. To each his own though.
ORIGINAL: TEmbry15
Would it still be bowhunting if those guides were all there with bows at the ready to take down the animal?
So is it different for a rifle hunter? Is it still considered rifle hunting?
How is it out of his limitations to lion hunt simply because he isnt stupid enough to do it alone?
ORIGINAL: loogout1
Well said Kodiakarcher. It is a "risky endeavor" and should be treated as one. If you dont have the testicular fortitude AND the know how, maybe it's not the endeavor for you. Maybe it shouldn't be attempted at all. There are a lot of "expert" hunters out there undertaking "expeditions" under the guise of the hunt for dangerous game. With multiple back ups behind you, lets call it what it is. "A man's got to know his limitations." And I know mine.
Well said Kodiakarcher. It is a "risky endeavor" and should be treated as one. If you dont have the testicular fortitude AND the know how, maybe it's not the endeavor for you. Maybe it shouldn't be attempted at all. There are a lot of "expert" hunters out there undertaking "expeditions" under the guise of the hunt for dangerous game. With multiple back ups behind you, lets call it what it is. "A man's got to know his limitations." And I know mine.
So is it different for a rifle hunter? Is it still considered rifle hunting?
How is it out of his limitations to lion hunt simply because he isnt stupid enough to do it alone?
02-08-2008, 03:34 PM
#90
Typical Buck
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RE: Bowhunting dangerous game!
ORIGINAL: magicman54494
Be very careful now hunter 59! The last thing we need is hunters going after other hunters! What is your goal here? To ban certain hunting? When you do these things you are moving one step closer to losing your hunting rights. Think before you speak or write! Should we leave it up to you to decide what type of hunting to ban. Shame on you!
Be very careful now hunter 59! The last thing we need is hunters going after other hunters! What is your goal here? To ban certain hunting? When you do these things you are moving one step closer to losing your hunting rights. Think before you speak or write! Should we leave it up to you to decide what type of hunting to ban. Shame on you!
In the same token, I know that a well placed shot with a sharp broadhead will take down any dangerous game animal! It just seems to beapproaching theethical boundary when I go to war with a weapon that isfar more inferior than the power ofmy adversary. In this case, my definition of "inferior" would be that in the large proportion of the shots taken with this weapon, the game animal will, without a backup weapon, proceed to kill the hunter before said hunter can do anything about it!
Please realize, this is my "opinion", and I do notintend to judge anyone who hunts this way! Ibelong to a"brotherhood" of hunters and realize we all have acommon love of the sport.My only intention herewas tocreate a dialogue about this aspect of our sport.