aarondhgraham
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The "Fair Chase" thread got me to thinking about this,,,
I didn't want to hijack his thread so I started this new one.
When I was a kid and my Dad took me on my first deer hunt,,,
We drove way up in the mountains and made camp,,,
Then we spent a day before season scouting,,,
We picked our spot and waited for a deer.
Dad knew what he was doing and gave me the best spot,,,
It was high and overlooked a lot of open,,,
I got my first deer that year.
I'm 58 and have a 42 year old nephew,,,
He calls himself a hunter because he fills tags every year.
He hunts in rifle season, black powder season, archery season, and doe season if they have one here that year.
He owns (with brother and father) 160 acres of property,,,
They have 4 permanent tree stands with seats,,,
They feed year round and use cameras,,,
They pick their prey from pics.
In essence, for the entire year, that digital cameras near the feeders,,,
Give them a running look at all the deer on their property,,,
They actually pick beforehand which one they will take.
This is how he has hunted since he was 12 years old,,,
Minus the digital camera of course.
The point of this story is that I do not consider my nephew a hunter,,,
He gets real angry with me when I call him a harvester,,,
But he's never stalked or waited in a hide in his life.
His black powder gun is a modern in-line,,,
His bow is incredibly high tech,,,
But his rifle is a mil-surp.
He has asked me to come with him in the past,,,
I have always politely declined his offer claiming I don't hunt any more.
In reality I would love to go deer hunting again,,,
The thought of having private property to hunt on is appealing.
It's just that the idea of sitting in a tree,,,
To shoot something while it eats it's breakfast,,,
That kind of sport just doesn't seem like real hunting to me.
Am I being overly harsh here?
.
I didn't want to hijack his thread so I started this new one.
When I was a kid and my Dad took me on my first deer hunt,,,
We drove way up in the mountains and made camp,,,
Then we spent a day before season scouting,,,
We picked our spot and waited for a deer.
Dad knew what he was doing and gave me the best spot,,,
It was high and overlooked a lot of open,,,
I got my first deer that year.
I'm 58 and have a 42 year old nephew,,,
He calls himself a hunter because he fills tags every year.
He hunts in rifle season, black powder season, archery season, and doe season if they have one here that year.
He owns (with brother and father) 160 acres of property,,,
They have 4 permanent tree stands with seats,,,
They feed year round and use cameras,,,
They pick their prey from pics.
In essence, for the entire year, that digital cameras near the feeders,,,
Give them a running look at all the deer on their property,,,
They actually pick beforehand which one they will take.
This is how he has hunted since he was 12 years old,,,
Minus the digital camera of course.
The point of this story is that I do not consider my nephew a hunter,,,
He gets real angry with me when I call him a harvester,,,
But he's never stalked or waited in a hide in his life.
His black powder gun is a modern in-line,,,
His bow is incredibly high tech,,,
But his rifle is a mil-surp.
He has asked me to come with him in the past,,,
I have always politely declined his offer claiming I don't hunt any more.
In reality I would love to go deer hunting again,,,
The thought of having private property to hunt on is appealing.
It's just that the idea of sitting in a tree,,,
To shoot something while it eats it's breakfast,,,
That kind of sport just doesn't seem like real hunting to me.
Am I being overly harsh here?
.