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10-19-2011, 10:56 PM
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I grew up as a pot hunter amongst a family of pot hunters. As far as deer? You can't eat antlers, and if it's smaller than yer coon hound you ain't gettin much meat off of it. Small game? We never went after limits. We went after enough to eat. Our goal was making a meal, not making a count. I have brought home a "mixed bag" more times than I can count as a kid. Couple of quail, half a dozen squirrel, two fat rabbits, etc. Enough food for a grandkid, and two sets of grandparents for a meal. Tomorrow we see if we can get enough in the morning again. If not time to set the set lines on the creek or river at lunch and haul them in that evening. You eat, then you go coon hunting that night. Coons and possums could be eaten, or even better sold to other folks to buy more shells to keep feeding your family. You skin them during fur bearing season and sell the fur for more money to the buyer. Nothing goes to waste.
Sport hunters that leave game to rot make me want to puke. GoodOlBoy
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10-20-2011, 10:36 AM
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Gentlemen, I first want give my opinion on the original comments about limits....I'm not too young to remember those times and I try to instill in my kids what hunting is really all about. We squirrel hunt, deer hunt, and just get out into the woods together. It's never about getting a limit. Frankly, you couldn't get a daily limit of squirrels in my woods right now in an entire season....
It's true that if you watch enough of outdoor entertainment, that you can get the feeling that's the image they are trying to portray. Remember, though that it's entertainment and it's a huge business. Shows that represent meat hunting just plain don't sell as well as so called celebrities or "professionals" shooting big animals. That doesn't mean that we as parents and mentors shouldn't explain and promote the reality and roots of our hunting heritage. Also, those shows exist...one of the biggest reasons I love watching Fred Eichler and his wife and family hunts. (Easton Bowhunting and Muzzy) They portray family and hunting...and he shoots whatever he can. NOW: as far as the other comments about personal limits...they are just that and should only be driven by ones self. This is no different than religion in my eyes...I won't push mine on you and you keep yours to yourself as well. Don't say that longrange hunting is wrong and that they only talk about the ones they kill and I won't tell you what I think about flintlocks and roundballs or most people's proficiency with rifle at 100 yards and everything else I've seen...why? Because it does NONE of us any good. Everyone on here hunts, and may hunt in a way that someone else does not like or do himself....does that make it bad or wrong? If in your mind it does, maybe you should join the anti's and help shut down hunting for all, including yourself. In the end, we all answer for our decisions, big and small in all walks of our life... to others but mostly to ourselves. The wasters of deer in Michigan can rot in hell like they leave their deer, they are not hunters they are slobs and should be careful to note that this is exactly they actions being used against ALL of us to ruin what we all love.
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10-24-2011, 08:45 AM
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This has 100% to do with who raised you, not how old we are. If you were raised by an individual that believes the rules were made for everyone else, not them, you have problem kids and some of those kids today are adults with kids. None of these folks ever had a proper social education by a responsible adult. When you are raised to take only what you eat and eat what you take, it starts the entire process of respect, for the laws, hunting ethics, animals, property of others, etc.
Today in many areas you see the residual of the above in the increasing cases of trespass, animals left, property owners threatened, and all manner of other violations. Ed
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