What is Hunting? - Page 3

RWBlue01 · September 27, 2010, 01:43 PM

jephthai, find a speaker phone and call your state DNR. Ask them to define hunting. Tell them what you do and tell them that someone says you are not a hunter and therefore do not need a hunting license. My guess is that the DNR will tell you that you are a hunter and need license.

Now, if we want to classify hunting in terms of skills.
1. Sitting at a computer, using remote control to pull the trigger on a gun, requires the least amount of hunting skills.
2. Then stand/blind hunting.
3. Then stalking.

I have done #2 and #3. I would like to be able to do #1. If just once.

markj · September 27, 2010, 04:38 PM

Stand hunting is boring and takes a lot of time, which I just dont have. I stalk my game with the exception of upland birds. Nothing finer than sneaking up on a animal, seeing its reaction to your being there and the final act. Then lets eat

I especially love turkeys, they open their eyes in surprise, beaks open wings go back, then the shot. It is a bit harder to do it this way so most guys put up a stand and wait around........ or they watch TV shows, get the latest anti smell cloths, soap, boots............

Jo6pak · September 27, 2010, 07:35 PM

It will never cease to amaze me how some people must push others down to lift themselves up.

Does stalking and shooting an animal make you a better person? Can you puff your chest and cry that you're more primal? Does it make your bollocks bigger? Does it make the meat taste better?

If I enter the woods with the intent of killing an animal, I am hunting. Whether I sit in a stand all day waiting, or chase the thing down with a sharpened stick.
IT'S ALL HUNTING

Please, get over youselves:barf:

Art Eatman · September 28, 2010, 10:11 AM

Jo6pak, that's an excellent closing statement that folks oughta read and remember.

September 27, 2010, 07:35 PM	#53
Jo6pak Senior Member Join Date: August 5, 2010 Location: West Coast...of WI Posts: 1,663	Give me a break It will never cease to amaze me how some people must push others down to lift themselves up. Does stalking and shooting an animal make you a better person? Can you puff your chest and cry that you're more primal? Does it make your bollocks bigger? Does it make the meat taste better? If I enter the woods with the intent of killing an animal, I am hunting. Whether I sit in a stand all day waiting, or chase the thing down with a sharpened stick. IT'S ALL HUNTING Please, get over youselves:barf: __________________ NRA Life Member, SAF contributor.

September 27, 2010, 01:43 PM	#51
RWBlue01 Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2008 Posts: 178	jephthai, find a speaker phone and call your state DNR. Ask them to define hunting. Tell them what you do and tell them that someone says you are not a hunter and therefore do not need a hunting license. My guess is that the DNR will tell you that you are a hunter and need license. Now, if we want to classify hunting in terms of skills. 1. Sitting at a computer, using remote control to pull the trigger on a gun, requires the least amount of hunting skills. 2. Then stand/blind hunting. 3. Then stalking. I have done #2 and #3. I would like to be able to do #1. If just once.

September 27, 2010, 04:38 PM	#52
markj Senior Member Join Date: October 27, 2005 Location: Crescent Iowa Posts: 2,971	Stand hunting is boring and takes a lot of time, which I just dont have. I stalk my game with the exception of upland birds. Nothing finer than sneaking up on a animal, seeing its reaction to your being there and the final act. Then lets eat I especially love turkeys, they open their eyes in surprise, beaks open wings go back, then the shot. It is a bit harder to do it this way so most guys put up a stand and wait around........ or they watch TV shows, get the latest anti smell cloths, soap, boots............

September 28, 2010, 10:11 AM	#54
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Jo6pak, that's an excellent closing statement that folks oughta read and remember.