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Originally posted by insite
You still don't need a gun for checking game populations. On my island in south carolina deer outnumber people 9 to 1. People fed the whitetales and we had some pretty nice 6 and 8 point bucks. That is until those same tourists who fed them, were given feed laced with poison. Let me just tell you that it worked like a charm. all of a sudden the roadkill you saw on the side of the road wasnt technically roadkill, it was just dead deer laying by the side of the road.
What about bows? guns clearly tip the game in your favor, if hunting is to be considered a sport, it needs to be a bit more sporting. You can kill a deer no problem with a gun but arrows dont fly as far and they do less damage the farther you are away. Asking to use guns for hunting is pretty cheap if you think about it. Its completely unfair and the only fun I got out of it as a little kid with my bb gun was the thrill of the kill. Imagine the thrill of the kill if you actually put some work into it.
Originally posted by insite
Its easy to kill a deer with a rifle if youre in a treestand 20 feet above its head.
Originally posted by insite
I know what I see on the outdorr channels like The Nashville Network and so forth. Sometimes deer walk right underneath the treestands. It's not impossible, maybe it's because you suck at hunting.
Originally posted by insite
thats why you know about it...
*EDIT: Dreamstone, I'm done trying to explain my point of view. It's extreme to say the least. And I have one rebuttle, sometimes a felon isnt a felon until he kills someone with a gun.
[Edited on 17-11-2003 by insite]
Originally posted by insite
You people grip tightly onto your guns until the "New World Order" becomes visible and the fiends want to capture you all up and take all your possessions. NEO claims I'm oblivious to reality, all I know is living in a paranoid state for fear of total government domination is a bit much to be using as a reson to hold onto your guns.
Dreamstone,
This is why I included the word "sometimes" before i wrote the rest of what I did. Read what you want to read and disregard the rest, go on.
*EDIT: I do understand your logic, I see what everyone is trying to say and I see why they have their reasons for saying it. This does not mean I'm going to cave in and say, "Oh geez guys, you know what? I guess you are right. Can I join your side?" We have opposing views on this issue and if you expect me to "see the light" it aint going to happen.
[Edited on 17-11-2003 by insite]