HOPE hunters vs. Corn pile Watchers

[high country]

elite hunters don't "jump" bucks, we shoot them in their beds . save the jumping for pheasant hunting.

[LongTatLaw]

Im not surprised to hear that Billy...about the Timbers having their own hound rules but still...seems like they might have seen some interest in keeping hound hunters going and bear numbers down...

I wonder if the topic comes back to the table if they wouldnt be more inclined to lend a hand?

Im not sure...but Ill take help where ever I can get it!

[Skycruiser]

You're probably a good guy, but it's hard to tell from your post. It's long-winded and confusing. If you're not aware, no one reads long, rambling posts. Especially rants.

In forums like this LESS IS MORE. Edit, edit, edit. Meaning trim, trim, trim out every extraneous word you possibly can.

Limit yourself to ONE POINT per post. That one point should fit in one sentence. Stay with it until it does. Any other sentences should only enhance that one point.

Stay cool. Make a single, reasoned point. Make it well.

Then you will have our respect.

[Coasthunterjay]

Regardless of what was posted here, i believe longtat is trying to say that instead of pointing a finger at how a person hunts, as long as he or she follows the rules, then instead of trying to make it harder or worse for a person and accusing them for there method of hunting then we should all be sticking together and hooking eachother up. This is again BS that we sit here argueing about who does what.....so F-ING what! We get to hunt, correct? thats all that matters to me......how we do it, as long as it is legal is ok with me.

Dont screw it for one hunter so that someone else can point the finger on how you do it, and then say oh my bad, because if we continue pointing fingers then we are never going to be able to hunt someday......and i sure as hell dont want that!

Lets all support everything, and maybe someday we will actually be able to focus on the things that are affecting the way we hunt, not the way the next hunter next to you got a bigger deer, or how he got more animals.........

I believe by reading his initial post and reading on others that he didnt change his mind at all...........

Support every kind of hunting is all i believe he is trying to say....! and if not then thats what i am saying........

[Alchase]

I can only hope that someone else's

"well thought out strategic game plan that is derived by acute understanding of the game animal, terrain, and weather"

pushes that monster buck I have been dreaming about all my life right into range of my still hunting rifle. LOL
 

[Dman]

 Agree on: Most hunters (including myself) can come accrossed "elitist" in their method, just in the fact that it differs from someone else's, though I don't think that most people intend that as a slight towards other's methods. Also agree you can pattern critters.

 But,

 I disagree that hiking long distances equates to no plan, or "accidental" success. The very action of hiking well back behind locked gates to me is a sound strategy for deer hunting. Remember, in some States it is illegal to bait game and in Washington it has been illegal to bait for certain species so on that point, like it or not you will find some who don't share the view that it is necessary to be successful -that doesn't mean that I would vote for a ban on baiting to be clear, I just don't find it necessary for the type of hunting I do. However, I would respect a hunter that is versatile and can try most forms of hunting, even if I don't practice all of them myself.

 DD
 

[zackmioli]

while i have never been in a stand off the ground, i have concealed myself in areas known to hold deer and near their travel lanes. still hunting can be a lot more fun (imo) just cuz i enjoy walking through the woods, and i enjoy the challenge of trying to be as quiet and slow as possible.

either way, its hunting and i love it!