reynolds357
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That pretty much sums up my deer hunting Arch.
Blind is up.......getting close now boys
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pilothunter
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Not arguing whether it is legal or not or whether it should be legal or not; but spending all kinds of money on leases, stands, food plots, salt licks, trail cameras, feeders, etc. seems to make it more like "deer waiting" than "deer hunting". I lived and hunted out West where most of the above mentioned activities would get you arrested as illegal baiting. If your goal is just to shoot some deer, then have at it; but if your goal is to fully appreciate the hunting aspect, the battle of wits and skills, then IMO, you have to go after them critters, not bait them into coming to you.JMO, YMMV
I've hunted out west, in Canada and Alaska as well. But as a resident of Tennessee, I simply cannot always afford such trips. Much as many of us might want, we do not always have access to thousands or even hundreds of acres to hunt. Perhaps you're saying those who don't (or can't) go out, walk and challenge the quarry over hundreds of acres shouldn't hunt at all??
By the way, where was the subject of "baiting" mentioned in the previous posts? I didn't see it. I simply saw someone who used what resources he had to accomplish what he wanted to do; shoot a deer. My point was and remains, there are lots of legal ways to hunt deer, from dogs in N.C. to horseback in Alberta (I've done both). It should not be anyone's concern as to how another enjoys their hunt, so long as it's done legally.
Just sayin'
Not arguing whether it is legal or not or whether it should be legal or not; but spending all kinds of money on leases, stands, food plots, salt licks, trail cameras, feeders, etc. seems to make it more like "deer waiting" than "deer hunting". I lived and hunted out West where most of the above mentioned activities would get you arrested as illegal baiting. If your goal is just to shoot some deer, then have at it; but if your goal is to fully appreciate the hunting aspect, the battle of wits and skills, then IMO, you have to go after them critters, not bait them into coming to you.JMO, YMMV
I've hunted out west, in Canada and Alaska as well. But as a resident of Tennessee, I simply cannot always afford such trips. Much as many of us might want, we do not always have access to thousands or even hundreds of acres to hunt. Perhaps you're saying those who don't (or can't) go out, walk and challenge the quarry over hundreds of acres shouldn't hunt at all??
By the way, where was the subject of "baiting" mentioned in the previous posts? I didn't see it. I simply saw someone who used what resources he had to accomplish what he wanted to do; shoot a deer. My point was and remains, there are lots of legal ways to hunt deer, from dogs in N.C. to horseback in Alberta (I've done both). It should not be anyone's concern as to how another enjoys their hunt, so long as it's done legally.
Just sayin'
BigD_in_FL
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Wasn't saying you shouldn't hunt - try reading my post again before going off in a tizzy............
No one was questioning the legality at all.....but since you want to act like this, I'll just let it go. As I said, out West, the activities that are legal here in the East would get you arrested for baiting; again, reread what I posted
Just sayin'.......
Backatcha.......
No one was questioning the legality at all.....but since you want to act like this, I'll just let it go. As I said, out West, the activities that are legal here in the East would get you arrested for baiting; again, reread what I posted
Just sayin'.......
Backatcha.......
pilothunter
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QUOTE:
Wasn't saying you shouldn't hunt - try reading my post again before going off in a tizzy............
No one was questioning the legality at all.....but since you want to act like this, I'll just let it go. As I said, out West, the activities that are legal here in the East would get you arrested for baiting; again, reread what I posted
Just sayin'.......
Backatcha.......
No tizzy here Big(?)D,
I read your response several times before responding. You seem to make assumptions and accusations that are there, plain as day. If you don't like how other people hunt, completely legally, I suggest you keep your useless, ridiculous opinions to yourself. You are just the type what true hunters who support other true hunters dislike. I suggest reading your other idiotic posting again.
I figure I was clear as can be there this time.
Wasn't saying you shouldn't hunt - try reading my post again before going off in a tizzy............
No one was questioning the legality at all.....but since you want to act like this, I'll just let it go. As I said, out West, the activities that are legal here in the East would get you arrested for baiting; again, reread what I posted
Just sayin'.......
Backatcha.......
No tizzy here Big(?)D,
I read your response several times before responding. You seem to make assumptions and accusations that are there, plain as day. If you don't like how other people hunt, completely legally, I suggest you keep your useless, ridiculous opinions to yourself. You are just the type what true hunters who support other true hunters dislike. I suggest reading your other idiotic posting again.
I figure I was clear as can be there this time.
I grew up hunting across soy bean fields where if you couldn't make a 300 yard shot you'd best stay home and have a three wheeler to collect your kill. You can't stalk hunt. Later I had a place where I could get around in the woods and I did enjoy it. Now where I hunt the undergrowth is too thick to walk through and I'm not up to a lot of walking so I "hunt" out of shooting houses in fields I can drive my truck across to collect the kill. I have killed more deer on the walk in than out of the houses tho.
Another fine thread turned into 'you don't hunt like I do so... you're not a hunter...you're a baiter...you hunt over corn piles...you hunt over corn fields...you hunt stands of hickories...you hunt over a watering hole...your this...your not that'. Yada, Yada, Yada, the list goes on and on and eventually gets into 'you shoot a high powered rifle capable of 1000yd shots and that's not hunting, if ya really want to know the meaning of hunting, use a slingshot'.
What's any of that got to do with the original topic of this thread anyways?
What a shame.
Betcha one thing, I don't claim to have hunted all over the world or profess to be any kinda great or even good hunter but I bet I can take ya to places that unless you hunt a stand your wasting your time tryin to sneak through the woods. Same as I can take ya to places that if you don't stalk your chances of success are slim to none.
Sorry bout the rant OP.
Just gets old seeing enjoyable threads getting turned sour by fellow hunters that should be supporting each other rather then bickering about others legal styles of hunting.
What's any of that got to do with the original topic of this thread anyways?
What a shame.
Betcha one thing, I don't claim to have hunted all over the world or profess to be any kinda great or even good hunter but I bet I can take ya to places that unless you hunt a stand your wasting your time tryin to sneak through the woods. Same as I can take ya to places that if you don't stalk your chances of success are slim to none.
Sorry bout the rant OP.
Just gets old seeing enjoyable threads getting turned sour by fellow hunters that should be supporting each other rather then bickering about others legal styles of hunting.
FrankenMauser
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I'll second that motion.
Wow.......
All I wanted to do is show people the blind behind my house. For the record, I have 5 acres of hay and my neighbor has 5 acres of brush and woods. He doesn't mind that I look over the fence and try to catch an occasional deer coming out to feed in my field. This is a spot for sitting with the wife or daughter and enjoying some time together. I do plenty of "real hunting" at other spots that I have. Also, I didn't mention baiting because the spot is not baited.
For the person who mentioned hunters arguing over legal hunting practices is exactly what anti's want,.........Amen. We should probably stop that and we could probably stop hijacking other people's threads.
All I wanted to do is show people the blind behind my house. For the record, I have 5 acres of hay and my neighbor has 5 acres of brush and woods. He doesn't mind that I look over the fence and try to catch an occasional deer coming out to feed in my field. This is a spot for sitting with the wife or daughter and enjoying some time together. I do plenty of "real hunting" at other spots that I have. Also, I didn't mention baiting because the spot is not baited.
For the person who mentioned hunters arguing over legal hunting practices is exactly what anti's want,.........Amen. We should probably stop that and we could probably stop hijacking other people's threads.
born2climb
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For those who look unfavorably on hunting from a blind, my shooting house is probably downright offensive, though I couldn't care less. I like to hunt rain/shine/sleet/snow, as well as having the option of taking my wife and/or kids with me, so I built one big enough to handle it.
I can shoot 300 yards north and around 350 to the south.
I can shoot 300 yards north and around 350 to the south.
Born2climb. Nice shooting house. Mine's not nearly so solid, but it suits me fine.
There was a time in my youth, where lots of land was available for public use. Timber company property, especially in north Louisiana, covered about half of the available land, and I did a lot of stump-sitting, walking the drainages, covering hundreds of acres in a day. Then, the timber companies decided that they could lease the land for a nominal fee to hunting clubs. Those clubs leased the timber lands and closed areas for their exclusive use. Like many of the guys I grew up with, I joined a club.
As much as I'd like to scout huge areas, here in the heavily forested areas, they've adopted a new term for that kind of hunting. We call it trespassing.
Well, it 's perfectly legal, and here in the forested East, (or in my case, swampy Louisiana), we don't have thousands of acres of gummint land to wander about. I have two hunting spots, one 80 acres and one 8 acres. If I push the deer they simply cross the boundary and legally, they're gone. Sometimes it's simply a matter of what works in a given location and what doesn't work. For us, stalking doesn't work, it simply pushes the deer into another area.BigD_in_FL said:
There was a time in my youth, where lots of land was available for public use. Timber company property, especially in north Louisiana, covered about half of the available land, and I did a lot of stump-sitting, walking the drainages, covering hundreds of acres in a day. Then, the timber companies decided that they could lease the land for a nominal fee to hunting clubs. Those clubs leased the timber lands and closed areas for their exclusive use. Like many of the guys I grew up with, I joined a club.
As much as I'd like to scout huge areas, here in the heavily forested areas, they've adopted a new term for that kind of hunting. We call it trespassing.
reynolds357
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For the most part, If its legal, I am fine with it. I really see no point in hunting inside high fenced land with a guide sitting beside you telling you "the deer in the middle of the feeder will cost you $6k, the one walking up to the feeder will cost you $15k." Other than that, if its legal I have no personal problem with it.
born2climb
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Thanks! It took two evenings to frame the main house...one afternoon for the floor/walls, the next for the roof framing. Then another morning to dig the holes for the frame legs and throw the base together. I have less than $300 in it, as best I recall, having used a lot of salvaged material.
Here are a few more...one of it before framing was complete, one showing the rafters form inside, and one of me carrying it down to the field where i set it up.
Here are a few more...one of it before framing was complete, one showing the rafters form inside, and one of me carrying it down to the field where i set it up.
