Sometimes I dont get hunters...

[SteamWake]

Got nothing at all against hunting. If you want to go shoot stuff and eat it go ahead.

But... today I woke up to a solid overcast sky, raining, and tempratures right around upper 30's to low 40's. Nasty day out I thought to myself and pulled the covers up closer and snuggled in.

Im woken again with Pup... pup... pup pup ... Well Ill be some crazy duck hunters out there in this crap. "Perfect weather for duck hunting"

Sure you enjoy yourself now I'll stay inside where its warm and dry thanks. If I want a duck Ill run down to the meat market and buy one.

[August]

There's this whole man against nature thang. One of the main reasons I liked winter camping for example.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Got nothing at all against hunting. If you want to go shoot stuff and eat it go ahead.

But... today I woke up to a solid overcast sky, raining, and tempratures right around upper 30's to low 40's. Nasty day out I thought to myself and pulled the covers up closer and snuggled in.

Im woken again with Pup... pup... pup pup ... Well Ill be some crazy duck hunters out there in this crap. "Perfect weather for duck hunting"

Sure you enjoy yourself now I'll stay inside where its warm and dry thanks. If I want a duck Ill run down to the meat market and buy one.

Pfft...w/the right gear, just about any environment is bearable, or even enjoyable!!!

[SteamWake]

Well sometimes I sit out in my back yard at night and use a telescope in cold weather for hours.

Some would call the crazy too but at least it aint raining

[Weiss Pinguin]

Gimme cold weather over heat anyday. Sure, it's harder to get going, but it's a lot easier to warm up than it is cool down

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Gimme cold weather over heat anyday. Sure, it's harder to get going, but it's a lot easier to warm up than it is cool down

We sure are opposites on that one.
C'mon summer.

[Oberon]

I can see how people get a thrill from the hunt, stalking prey and such, I quite enjoy stalking players in online games, lining up for the shot and them not knowing what hit them. Of course, the best thing for humans is that animals don't shoot back...
I don't get hunting really either, not on live targets, and yeah, I heard exactly the same thing in pretty much the same condictions this morning. I've even heard them popping away over on the marshes in the pouring rain with a strong wind...I mean...what the heck could they hit in that?

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Weiss Pinguin

Gimme cold weather over heat anyday. Sure, it's harder to get going, but it's a lot easier to warm up than it is cool down

When I first moved to Utah I fell in love with the winters, since I had never lived through one before. Now I've reached an age where I still like them, but my joints sure don't. Nothing I love more than to lie in the sun in mid-July.

[AVGWarhawk]

I have nothing against hunters either but I have to laugh when I watch a hunting show for a few minutes. There is the hunter in a blind. Camo on. Deer scent. Salt licks. Rattle the plastic antlers. Next thing you know here comes a buck. In a hush hush voice the hunter prepares. Under his breath..."What a beautiful animal. I have never seen such a magnificent 13 point buck!" "A creature like this is once in a life time." Then...KA-POW...dead magnificent beautiful once in a life time dead 13 point buck. I just find that strange. Let the thing go and pick up a steak at the market.

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have nothing against hunters either but I have to laugh when I watch a hunting show for a few minutes. There is the hunter in a blind. Camo on. Deer scent. Salt licks. Rattle the plastic antlers. Next thing you know here comes a buck. In a hush hush voice the hunter prepares. Under his breath..."What a beautiful animal. I have never seen such a magnificent 13 point buck!" "A creature like this is once in a life time." Then...KA-POW...dead magnificent beautiful once in a life time dead 13 point buck. I just find that strange. Let the thing go and pick up a steak at the market.

Ja, that is strange. And it can realy piss me off to find a headless carcass.
Thankfuly, that's a minority.

[AVGWarhawk]

Poachers are not good either. A few states have the mechanical deer and moose. They catch quite a few poachers poaching the animated deer. I mean really, the reason hunting happens is it keeps the population in check. No need to be poaching.

[mookiemookie]

Here in Texas (and I'm sure a lot of other places too), there is a contingent of people who use deer feeders full of corn to lure them in and then blast away from their blinds set up in a tree. They call themselves "hunters" but they're not. If you leave your feeder out and the deer become conditioned to come running when they hear the "whirr-whirr-whirr" of the feeder turning on, then you may as well go hunting in a zoo. Where's the "hunt"? Where's the challenge?

It's hunting for lazy and talentless hacks, that's what it is.

[Oberon]

Sounds a lot like the pheasant shooters over here.
They feed the pheasants up over the summer, they're reared in hutches and then let loose but come to feed at scattered feeders, so they're pretty tame.
Then, come the shooting season, the beaters head out with the dogs, scare the pheasants up into the air and kablam, blasted out of the sky before it even gets up that high. Heck, some of them even have their wings clipped to prevent them flying that well.
There can be amusing moments though, I remember one shoot taking place a few fields away where someone obviously had a misbehaving dog, for all you could hear above the gunshots was "Rags! Rags! Come here! Rags, You Bastard!!"

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Here in Texas (and I'm sure a lot of other places too), there is a contingent of people who use deer feeders full of corn to lure them in and then blast away from their blinds set up in a tree. They call themselves "hunters" but they're not. If you leave your feeder out and the deer become conditioned to come running when they hear the "whirr-whirr-whirr" of the feeder turning on, then you may as well go hunting in a zoo. Where's the "hunt"? Where's the challenge?

It's hunting for lazy and talentless hacks, that's what it is.

Yes I always found seeding to be an unsavory practice.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Yes I always found seeding to be an unsavory practice.

Just sick people. No desire, ambition, or energy for a hunt.
They get off on killing. It's a good group to stay away from.