Is this sporting?

[Byron Quick]

But, but...he saw it on TV. Somebody on TV said it. It must be true!

And, and, it was a 12 hour hunt over 10 miles...surely a 30 minute program showed everthing worth knowing about that 12 hours. TV editors don't slant things to fit their biases. Everyone knows that.

I mean, think about it. Every one of my deer hunts is just like the TV shows. I sit in a stand for a few minutes talking and then a monster buck wanders up and I execute it. Isn't that the way all you guys do it?

 

[H&Hhunter]

Cougar numbers are larger than they've ever been in most parts of the west right now infact they are getting to be a problem in many areas. Including my backyard.

 

[Art Eatman]

H&H, if you feel the need for some extras, you're quite welcome to come on down and trap a few of mine. The local Bambis would also be appreciative.

, Art

 

[nygunguy]

Byron, Byron

You know the only reason your hunts are like the ones on TV are because you have your cough silencer, $300.00 scent lok outfit, 2 quarts of the latest buck lure, and most of all the super deluxe hands-free grunt call that no buck can resist. How do you get all that stuff into the tree with you anyway?

 

[Byron Quick]

 

[Art Eatman]

Three trips for the "stuff", and then two more for Byron.

, Art

 

[St. Gunner]

I used to hunt with a rifle and three shells in it...

Had a bad experience and started packing the rifle loaded with 3rds and an extra ten in my pocket...

Then I decided I needed binoculars, even though I was the only one hunting the place I was on...

Then I thought those grunt tubes would work great...

Then a doe bleat can...

Then the scents...

Then I decided packing some tree steps would be a good idea...

I ran out of pockets and had to buy a fanny pack...

Then I needed some brush trimmers for those split second blinds...

Then a piece of 4'x8' camo net...

Then I got a camera...

the lenses...

The film...

The tripod...

Then I had to start carrying water so I didn't dehydrate...

Then some snack sticks for energy to pack it all around...

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I started hunting with an ultra light AR-15 just cause the ammo was lighter and also the rifle...

I was just thinking about all the junk that makes the trip the other day, how it used to be slipping into camos at the house, grabbing a rifle and a handful of shells, and going hunting, somewhere all that changed, i'm not sure I am any more sucessful that I have ever been, but I feel like I can't leave home without it...

 

[HunterGatherer]

The only mistake that I seem to make while hunting in the mountains, is that I forget to take a flatlander with me - to show me how "easy" it is.

 

[St. Gunner]

The only mistake that I seem to make while hunting in the mountains, is that I forget to take a flatlander with me - to show me how "easy" it is.

Hey it is hard hunting at 400' altitude, the air is so thick you feel like you have to breath it by using a spoon.

I went out to Colorado when I was in highschool, thought I was in pretty good shape, after going into the Rawah lakes(?) and heading all the way to the top lake, I decided altitude sucks...

I'll stick to my flatland with cactus, thorns, rattlesnakes, and assorted other dangerous things, I like them bunches more than that dizzy lightheaded feeling it takes a couple days to get used to...

 

[Byron Quick]

Darn, Art...that hurts

 

[schromf]

Tim51 ?

Did you hunt the panhandle of N. Idaho? Thats my hunting ground and it is about as rough as it can get up there. I know several hound hunters, been on several bear/lion hunts spent a lot of time running through the mountains, straight up and down in thick timber never saw a bear or a cat.
One hunt we knew the dogs had something, but by the time we got to where the hounds were the cat was long gone, seems we ran for about 1.5 hours straight to get to where the dogs were, but no matter how hard we pushed, we couldn't get there quick enough. We knew before we got to the tree by the tone of the barking they had lost it. Seems they had it treed near a cliff, cat must have made an olympic type jump from the tree to the cliff and prodeeded to go straight up where the dogs couldn't run.

These folks I know hunt every year many times hard, I guess they get a cat about 1 in 4-5 years, better sucess with bear. But figuring you are going up on a bear/cat hunt once and are going to be succesful is optimisim at its best.

 

[PDshooter]

Might be OK for you, but NOT for me!
I've seen films on hunting Bears,and lions that way. I just would'nt feel good about killing them that way.

They again I like bears and lions. I just won't shoot them.
And I hunt.

 

[justice4all]

In parts of the West, bears and cougars are becoming so populous as to be pests, and many have no fear of people. AFAIAC, anything that cuts down on the population of either, while giving the animal a fair chance to escape, should be encouraged. And from what I've just read, it sounds like the cats have a pretty high rate of success at eluding the hunters and their dogs.

 

[zahc]

TV is the worst thing that happened to hunting, just as it is the worst thing that ever happened to skateboarding or little biking.

An individual thing that is perverted when condensed into TV.