Todd, at what point should the state say killing a deer (State's resource) can not be done by this method?
1. Pouring "bait" out of a bag
2. hunting over a grown food source either "placed" or naturally grown (like an acorn falls from an oak tree and sprouts, grows into a mature oak and drops acorn)
3. using a nightscope on a high powered rifle for hunting after dark standing in a foodplot
4. uses a spotlight and a high powered rifle to shoot deer from a vehicle (of course this would only be on your own property and shining your foodplots)
5. using drug laced "bait" to immobilize the deer so you can get really close and kill the deer
6. shooting deer running away from a forest fire
7. shooting deer swimming across a private lake while riding beside it in a boat
8. shooting a deer unable to escape from a 30'x30' enclosure surrounding a feeder
dispensing bait


From your comments one would figure that all of these would be okay because they result in a dead deer and some of these methods make it easier, so that is a good thing. Right?

If that is not right, at what point does it change from being okay/right to not being okay and wrong (i.e. should be prohibited by the State)?


Last edited by Fun4all; 02/28/12 06:50 PM.

"After all, it is not the killing that brings satisfaction; it is the contest of skill and cunning. The true hunter counts his achievement in proportion to the effort involved and the fairness of the sport." Dr. Saxton Pope