Thank goodness everywhere is not Alaska!Snagging was illegal everyplace I was ever in, in Alaska...
IF, you are jerking your pole, it's a no no... lol
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Thank goodness everywhere is not Alaska!Snagging was illegal everyplace I was ever in, in Alaska...
IF, you are jerking your pole, it's a no no... lol
DM
I let this guy walk by. I had two doe in the freezer at the time, better steaks.
I was looking for a bigger buck.
Also, pigs come to the bait and I slay them.
Ya, unfortunately all we have is a superior brain. No sharp teeth, no claws, and by comparison slow and clumsy. Not to mention an extremely limited comfort zone temperature wise.The only "fair chase" hunting would be for the would be hunter to walk into the woods naked, hands empty, and then start their hunt; crafting any tools, gear, and weapons from the resources found in the immediate environment.
Ya, unfortunately all we have is a superior brain. No sharp teeth, no claws, and by comparison slow and clumsy. Not to mention an extremely limited comfort zone temperature wise.
Yeaaa kinda, I planted the seed that's in the hay fields...
So, I guess I bated them...
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I guess I'm not a hunter, I planted the tree that those apples came from!!
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Why is harvesting the crop vs brush hogging it down make any difference. In both cases its a artificial food source that you are using to attract your targeted hunting species. Why does removing 99% of it make it ok.Planting a harvestable crop is not baiting as long as you harvest it & not bush hog it down & let it lay in the field.
Planting a harvestable crop is not baiting as long as you harvest it & not bush hog it down & let it lay in the field.
Me neither.
I literally built a "deer engagement area" with a heated elevated blind on my back 40:
Feeder
3 food plots
Mineral lick
Apple trees
Pears
Chestnut trees
Persimmons
Sawtooth and Chinkapin oaks
I spend about 10 days a year hunting deer on my place and can now shoot does to my hearts content. Occasionally I'll see an immature buck. I've yet to see a mature buck during legal shooting hrs though, I get them on camera passing through at night. I hardly ever even get pictures of them on or near the feeder. In theory they should come running when the feeder goes off, but we've got so many other food sources here that I think it has limited effect. I'll sometimes go for days without pics of even does at the feeder. The big bucks I have taken have been doing spot-stalk/still hunting on public land.
About the only thing that comes running (waddling actually) to the feeder is an overweight possum and a couple of fox squirrels.
I decided for myself that the whole discussion could be divided into two categories: "ethics" and "sportsmanship".
Both of those are subjective, and could also almost be combined except “ethics” are not an unchanging set of rules one had for themselves. An “I would never…” changes about the time ones life depends on the decision being made and being ethical or a good sport is of no concern.
In any case, I would also add at least one other category as “lawful”. Is is a set of rules that can be on either side, for better and worse of either of the first two.
Did this one over eat or just sleeping ?View attachment 1013388
I guess I'm not a hunter, I planted the tree that those apples came from!!
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Well, obviously I didn't harvest the apples, or they wouldn't be on the ground, now would they??Planting a harvestable crop is not baiting as long as you harvest it & not bush hog it down & let it lay in the field.
Over ate, but it was only 200 grains too much that did it... lolDid this one over eat or just sleeping ?