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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Sgiles]
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06/12/18 09:33 PM
06/12/18 09:33 PM
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Clem
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The Conservation Advisory Board during its May meeting approved removing spears as a legal weapon for deer.
Spears were approved by the CAB in the mid-90s.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Clem]
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06/13/18 06:01 AM
06/13/18 06:01 AM
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Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
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Grumpy Old Man
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Spears were approved by the CAB in the mid-90s.
I was there. Everyone got a good laugh. At that time, I didn't know anyone who claimed to hunt with a spear. Later, I did meet one guy who told me a couple of his spear chunking stories. I swear there was banjo music playing as he talked.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Clem]
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06/13/18 07:54 AM
06/13/18 07:54 AM
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Posts: 17,926 North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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The Conservation Advisory Board during its May meeting approved removing spears as a legal weapon for deer.
Spears were approved by the CAB in the mid-90s. The two guys who used spears for deer hunting starved to death long ago so there was no need for this law anymore.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Out back]
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06/13/18 08:38 AM
06/13/18 08:38 AM
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Clem
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Spears were approved by the CAB in the mid-90s.
I was there. Everyone got a good laugh. At that time, I didn't know anyone who claimed to hunt with a spear. Later, I did meet one guy who told me a couple of his spear chunking stories. I swear there was banjo music playing as he talked. I was there, too. Jane Brock was on the Board at the time - the first woman to be appointed until the current (or whatever her status is now) female member - and asked the guy wanting spears approved if they (paraphrasing) would work to kill a deer. First, that's silly since spears have been used by eons and still are used in South America and Africa. I get that folks there grow up with them but it's not like spears are something that only came along in the last 20-30 years. Second, the guy asking for them to be approved replied to Mrs. Brock: "I could kill you from here." He was at the microphone about 15-20 feet in front of the Board, seated at the table, and only meant it in regard to how he was proficient enough to use them effectively. There was a moment of silence and then everyone laughed. Point taken, no pun intended, about how they worked. Biologically there's no reason to prohibit use of spears. Just because "no one does it!" isn't a reason, either. IMO the Board has prohibited a possible hunting method just because they or someone didn't like it.
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Sgiles]
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06/13/18 09:48 AM
06/13/18 09:48 AM
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Clem
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Because someone doesn't like it.
Because "No one needs to be doing that."
Because "Who wants to use a spear?"
Same reason I heard years ago when I asked why WMAs were closed to hunters in summer for hogs. This was 15-20 years ago, and the response of the DCNR official was "Who wants to hunt hogs in the summer anyway?"
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Sgiles]
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06/13/18 10:22 AM
06/13/18 10:22 AM
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BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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I thought the DCNR had already reached its full potential low till now. Absolutely stupid of them.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Sgiles]
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06/13/18 10:35 AM
06/13/18 10:35 AM
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Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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I didn't say it should be illegal. I just remembered the laughter at that meeting. And later, talking to the guy who hunts with one. It was entertaining.
My opinions and comments are my own. They do not reflect the position or political opinions of Aldeer or any of the Aldeer administration.
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: WTPop]
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06/13/18 11:44 AM
06/13/18 11:44 AM
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GCART81
spike
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spike
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I bought a spear in early 200's and hunted with it a few times. I practiced a good bit with it and it would destroy a target. I would love to have seen what it would have done to a deer but I never had the opportunity to throw it. What’s the effective range on a spear; probably based the strength of the person?
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Re: Spear hunting
[Re: Sgiles]
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06/13/18 12:13 PM
06/13/18 12:13 PM
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Clem
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Who needs more than one kind of old weapon for deer hunting?
"Hunting Politics are stupid!" - Farm Hunter
"Bible says you shouldn't put sugar in your cornbread." Dustin, 2013
"Best I can figure 97.365% of the general public is a paint chip eating, mouth breathing, certified dumbass." BCLC, 2020
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