Unethical Hunter

[eightpointoutdoors]

Sitting here in private property, a few hundred yards from bean fields owned by another private owner… and wouldn't you know a high powered rifle goes off. Few seconds later I hear a truck start up and drives through the beans. 100% sure this guy just shot a buck with a rifle in a bow only county.

 

[Shanman]

Farmer catches him driving through the beans…. you might hear a 2nd shot.

 

[mike243]

It's bow only everywhere these days, on the other hand why do bow hunters get more time to hunt? and a larger doe limit?

 

[Ski]

Unfortunately that crap goes on here all the time. Neighboring farm is just farm. Nobody lives there. I'm the only one with permission to hunt it but every year I hear gunshots. One morning I was walking the edge of field to access a stand on my side, well before daylight, and a truck with no headlights about runs me over as he was spotlighting the field. Another time I walked right up on a hunter who was sitting on the corner where both farms met up with a third farm. I asked exactly which farm it was that he had permission to hunt, and he straight faced said, "isn't it all the same farm?" People are scumbags.

 

[MickThompson]

What are we doing about it?

 

[swampbadger]

Garbage, I'd be inclined to intervene with a call to the local GW.

 

[knightrider]

People suck

 

[7mm08]

That's unbelievable, but poachers are gonna poach…..

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Just the norm anymore.

 

[backyardtndeer]

Garbage, I'd be inclined to intervene with a call to the local GW.

Yep, same here. There is no rifle velvet hunt anywhere in the state now.

 

[TNRazorback]

Might they have a depredation permit for the beans?

 

[Urban_Hunter]

Might they have a depredation permit for the beans?

Why would they then drive through the beans they are trying to protect, to get a deer that you can't touch according to the permit

 

[Rockhound]

Why would they then drive through the beans they are trying to protect, to get a deer that you can't touch according to the permit

It's not like that anymore, at least not in my neck of the woods. You can retrieve the deer now. They still don't though

 

[DeerCamp]

Sitting here in private property, a few hundred yards from bean fields owned by another private owner… and wouldn't you know a high powered rifle goes off. Few seconds later I hear a truck start up and drives through the beans. 100% sure this guy just shot a buck with a rifle in a bow only county.

It's bow only EVERYWHERE now. Unit CWD is no more.

 

[Planking]

That's normal behavior anymore. I have conflicts all the time with them. I had an argument with two of them in the street night before last. I used to think i would die of cancer but now my money is on a "hunter" shooting me. I've seen it all in the last few years and nothing surprises me.

 

[kentuckylakebuck1]

It's bow only EVERYWHERE now. Unit CWD is no more.

the money musta run out! lol

 

[notgreg]

It's bow only everywhere these days, on the other hand why do bow hunters get more time to hunt? and a larger doe limit?

My guess is that the question isn't "bow or gun" in early season, but "bow season or no season" since you'd expect many more deer would be killed in October with guns.

I don't have a strong opinion on whether it would be better to have a shorter season and stricter limits with more gun hunting opportunity, but I think that would be the trade off.

Of course the CWD unit could do it, but the whole point was to reduce the herd size in ways you wouldn't want to do elsewhere.

 

[Deer Assassin]

the money musta run out! lol

Lol

 

[Bone Collector]

Probably unlikely, but if it's the owner or someone who works for them, might they have a depredation permit? Wouldn't think it would be ethical to use one to target a big buck, but sure it happens. Also, what if it is a depredation permit and a doe was shot?

 

[Hduke86]

That can be aggravating for sure BUT…..it could've been a coyote or groundhog that took the bullet.