Thats a nice rifle, but do you have the 12 pack of bud yet? 
j/k
Interesting extrapilation, I guess Jersey must have some damn stupid deer. I've been about 20 or 30 feet away from them, had the bucks hiss at me an refuse to leave, and had to yell at them to get them off the road. Can you guys come up here an help me out?
Also, the reason that deer are over populated in most suburban areas is because we put housing developments everywhere and farmers killed all the wolves. Which may or may not have been a good thing.
Either way, I give the thumbs up to responsible hunting as described, especially having eaten spicy deer jerky
. Bow hunting definately seems harder though. So if i had a third thumb, it'd be up for bow hunting.
j/k
Originally posted by FactsOfLife
Your ignorance with this post is amazing.
Deer are among the wariest toughest creatures to hunt with any instrument. Period.
"blasting the things brains out". No one I know makes head shots on deer. It's dangerous as the animal may move at the time of the shot, and may lead to a wounded animal rather than a clean killing shot.
Deer are prey animals. In the US they have virtually No natural predators due to late 19th and early 20th century predator extermination campaigns.
As a result of this, the deer population frequently exceeds the carrying capacity of the land they graze on and die off due to disease brought on by starvation occur.
This has occurred in a major metro area near me in the last 5 years. Police "sharpshooters" were brought in to kill the animals over bait piles in the evenings.
In the end they killed about 300 deer of all ages including some record book bucks.
All of the venison taken was thrown away and not used for eating. Most of the deer shot were on the verge of dying due to extreme starvation. They had been destroying property and eating shrubs in the residential area to survive.
The cost per animal to do this was 1700 dollars a piece.
Now, they have instituted a controlled Bowhunting area there to keep the herd at a level suitable for the amount of browse there.
In order to hunt this, you have to pass a shooting test with your bow, pass a background check, and have taken a deer with a bow prior to the season you're going to hunt there.
The deer I see in that area in the evening all look and act very healthy, are wary of people again and have every sign that it's working.
In two other neighboring areas the deer population is not being controlled and the deer are found dead from starvation quite often.
Of course by your post it looks like this is preferable to having the herd be maintained by legal and ethical hunting methods ensuring the survival of the species.
Do your homework before you spout off about this topic next time halb, you won't look so uninformed.
Your ignorance with this post is amazing.
Deer are among the wariest toughest creatures to hunt with any instrument. Period.
"blasting the things brains out". No one I know makes head shots on deer. It's dangerous as the animal may move at the time of the shot, and may lead to a wounded animal rather than a clean killing shot.
Deer are prey animals. In the US they have virtually No natural predators due to late 19th and early 20th century predator extermination campaigns.
As a result of this, the deer population frequently exceeds the carrying capacity of the land they graze on and die off due to disease brought on by starvation occur.
This has occurred in a major metro area near me in the last 5 years. Police "sharpshooters" were brought in to kill the animals over bait piles in the evenings.
In the end they killed about 300 deer of all ages including some record book bucks.
All of the venison taken was thrown away and not used for eating. Most of the deer shot were on the verge of dying due to extreme starvation. They had been destroying property and eating shrubs in the residential area to survive.
The cost per animal to do this was 1700 dollars a piece.
Now, they have instituted a controlled Bowhunting area there to keep the herd at a level suitable for the amount of browse there.
In order to hunt this, you have to pass a shooting test with your bow, pass a background check, and have taken a deer with a bow prior to the season you're going to hunt there.
The deer I see in that area in the evening all look and act very healthy, are wary of people again and have every sign that it's working.
In two other neighboring areas the deer population is not being controlled and the deer are found dead from starvation quite often.
Of course by your post it looks like this is preferable to having the herd be maintained by legal and ethical hunting methods ensuring the survival of the species.
Do your homework before you spout off about this topic next time halb, you won't look so uninformed.
Interesting extrapilation, I guess Jersey must have some damn stupid deer. I've been about 20 or 30 feet away from them, had the bucks hiss at me an refuse to leave, and had to yell at them to get them off the road. Can you guys come up here an help me out?
Also, the reason that deer are over populated in most suburban areas is because we put housing developments everywhere and farmers killed all the wolves. Which may or may not have been a good thing.
Either way, I give the thumbs up to responsible hunting as described, especially having eaten spicy deer jerky
. Bow hunting definately seems harder though. So if i had a third thumb, it'd be up for bow hunting.
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