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Originally Posted by FAX
I have a question. (Please keep in mind that I grew up hunting quail and pheasant and deer and elk in CO, so don't go all redneck on me.)
I have friends who shoot deer using camouflage and tree stands while another friend of mine (now deceased) used to put out food for turkeys then shoot them when they showed up. My question is this; do you guys actually consider this "hunting"? Or is it really something else?
FAX
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Perhaps "deering" might make the term more accurate for some because things have changed as time has moved forward, but it is modern hunting and the big difference are the power and accuracy of the weapons used. The indians used camo and arrows, we use camo (with blaze orange) and .243/.30-06/.308 etc., with really good scopes. But you still have to play the wind, play the time, play the season, and prepare yourself to not be seen.
But those who bow hunt, other than technologically superior bows when compared to what people did just 100 years ago, really are "hunting" much closer to what hunters did 100 years ago than on the rifle side.
But I'll be the first to admit that the 125 yard shot my son put exactly where he/we wanted would have been far more difficult 100 years ago. From the ammunition, the the rifle, to having scopes, we have it much easier than rifle hunters had it 100 years ago.
Too redneck? I hope not, I'm a city boy who grew up on the coast shaping surfboards!