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From: isgtec!robert@uunet.UU.NET (Robert A. Osborne)
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Subject: Re: Dogs and Deer
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Date: 2 Apr 91 12:51:26 GMT
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Here we go again...
#From: beal@paladin.owego.ny.us (Alan Beal)
#My definition of a true hunter is that of a person who:
#   1) always knows which way the wind is blowing,
#   2) tries to minimize the effect of one's presence in the woods, ie.
#      is aware of the effects of sound and smell,
#   3) is aware of the locations of other hunters and stays away from
#      the areas in which they are hunting(common courtesy),
#   4) only needs one shot to kill one's prey,
#   5) shots only when one is sure of the target,
#   6) and knows what to do after the kill.

You've just described every member of our hunt club.

#I find bowhunters will come closest to fitting this description and I have
#great respect for these people.  However, I don't have respect for people
#who must use some sort of herding technique to get a deer.

Alan, please answer my question:  If I don't do anything 'bad' in the
bush except "use herding technique" what is your problem.  You seem to
have some bigotry you are trying to explain away with "meat hunters
will do anything".   I don't "need" to use herding techniques,  I know
where the deer yard, where the best places to set a stand would be and
I'm good enough at stalking that I could bow hunt if I wanted to.   All
of this I learned by just being in the bush alot.  I just happen to
believe the business of killing should be done as quickly and
efficiently as possible;  herding is exactly that.

Rob.