Road hunting.... is it truly hunting?

[krout81]

No one answered my question who says road hunting is a sin.  If you are driving to your "hike in spot" and you see a deer or animal that you have a tag for are you gonna drive right by? I would not believe anyone who said they would not try to get a "legal shot" so guess it doesn't really matter.  What if you see your "target animal" because for some reason it did something crazy and came close to a road are you gonna drive by because you are in your vehicle? 

I don't know about all of you but when the animals are far and few between I like to cover as much ground as possible.  There are years I put 50 miles on the odometer and walked into several spots all day long without seeing anything.  Then guess what is standing by the road while driving just before dark on my way back to the RV.  Seems like I spent a lot of time sneaking around the gated and ditched roads for nothing.  Still love sneaking around, but I am not gonna pass up any opportunity to fill my tag.

[bobcat]

If you shoot an animal legally and put the meat in your freezer, you were hunting. Simple as that.

[cumminsbassguy]

you guys and your anti baiting and road scouting..   if they are off of the maintained road and not shooting on, across or along the road (pg 87 #7).. its fair game man.. if its not more then 5 gallons (correction.. 10 gallons) of feed,  fair game man ( pg 86 the baiting portion).  rules are rules for a reason guys.  if you don't like them, try and get them to change them.   The Washington state big game hunting regulations state: that you are not allowed to have a loaded mag, or a round chambered while in any vehicle (pg 84 of your regulation handbook). cant shoot from within a moving vehicle (or inside unless you have a disabled tag) or moving orv. (pg 87 #5&7). so road hunting to you guys is just driving along the road, see a deer, get out, ready weapon of choice, but a stalk or walk to said deer, unleash your weapons power and kill said animal..  that is perfectly legal. by the book, said and done.  actual road hunting is what the robo guys are after. the driving with a loaded mag or chambered weapon, finding said animal and shooting while within the vehicle.. that is road hunting per my interpretation of the Washington State big game regulation handbook. hunting is hunting guys and girls. some just want the meat, others want the meat and the "earned" feeling of it. its an opinion and everyone is entitled to their own... now matter how much someone else doesn't like it...  have fun with this everyone

[theleo]

Show me where I have criticized anyone. making hard by choice is no different than selecting only pope and young or boone and Crockett animals with more efficient weapon it is just a way of creating limitations. If you would like to read a post that is full of criticism look to your own.

My apologies, I was meaning to quote tgomez. I have no problem with those that place limitations on themselves just with those that look down on others who do not place the same limitation on themselves.

[theleo]

Road hunting does not mean shooting from a vehicle. I, personlly, find hunting from a high horse pathetic as well.

How tall do they have to be called a high horse?

I'm now realizing how terrible of a person I am and I'm full of self loathing since the last deer I shot I was riding behind locked gates on logging roads on a horse that was about 17 hands.

Ohh wait, I'm over it.

[Chesapeake]

How far must one walk from their vehicle before they are considered to be hunting?

Do you have to swim away from your boat before you are considered to be fishing?

If your boat is the duck blind, are you really duck hunting?

[cumminsbassguy]

How far must one walk from their vehicle before they are considered to be hunting?

off the maintained roadway. (page 87 item 7 of your regulation handbook)   

[rtspring]

The good ol ETHICAL HUNTWA... 

Its not your tag, you have no right to tell someone how to hunt.  If I see a deer or an elk from the road I will stop and murder it.... Just the same as if I were 9 miles deep..

Its called, HUNTING. 

[rtspring]

Shot 75 yards off a road, last day last year and I could not walk (ankle)

I should of let him go cause he was next to a road?  Hell No.

[cumminsbassguy]

Shot 75 yards off a road, last day last year and I could not walk (ankle)

I should of let him go cause he was next to a road?  Hell No.

jezuz man, 

[Nailed it]

Haha, first off the marine I took bear hunting is a handicap man. Secondly all I did was offer my personal opinion on the OP. I didn't know everyone was so touched by my opinion. For those of you getting angry or bitter twoard my opinion must be road hunters? The bottom line is it is just my opinion, doesn't have to be yours people. Most of you can't come with your own opinions but just bash others. To me that shows how weak minded some of you are. Keep on road hunting if that's what makes you happy. Just don't brag about how good of a hunter you are because that is not hunting. I have killed a deer for 21years straight and zero were shot while driving up a road. I have never not gotten a deer, and I hunt on all public land. But as mentioned to each there own. You have to decide what makes your overall character and I will decide my own. Thanks and God Bless!

I'm happy that you have never "shot while driving up a road", cause that would be breaking the law.


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[h20hunter]

Speak it RT....I'm with you.

High Horse hunting can be defined many ways. Typically you will know a high horse hunter by their general distaste for anyone that does not in a way that fits their ethical paradigm. Often, this will be reflected by choice words such as "to easy" "pathetic". Often high horse hunters will attempt to demean or belittle others that may hunt legally, but in a way to cause such personal anguish that statistics and kill ratios will be used to prove their might. For an example, I sometimes you big words to show that I am so much more photosynthesis than the next person.

Baiting, road hunting, long range, modern bow vs longbow, muzzy vs modern....go ahead and continue to hunt from your high horse all you wish. As long as you do you will contribute to the already growing divide among hunters and add that much fuel to the fire. Be careful what you call pathetic and wrong because those that you push away may just someday need to be called upon to support you.

[bobcat]

Shot 75 yards off a road, last day last year and I could not walk (ankle)

I should of let him go cause he was next to a road?  Hell No.

Tell me the name of the road and I will tell you if it was ethical or not.  😜

[cbond3318]

The good ol ETHICAL HUNTWA... 

Its not your tag, you have no right to tell someone how to hunt.  If I see a deer or an elk from the road I will stop and murder it.... Just the same as if I were 9 miles deep..

Its called, HUNTING.

You can't murder an animal. You can though slay, whack, smoke, thump, let the air out or gift a dirt nap too.

[ElevenBravo]

Shot 75 yards off a road, last day last year and I could not walk (ankle)

I should of let him go cause he was next to a road?  Hell No.

jezuz man, 

That photo was made into a place mat. Awesome. Your story is honest and I respect that.