Road hunting.... is it truly hunting?

[jjaba]

I know this should get some interesting responses.

whats the opinion regarding driving and hunting(unless disabled hunter) is it truly hunting or just driving with the chance of shooting a deer?

Reason I see on different sites where people are bragging they got x amount of deer, but knowing that all they do is drive logging areas all day long and when see one jump out and shoot. 

[seth30]

More reasons to keep robo deer ops going

[HighCountryHunter88]

i go on backpack hunts all the time, i also take a drive to look for a blacktail now and again too. i don't see a problem with it to each their own. why do you care how other people harvest their deer? does it get frustrating hiking all day and not seeing much and then seeing a guy shoot one from the road, yea it does but we choose to hunt the way we like.

[big J]

I see nothing wrong with it I do both. When I beat the brush a few days I enjoy driving and relaxin for a day

[mburrows]

Backpack hunting is by far my favorite type of hunting but its definitely effective in some areas. Whats the point of walking some areas when there are roads every hundred or so yards that traverse up the hill?

There's nothing wrong with it as long as ur following the laws.

[jackmaster]

I wish everyone would rd hunt

[Elkrunner]

 

Backpack hunting is by far my favorite type of hunting but its definitely effective in some areas. Whats the point of walking some areas when there are roads every hundred or so yards that traverse up the hill?

There's nothing wrong with it as long as ur following the laws.

[Typical8]

I wish everyone would rd hunt

 

How do you guys copy and paste quotes? lol

[Stein]

I don't see an issue.  10% of the hunters kill 90% of the animals and they don't hunt near roads.

From my perspective, legal "road hunting" is a low probability game where you will almost never have a chance at a mature animal.  Of course, you always have some chance and it is easier to burn fuel than boots.

I don't see it as fundamentally different from atv hunting or even using private aircraft to get into places too far to hike - it's an issue of degree you are going to make things easier.  If I drive 700 miles to a trailhead and then hike in 2 miles and shoot a deer, I don't really see where I have the moral superiority of the guy who only hiked 100 yards.

It does lend itself to the temptation to cross the line, thus the need for robo animals.

It also leads to a strange synergy where the road hunters get what they want and the backcountry people have the advantage of knowing animals usually aren't within a mile or two of a road which reduces the possible areas to look by a huge percentage.

This year in Wyoming, I did both.  The last day of my hunt I was on my way to an area to hike in when a doe jumped over the road and up a hillside.  I got out, walked about 100 yards and shot her.  After I had her in the cooler, I went to the place I was headed, hiked in and did a pretty hard stalk and ended up with a great buck and another doe that I had to pack out.

I certainly had much more fun on the hiking hunt, but I don't regret putting another doe in the freezer to feed my family.  I don't know many people that hunt antelope without putting tons of miles on their rig.

[jjaba]

i go on backpack hunts all the time, i also take a drive to look for a blacktail now and again too. i don't see a problem with it to each their own. why do you care how other people harvest their deer? does it get frustrating hiking all day and not seeing much and then seeing a guy shoot one from the road, yea it does but we choose to hunt the way we like.

guess frustration says the best.... one puts x amount of miles on the boots and nothing...one puts x amount of miles on vehicle 4...

[pianoman9701]

I usually spend a morning or afternoon road hunting during hunting season, especially if it's been raining really hard or unseasonably cold. Most the time, we're in the woods puttin down leather. I don't have a problem with it.

[jay.sharkbait]

I wish everyone would rd hunt

 

How do you guys copy and paste quotes? lol

I'm not sure

[HighCountryHunter88]

in timberland, i can cover alot more ground with my truck and some good glass than i can on foot with glass. there is roads EVERYWHERE, why would i walk to the next spot in 30 minutes to glass when i can drive in 5? I do hunt an area that doesnt have any permanently gated roads though

[huntandjeep]

If it's raining I would rather drive and glass from high points than get soaked hitting every draw hiking.

[ghosthunter]

I like to do it if there is some shooting light left at days end.

But I don't buy that deer are not by the roads. In fact I think in hard hunted areas deer move close to the road where it is quiet. We have a spot we set old hunters in our group. They have taken 8 or nine legal bucks, some very nice sitting there.
200 feet above the road.
You can see the truck tops go by.
Yet every year deer are taken from that spot.

This year I had a doe bedded 50 yards behind my truck and 30 yards off the road in plain view. 37 trucks drove slowly by her in one day.