IS THIS HUNTING?


SITUATIONS:


1.You are supporting a family on a modest income while living in the middle of a remote wooded area. While attending a cook-out you are introduced to the local deputy for the Game Commission. The deputy ask how the deer are doing up your way. You respond that there are lots of deer, but that the biggest rack you've seen in three years was a four-pointer.
The deputy tells you that the problem is that there are just too many deer for the area and that sixty percent of them should be shot so that the remainder would be healthier and the habitiat would get a chance to regenerate.

You jokingly volunteer to do the job, announcing that your kids love venison and you would be glad to fill the freezer.

To your surprise the deputy waves you to the side and tells you that if you want to shoot-off a few extra deer, he has no problem with it! You express concern for the existing one-deer law and emphasize that the last thing you need is to be arrested for illegally killing deer.
In response, he tells you not to worry about it, that he has more important things to do.
You give the conversation a lot of thought and, subsequently,you shoot three small bucks right from your porch before the hunting season opens.

2. You are a career hunter who also markets his own books, videos and other hunting aides.
Good writing, joined with good sponsors and the taking of some fine trophy animals is the key to your success.

You have contacts in all the right places, so you set up a hunt in a state where mechanical broadheads are out-lawed at the time. You have promoted mechanical broadheads and that's what you prefer to use. The stand you are going to hunt is perfect for the open-on-impact blades. The deer will be walking a grassy strip between your stand and a marsh---presenting a perfect broadside shot.

The video camera captures your P&Y buck as he comes in on que and you make a good shot---using the (illegal) mechanical broadhead.

3. You are a working man who absolutely lives to hunt deer. Your spare time is spent studying and pursuing Whitetails. Of course, as a result of your extreme efforts, you become a proficient hunter and realize many successes on trophy class bucks in several states. Your accomplishments draw the attention of the outdoor media. A few stories are written about you and suddenly new hunting opportunities are being offered to you on a regular basis. Things go well, you are taking several record book animals per year and are referred to as one of the best bow hunters in North America.

Now the video camera is rolling on your hunt. Dollars are riding on you producing a whopper elk. But there's a problem. Your permit is only good for fifteen days.

Conditions are bad and you aren't able to get to the big bulls during that fifteen day period. A change in the weather is coming and the rut should kick into high gear, so you opt to extend your efforts and continue hunting---ignoring the expiration of your permit.

4.You are an average guy who is a pretty good hunter. You hunted hard this year; Archery season, rifle season, doe season and the early part of muzzle loader season. But for all your effort you still have not had an opportunity to take a deer. In the late muzzle loader season a very heavy snowfall kept you out of the remote hunting spot that you really liked.

On the last day of muzzle loader your buddy talks you into one more try so, you and he drive a freshly plowed road into state forest land.

Your flintlock is stowed behind the seat unloaded and your buddy's 30-06 is hanging from the gun rack. Five or six miles into the deserted state forest your buddy spots a doe feeding just off the road. You tell him that you'll never be able to get your gun loaded and take a shot before the deer spooks.Your buddy offers the 30-06. You accept and make a head shot on the doe and quickly field dress and load the deer then leave.(Remember, it is flintlock season.

5.You also, are aworking guywho is trying to develop a side business selling a deer hunting product. Your business is doing good, but could really use a boost.

Finally, you get a line on one heck of a buck! You too, are in the same state that does not allow mechanical broadheads. You are a believer in mechanical broadheads, so you regularly hunt with them in spite of the law.

You do everytrhing right and make a great shot on a magnificant trophy whitetailusing an illegal mechanical broadhead. Sponsors line up for your endorsement and your business gets a heck of a shot in the arm!

6. You retired at an early age and are looking to pursue your love of hunting and possibly start a second career around hunting. You have already taken some very nice animals and sold a few magazine articles. You're on your way to becoming a recognized name in outdoor writing.

You make a trip to a game farm where opportunity presents itself in the form of a major whitetail buck.

You do it right and collect your trophy---oops, when you wrote the story,you lied about where the buck was taken and forgot to tell the readers that this was a farm raised, high fenced buck. That fact was also overlooked when submitting the rack for acceptance into at least one record book.

7.You've got a nice family and you teach them all the right things. One of your kids is a 14 year-old boy who seems headed in the wrong direction. You concentrate on him and figure if you can get him interested in hunting, he'll turn out pretty good. The first couple of years things go good during hunting season and behavorial problems are fewer and occur only during the summer months. However, after two years of not pulling the trigger on a deer, you notice that the boy is losing interest and spending more time on the corner instead of going to the woods with you. Finally, on a beautiful fall day you convince him to go with you.

You have one of those really good talks and he expresses that he enjoys hunting, but doesn't see the point, because he never gets anything.

It is buck seasonand you are seeing plenty of does but no bucks. You remember how it was when you were a kid. The frustration and feelings of inadequacy you felt until you killed your first deer. You recall how all of the sudden, after killing your first doe, you felt confidence and your love of hunting took on a new dimension.

You can guess the rest! Pop tells the boy that if he doesn't see a buck by one hour before quitting time, he will let him take a doe.Low and behold, an unlucky doe steps into scope view at the end of the day and junior does his confidence building thing.Pop has a sick feeling in his stomach about what he has encouraged his wayward boy to do, but is convinced that he saved him from a much worse fate.

Bob Fuhrman

bowbum@msn.com
Lancaster, PA


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#7 (wayward boy) was this acceptable?   Yes   No   Unsure


#8 What is your age?   under 20   20 to 40   over 40
#9 What is your gender?   male   female
#10 Years hunting?   just started   1 to 8 yrs.   9 to 20 yrs.   more than 20 yrs.
#11 How often do you hunt?   0 to 10 days a yr.   10 to 20 days a yr. more than 20 days.
#12 What is your primary choice of weapon?   rifle   shotgun primitive gun  
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#13 Secondary weapon? (if applicable)?   rifle   shotgun primitive gun  
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