2009 Road Hunting Buck

[rotty33]

The more road hunters the better.

[Antlerking]

The more road hunters the better.

 

[blackveltbowhunter]

LOL... I read the title of the post and thought WTH! The story is great man and nice buck!!! My only question is if you saw that many buck on the opener why kill that little guy  JK! Again good BT.

   As for the situation, I dunno what a "True Sportsman" would or should do. I know what I would do and what I expect the guyz I hunt with to do. Thats it. Not gonna tell anybody what that is or whether its right or wrong. Just dont take it personally if I dont hunt with you either.

[longrange7mm]

 Nice buck, but as if this post wasn't intended to . Come on now, been a lot of talk about road hunting lately, getting key's to gates, etc..
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 I am hung up on this True sportsman? You obviously took this deer legally not questioning that, but I'm hung up on the title of this  Its just your username and the title of this thread as MtnMuley said. not bashing you, your deer, your cousin brother, or your hunting method but just seems a little contradicting to me that's all.
But again nice deer congrats

[TeacherMan]

Plus you have to think how many miles of rds are behind gates. You take off from a gate before light or at light with in the first mile or two you have left most people with in the first five you have left 99% of people. I have hunted gated rds with a key and permission and been able to get over 30 miles back in. Didn't see a soul. If anything I pushed deer back toward the other hunters 

[jstone]

Nice deer. Ya you didnt feel that bad.

[True Sportsman]

I love the honesty, most guys would have made up a BS story, you just said it how it was. I would have done the same thing in those conditions. If you ever need a hunting partner let me know I will pay for lunch and the gas 

How many hunters out there actually get out of there truck? The point being is we are all outdoorsman and sportsman and we all need to stick together. I wouldn't want an issue only voted on by the people that actually get out and put miles on there boots. We wouldn't be hunting.

I appreciate that. Thanks.

[True Sportsman]

All I can say is wow, this thread really blew up!

Things were a little slow on here, (Too much wolf talk) so I thought I would give an honest account of my 2009 hunt. I knew many of you had lots of strong opinions about this type of thing, and I wanted to hear them.

Working for a timber company gives you many perks. Working in the woods 5 days a week, scouting, shed hunting, and patterning deer movements. Driving around road hunting is one of them, too. I would bet that 95% of you, if employed for a timber company, would take advantage of this perk, and drive into a gated area. The other 5% might be too good for that. Sometimes you drive past people who hike in, that is just how it is.

Is killing this deer my fondest hunting memory? Not even close. Am I proud of the effort it took to kill it? Not really. Did I have a great time with my co worker and kill a nice buck? Hell Yes!

The funniest part of all the posts was people's opinion on my name and how it equates to my story! It would have been acceptable to road hunt and post a story about it, had my name not been "True Sportsman"

[True Sportsman]

So you just drove around all morning and afternoon until you found a nice deer to shoot? hmmm legs broke?  Oh well not my style of hunting but nice deer.  I would have used the key to drive in a couple miles to get where i wanted to go and then start my hunt and put some boot miles on but I wouldnt drive around all day in the truck.  

That is exactly what I did. I drove around all day until I found the deer I wanted to shoot. I wanted to expend the least amount of effort possible. I am not disabled either, I am in really good shape!

[TeacherMan]

That is exactly what I did. I drove around all day until I found the deer I wanted to shoot. I wanted to expend the least amount of effort possible. I am not disabled either, I am in really good shape!

thats just trying to push a few buttons  

[400out]

So you just drove around all morning and afternoon until you found a nice deer to shoot? hmmm legs broke?  Oh well not my style of hunting but nice deer.  I would have used the key to drive in a couple miles to get where i wanted to go and then start my hunt and put some boot miles on but I wouldnt drive around all day in the truck.  

That is exactly what I did. I drove around all day until I found the deer I wanted to shoot. I wanted to expend the least amount of effort possible. I am not disabled either, I am in really good shape!

[bigdave]

Come on baby.....another 3 pages and I win the pot...........I bet this thread would go to ten pages so come on guys get with it!!!

Did you by any chance have a flashlight taped to any part of your weapon, body , or vehicle?  (Stir..stir)  Are you sure that was a BT and not a housecat with antlers taped to it? (stir...stir)  

[BIGINNER]

did you point and laugh at the guys who had to hike in?  in the pouring rain?  (stir..stir)   

[Alan K]

Why beat yourself up to get the same results if you don't have to?

Why work at McDonalds for minimum wage when you could work another job for several times the pay?  It's human nature to be as efficient as possible in whatever we do. . .

Why walk for 3 hours to get somewhere it'd take you 5 minutes to drive to? Why limit yourself to seeing just handful of units at first light before hitting the brush (walking in), when you could drive in and get a look at the majority of the units on the mountain while the animals are active before hitting the brush during midday at full energy (driving in)?

If anyone really says they wouldn't drive in given the opportunity I call BS, why wouldn't you?  Even if someone was already there walking in, if I got up on a Saturday morning to go hunting with the spot I wanted to be at at first light in mind, having busted my ass setting chokers all week, I'll be damned if someone at the gate already is going to stop me and blow my plans out of the water.  Like it or not I'd feel as though I'd have more of a right to being there, being an employee of the company and a local, than some city folk who drove down from the Seattle area to hunt for the day.  

[runamuk]

did you point and laugh at the guys who had to hike in?  in the pouring rain?  (stir..stir)   

Bad town crier...not nice making fun of the people who walk....

I have hiked my  ass off....and I have driven....and still nothing...coulda run over a nutria if I hadn't been trying to figure out what it was ....

There are some nice deer posted and  it was off to a seriously fun start and then......elitism arrived....dumdumdum......

Why do we have to always compete ....