Double Creek

Fair Chase

Taking good shots

Being proficient with the weapon

110% recovery effort

tocs

I am getting hung up on the distinction between legal and ethical.In my mind I am going round and round about it.
I will instead answer as many of the questions that I am able to remember.Yes I will shoot does with (yearlings)We would be doing all of us a favor by using the word yearling versus fawn or god help us babies.
A running shot at a coyote,everyday of the week.
A running shot at a deer,I never have unless I already had a bullet in it.Never with a bow.This philosophy for me has likely cost me some pretty good bucks.
If there was an animal (very good buck) where I only had his hindquarters but I knew I could place the shot,he would have a very sore heinie and I would do everything possible to dispatch him as quickly as I could(of course this is rifle only)
Baiting if it were legal I would for bear not for deer.
Scents and lures,I am a big proponent of the use of them.Of course also taking advantage of the naturally attractive foods that are native to my area.
While I personally don't like deer drives,from a safety and challenge perspective as long as I am not any where near it and it isn't in an area where I am on to a good buck,I'm kinda ok with it.(how's that for selfish!)
My greatest enjoyment in hunting is going one on one as far away from other hunters as possible.

Charlie P

You must meanwhen they are giving birth to their young, right? Otherwise you wouldn't be hunting deer and or Spring Turkey.

Charlie P

1.When I shoot Mom I alway's throw the baby a bottle a formula so it doesn't get sad. Unless I can whack the baby too.

2.Always use a silencer when poaching.

3. If I shoot a deer and don't bother to find it I tear up one of my brothers tags.

4.I wipe the blood of my windshield after tying a buck to the hood.

5.We only drive deer of cliffs under 100 feet so the meat doesn't bruise.


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Charlie P

What do you mean you don't enjoy the kill?

Charlie P

6. I alway's pick up the beer cans I throw down from my treestand.

7. When I fill my Pod with poison I always make sure that I do it away from the kids and our pets.

zak123

I do shoot skeet. I do this so I can practice safe kills on dove. I try to make my kill as humane as possible, and people like YOU are the ones who fuel the antis. I will not shoot a mother with a fawn. I do not know why I don't do this. I cannot expain my ethics.

zak123

I don't enjoy the kill because killing is not fun. The reward of killing a buck is great, but the killing part I do not like.

throwingStarr

Make sure they're not watching because if they're not watching then you can do it but make sure they're not watching first.

BOWFANATIC

I admire your honesty! That feeling of remorse over the taking of an animals life tells me we needn't worry about Zak being some sick twisted serial killer.