Is this really exceptable

[BurntBulb]

Originally Posted by kasheku

using dogs to hunt shows poor hunting skills.

Ya think! Wait till you get tree'd by a large pack of boars.
And them dogs ran off to save themselves, like their trained to do.

[kasheku]

Originally Posted by BurntBulb

Ya think! Wait till you get tree'd by a large pack of boars.
And them dogs ran off to save themselves, like their trained to do.

BB, I am quite sure that you understand that a hunter that gets themselves treed ought to have stayed at home

[ericredbeard]

Originally Posted by kasheku

using dogs to hunt shows poor hunting skills.

Originally Posted by kasheku

BB, I am quite sure that you understand that a hunter that gets themselves treed ought to have stayed at home

It depends on what 'hunting skills' are being put to the test. Some archers consider rifle hunters to be inferior hunters because the skill required to bag an animal with a rifle is far less than that required of a successful archer (and traditional bow snobs look down on compound bow users....), and some rifle hunters consider using a shotgun to bag a deer at 30 yards absurd. Stalk and spot hunters denigrate tree stand hunters who shoot over agricultural fields, or those who shoot over bait, and only dog fans enjoy following a pack of barking sons of bitches through the woods to bay their quarry while the rest of us crave quiet and solitude during the hunt.

But the thrill of connecting with a rifle shot at 100-600 yards is the same as the thrill when that arrow strikes home at 30 yards, is the same as the satisfaction of listening to those wonderful dogs work as a team to run down a cougar or a pig or a bear and following up on them through some hell-swamp or forested hills or briar-infested thickets to deliver the final blow.

Sometimes the cougar kills a dog. Sometimes the black bear turns into a grizzly. Sometimes the shot goes wide. Sometimes the boar dodges the shot (or a second one shoots out of the brush with blood in its eye) and runs your ass up a tree.

Hunting is called a sport because its not all science. It's an art combined with elements of chance, and it can be pursued any number of legitimate ways.

[BurntBulb]

Originally Posted by kasheku

BB, I am quite sure that you understand that a hunter that gets themselves treed ought to have stayed at home

Over the years (many years - God I'm old!) I and the guys with me have been treed twice. 1st time by a grizz that surprised us one night in camp. 2nd time by about 30 boars that flanked us on both sides!
Got no problem going up a tree when the odds are against us.

[adaptoman]

Originally Posted by BurntBulb

Over the years (many years - God I'm old!) I and the guys with me have been treed twice. 1st time by a grizz that surprised us one night in camp. 2nd time by about 30 boars that flanked us on both sides!
Got no problem going up a tree when the odds are against us.

I'd like to see you get up that tree now you old prune

[kasheku]

Originally Posted by BurntBulb

Over the years (many years - God I'm old!) I and the guys with me have been treed twice. 1st time by a grizz that surprised us one night in camp. 2nd time by about 30 boars that flanked us on both sides!
Got no problem going up a tree when the odds are against us.

thankfully no grizzlies here. i admit i might have been a little selfish in my prognosis.

ill clarify.


if you live in florida and you find yourself treed, stay the fuck home.


love you BB

[BurntBulb]

Originally Posted by adaptoman

I'd like to see you get up that tree now you old prune

HEY!
This tall skinny ol' white boy can climb a tree just fine, thank you!
It's running away that's getting harder.

Originally Posted by kasheku

thankfully no grizzlies here. i admit i might have been a little selfish in my prognosis.
ill clarify.
if you live in florida and you find yourself treed, stay the fuck home.
love you BB

Didn't know you had any trees in south Florida.
I'd want a few around. Them barrio hookers can get aggressive.
Or so I hear.

I will admit the incident with the grizz was 40+ years ago and up in Canada.
Yes, young and dumb. In our defense it was a small game trip with no big bore guns with us. Lesson learned.
With the boars, it was a spontaneous slap-dash hunt with no dogs or guide, and the 3 of us walked right into them! Not scared of us at all! Oh Shit!
When they charged and moved to either side, it was....
HOLY GOD DAMN SHIT!!!
Another lesson learned.

[gerryowen]

Have bird hunted with dogs, have lion hunted with dogs (this was not a sporting event, was a stock killer and had jumped a fence into a yard where two little girls were and grabbed their yapper dog and took off with it)
Pheasant and chukar don't always take to wing so dogs help the hunt. I don't own hunting dogs nor would I but some friends are very into it.
And it beats the shit outta swimmin' out to get your duck/goose.

[radgy]

Originally Posted by gerryowen

Have bird hunted with dogs, have lion hunted with dogs (this was not a sporting event, was a stock killer and had jumped a fence into a yard where two little girls were and grabbed their yapper dog and took off with it)
Pheasant and chukar don't always take to wing so dogs help the hunt. I don't own hunting dogs nor would I but some friends are very into it.
And it beats the shit outta swimmin' out to get your duck/goose.

Did ya get the lion?

[ericredbeard]

Is this acceptable?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uin3Ye9T8Q