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ketch69
09-25-2005, 04:42 PM
I just had two young men knock on my door looking for a place to hunt. After a short talk it seems they had both purchased crossbows yesterday and are looking for a spot to hunt opening day of bowseason. I suggested that they try their own backyard instead of mine.
Here we go.
DEAN
RANGER690
09-25-2005, 08:49 PM
Come on Dean! You don't like it when they sneak on, You don't like it when they ask..........................Come on man, it is just some dirt and plants. Let them run all around in it. Call it a man drive!!![grin]
What did the police say about your stuff? Did the place have any video of the lot?
Dayton
rapprunner
09-26-2005, 06:26 AM
ketch69 originally wrote:
I just had two young men knock on my door looking for a place to hunt. After a short talk it seems they had both purchased crossbows yesterday and are looking for a spot to hunt opening day of bowseason. I suggested that they try their own backyard instead of mine.
Here we go.
DEAN
Just out of curiosity, what if they had not been crossbow users, would you have granted them permission to hunt?
RANGER690
10-05-2005, 07:47 AM
[wink]
ketch69
10-05-2005, 08:18 PM
Nope
DEAN
rapprunner
10-05-2005, 08:22 PM
Guess it didn't make any difference then, huh?[grin]
ketch69
10-05-2005, 08:48 PM
The difference is that someone who is a real bowhunter wouldn't have came knocking just to ask if they could hunt. These kids had just purchased the crossbows and were knocking on every door in the neighborhood. Big difference in my book.
I work hard taking care of the property I hunt. I really look forward to bow season just don't like the thought of unskilled hunters in the woods.
A good friend of mine was hunting some public land Saturday afternoon when he heard something aproaching his stand from behind. It was a fella carrying a crossbow sneaking thru the woods with a blaze orange hat on. He whislted at the guy to stop him for a question or two. He said that this was his first time bowhunting.
DEAN
rapprunner
10-05-2005, 09:17 PM
ketch69 originally wrote:
The difference is that someone who is a real bowhunter wouldn't have came knocking just to ask if they could hunt. These kids had just purchased the crossbows and were knocking on every door in the neighborhood. Big difference in my book.
I work hard taking care of the property I hunt. I really look forward to bow season just don't like the thought of unskilled hunters in the woods.
A good friend of mine was hunting some public land Saturday afternoon when he heard something aproaching his stand from behind. It was a fella carrying a crossbow sneaking thru the woods with a blaze orange hat on. He whislted at the guy to stop him for a question or two. He said that this was his first time bowhunting.
DEAN
Dean, I apologize for messing with you, I've been hanging around Ran...., well you know, too long[grin][grin]
Butthead
10-09-2005, 09:48 PM
Dean,
SO I guess you were never a first time bowhunter right? You went in the woods for the first time with a pile of knowledge?
What is the problem with crossbows? They make things better for a lot of people that otherwise would struggle with a regular bow.
My Dad is 70 years old this year. I'm sure he has forgotten more about hunting than most people will ever know, and he has switched to a crossbow, and a very laid back approach to hunting. Does that make him a bad bowhunter in your book? I think it just makes him someone that is slowing down. But I guess that'll never happen to you either, right?
Dude...lifes too short. You shouldn't take your hobbies so seriously. They are hobbies to relieve stress, not create it.
willtill
10-10-2005, 04:02 AM
...lifes too short. You shouldn't take your hobbies so seriously. They are hobbies to relieve stress, not create it.
Well said. I think we all lose sight of this objective from time to time....
Kindest Regards,
-Will in Maryland