slamdunk
Moderator
- Messages
- 10,663
Losing game animals, it eventually happens to all of us at some point no matter how good of a shot we are.
I was outside last night when my neighbor walked over to see how my season was going so far.
Well actually, he's the kind of guy who asks how my season is going but doesn't really care, it's simply his way of opening the conversation to tell me about his.
He proceeds to tell me about their archery season and how his son just couldn't stick them right.
Well, after the third "stick and loose" story, i start becoming very agitated and really start questioning his ethics, not only as a hunter, but as a responsible father.
Then he starts in on the muzzle loader hit and lose deer....
I sat there and listen to him basically bragging about how great their season was going because his son has "hit" 4 deer!
His closing statement was something like this-
"Oh well, good thing we still have the rifle hunt so we can actually kill one!"
Ok here's my issue.
At some point he should teach his son that "enough is enough" and pull the plug on him at some point during the seasons, no??
In my eyes he's teaching his son what he really thinks of their hunting resources and that there is an endless supply instead of teaching him how to shoot better and take more responsible, practical and ethical shots at his targets!
(I live right next door and have NEVER seen him out shooting his bow)
Rifle hunt starts in a couple weeks, i can't wait to here their "success" stories.... (puke)
If this is just one story like this, how many thousands of others are there?
That's a lot of lost game each year.....
I was outside last night when my neighbor walked over to see how my season was going so far.
Well actually, he's the kind of guy who asks how my season is going but doesn't really care, it's simply his way of opening the conversation to tell me about his.
He proceeds to tell me about their archery season and how his son just couldn't stick them right.
Well, after the third "stick and loose" story, i start becoming very agitated and really start questioning his ethics, not only as a hunter, but as a responsible father.
Then he starts in on the muzzle loader hit and lose deer....
I sat there and listen to him basically bragging about how great their season was going because his son has "hit" 4 deer!
His closing statement was something like this-
"Oh well, good thing we still have the rifle hunt so we can actually kill one!"
Ok here's my issue.
At some point he should teach his son that "enough is enough" and pull the plug on him at some point during the seasons, no??
In my eyes he's teaching his son what he really thinks of their hunting resources and that there is an endless supply instead of teaching him how to shoot better and take more responsible, practical and ethical shots at his targets!
(I live right next door and have NEVER seen him out shooting his bow)
Rifle hunt starts in a couple weeks, i can't wait to here their "success" stories.... (puke)
If this is just one story like this, how many thousands of others are there?
That's a lot of lost game each year.....