Black Powder Hunting Quiz - II

[higene]

Should you choose to play -

You are hunting wtih your BP on a BP horned antlers only hunt. Look at picture 1.

1. Immediately declare: Shoot or No Shoot.

2. Look at picture 2 and judge your decision.



Higene

 

[WALKERs210]

At first glance it looks like buttons but not enough to qualified as a spike, if I was hunting for food on the table she would be going home with me law or no law.

 

[Pops]

HUH ! flunked that one...

 

[higene]

Walker

Good eyes. I respect you as a hunter. When I first saw Jr, the body was so big I as sure that it was a doe. At the second picture the horns show clearly. He is a shoot animal. What puzzled me were the spots. A two year old spike deer should have spots?

 

[Jaymo]

Those look more like mountain goat horns than deer antlers.
I only hunt for food. So, I would shoot it and feed my family with it.

 

[Zombiphobia]

I'm guessing young fallow deer. I'd let those antlers grow in larger, another year or two before shooting him.


PS, It's surprising me how many ppl will admit to being willing to open fire on an animal not even knowing what it is.

 

[Jaymo]

I wouldn't shoot it if I didn't know it was legal to shoot, unless I need it to feed my family. Then my God given rights usurp governmental regulations.`
I'm not a trophy hunter. I'd rather have a fat tasty doe than a big gamy buck.
My only use for antlers is tool and accessory making.

 

[higene]

Ethics

For the rules of this Fantisy, I imply that this animal is the intended victim in the hunt.

 

[Zombiphobia]

Alrighty then, assuming this is a 50- meter shot opportunity, I'd place a 200grn saboted slug over a 50g charge of Hodgon Pyrodex FFF right the base of his skull. It might take the horns off, but they obviously aren't much of a trophy anyway.

And BTW, is that a fallow deer or something of african decent?

 

[higene]

Fallow Deer

There is some discussion about what these animals really are.

I disagree with you about the rack on the father, but not on Jr. In the full frontal of the father I see the spike horns as fully developed eye guards in front of the other rack. The rack on the father is a hell of a rack for a 110 lb deer! ( Black Powder hunting quiz )

 

[Chawbaccer]

I may be getting old, but my eyesight seems better than that camera, I think I would of easily seen the spikes. However, I don't see a good line of fire. The main rule of shooting is to be sure of your target. If there is the least doubt you don't shoot.
I wasn't really aware of fallow deer, but that is what both are, so here in WV I could just shoot them without regard to sex as they wouldn't be regulated.

 

[Jaymo]

Here in GA it would be a non-native/invasive species. I could take it without even wasting a tag. Like I've ever actually used more than 1 or 2 tags a year, anyway. (That means I don't get many, NOT that I get them and don't tag them.)