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tracker Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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This just in from the wilds of Montana---Keetowah told me she went out hunting with some guy she works with and one of his buddies. She wound up a few feet from a white-tail that she wasn't sure was legal for her tags. She thought his spikes were too little, or she only had a doe tag. Anyway, as she thought about it, the deer turned and she couldn't get a clean kill shot. She let it go.
One of these guys she's hunting with said to her afterward, "If it ain't wearing orange, shoot it!"
I told her she did the right thing, in my opinion the guy that would say that, didn't sound like he was kidding the way she described it to me, well...just a little too trigger happy. Thoughts?
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tracker Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 10:19 am Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Oh yeah, and she said to say HI to y'all, my bad....Hi y'all!
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shrpshtrjoe Super Red Neck Member
Joined: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 2965 Location: Maryland
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:20 am Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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I think she did the right thing as well. When in doubt don't pull the trigger. Ya can't take the shot back she did good, and tell her Hi back
Joe
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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If SHE wasn't sure of her tags and most important. SHE wasn't sure of the shot...There are other deer...SHE did good!!!
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Yah.. I agree.. she did good.
It is not the kill, it is the hunt. Sometime, after I get all my meat needs, I like to wander into the middle of a goat mob and just scream at them it is fun to see them start and run :-D
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Dimitri Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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She did good, its not even so much legal (sure they'll charge you and all if you don't got a tag for the animal) but you never know, its like hearing stories of some hunters shooting at a "black moose looking like thing just behind the tree line"
Its always best if you cannot 110% be sure its ok to shoot not to shot.
I don't care if it looks like a 20 point deer (if there is such a thing ) in your sights, if it looks like a bad shot it shouldn't be taken.
Dimitri
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15704 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:04 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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tracker wrote: |
I told her she did the right thing, in my opinion the guy that would say that, didn't sound like he was kidding the way she described it to me, well...just a little too trigger happy. Thoughts? |
As Joe, Bushy, Gelan and 'Mitri said...She done good.
Let her know I am proud of her ethics Tracks, as I am sure the rest of us are.
I sincerely hope that she has revised her list of acceptable hunting partners now. That guy sounded like a real jerk!!! " If it moves, kill it. If it don't move kick it first to see if its dead...if it ain't...kill it" Hate that mentality.
Gelan wrote: |
Sometime, after I get all my meat needs, I like to wander into the middle of a goat mob and just scream at them it is fun to see them start and run. |
Gelan old mate...you worry me.
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tikkat3 Super Member
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Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Gelandangan,
If you can walk into a mob of goats to scare them why are you looking for a 'ranging' method. You should be trying to catch them alive.
Keetowah,
You did the right and only honorable thing. "If in doubt, Don't"
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:11 am Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:43 am Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Keetowah did absolutely the right thing. I doubt any of us are in the position that we HAVE to make a kill to survive. If we ignore the game laws when we feel like it then we aren't helping either the game or our sport.
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tracker Super Member
Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1175 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Hey guys,
I was talking to my sweetie last night and told her how many positive responses she got. She wanted me to thank you all, I appreciate it too because it's one thing for me to tell her something on the phone from a thousand miles away, but quite another for some big mouth to tell her something different when he's right in her face.
Having that "vote of confidence" from the huntingnut brothers means a lot.
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SwampFox Super Member
Joined: Jul 15, 2005 Posts: 1040 Location: Destin, Florida
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: the kill shot--hunting ethics |
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Tracker,
Very good for the young lady!
This is exactly why I am very careful about who I hunt with and if I hant with them again.
Ed
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