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Doug4Prison t1_iwmk4i3 wrote

Reply to comment by KindKill267 in Lifetime hunting ban for man found guilty of illegal hunting practices across PA, other states by -TheFarce-

A friend of a friend thinks I'm weird for trying to find a high traffic area on game lands and just sitting there from sunrise to dusk with my 200$ 308 and 200$ glass. Personally I think he's weird for using tree stands with his tikka 7mm08 on private farm land where the deer totally aren't fed and baited. Jokes on me for wasting a shitload of tags I guess.

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brynnflynn t1_iwnh2cf wrote

So as someone who someday wants to hunt but can't until life stops being complicated--could you explain more about what's 'weird' in both situations? It sounds kind of like your friend thinks you're weird because you'll 'never get anything' on public lands, while you think he's weird for basically hunting in a barrel with deer that are habituated to being there and having plenty of food?

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Jorsonner t1_iwnknna wrote

Well there’s the concept of “fair chase” which basically means you aren’t using too many unfair advantages like baiting and tree stands. It’s more natural and humane. It’s also more skillful and rewarding because anybody can sit for a few hours and get something when they’ve been baiting it to be there for months.

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Doug4Prison t1_iwnp898 wrote

Well for me I can afford an actually expensive rifle and glass, and doing all the shit with calls and salt licks and the smells, but I see no point because I can still hit a silver dollar for 100y and that is all you need in the woods and I kind of like chilling in the woods freezing my nuts off for a week as vacation and if I get something that's a bonus. The other is just paying way more than you have actually need to fill a freezer. I just don't see the point in having a probably 1500$+ gun to shoot 25y from a tree to get meat on the first day.

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brynnflynn t1_iwo0vul wrote

Thank you! That makes a lot of sense.

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nickisaboss t1_iwv7ntl wrote

Also, if you are hunting legally, you have paid for a license. You have given money to a program designed to promote hunting & provide good public land for hunting. It is foolish to NOT take advantage of these services (state game lands).

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Jiveturkwy158 t1_iwnmfhy wrote

It’s all about how you want to hunt. I personally can’t sit over bait/food plots or hunt habituated deer, but I’ll admit if I had a tag to burn and all was legal I might at the end of a season to fill the freezer. But I’d much rather figure out the animal or an area, I feel more connected to it. It’s really whatever you want to make of it.

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