tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post6283394934357343577..comments2023-07-28T03:31:32.332-05:00Comments on The Thinking Hunter: The Farm ConnectionGalen Geerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-50868744131328325562011-07-02T12:09:51.673-05:002011-07-02T12:09:51.673-05:00Wow. Living in a state with so few deer and so lit...Wow. Living in a state with so few deer and so little deer hunting (our totals are I think something like one-fourth of Virginia's), I don't really see or hear much about it.<br /><br />We really need some cultural change. I think it would really help a lot of hunting's major media - TV and mags - would do some well-crafted PSAs to encourage good behavior.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-7676196784755171712011-07-02T00:37:35.422-05:002011-07-02T00:37:35.422-05:00It's not spent shells (although that is a comm...It's not spent shells (although that is a common complaint) but the damage the hunters do. Too many deer hunters will leave gates open, drive over fields to get at downed deer and the worst complaint is that a lot of (how many is a "a lot of"?) deer hunters don't pay attention to where they are shooting and they hit houses, barns, cattle, etc. I believe that statement. One short example, last year I was sitting in my truck and using my scope when I heard a shot and then a bit later the snap of the bullet just over the top of the Suburban and in the direction of town. In their excitment hunters sometimes forget how far that bullet will travel, esp. if it is aimed slightly uphill. I can't think of a single season, Colorado or here, when I have not had bullets snap over my head or close by. In Colorado we had a bullet go through a tent one afternoon. Hunters get excited and don't think. I can understand it but it does not resolve the problem. We like to say that every group has its 10% of bad eggs, I wonder if deer hunting has a higher percentage.Galen Geerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-74953334888880565942011-07-01T20:10:06.551-05:002011-07-01T20:10:06.551-05:00Interesting. I would think bird hunters would leav...Interesting. I would think bird hunters would leave more spent shells in the area. What a shame that deer hunting has such a slob reputation.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-36940301399075575582011-06-30T23:19:13.744-05:002011-06-30T23:19:13.744-05:00Holly, I've been talking with some area lando...Holly, I've been talking with some area landowners about hunting on their land next fall and found that most of it is open to all bird hunters but closed to most deer hunters. Why the deer hunters? The claim is they are the most damaging. I need to take a longer look at that question.<br />glgGalen Geerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252610309377046803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722078841361451161.post-52110570694407238062011-06-14T11:40:45.446-05:002011-06-14T11:40:45.446-05:00What a shame it is that the concept of land owners...What a shame it is that the concept of land ownership has made our connection to the land so brittle.<br /><br />I would love to own a big piece of land just so I'd have a lot of habitat I could hunt without question. But I want that only because that's the system I must work within.Holly Heyserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03134909592916671876noreply@blogger.com