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Keenan:
 Sorry guys I have to disagree with most and say absolutely not on this issue. I live on the outskirts of town and we have allot of deer wandering through peoples yards. Most are pets to people and being how we live in a animal lover mecca it would only give hunters a black eye.   Every year we have one or two hunters, that do take the shot,  and even when it is a good quick kill, it is always spotlighted in the local paper showing the hunter as a ruthless uncaring jerk.
  Also the fact that most deer wandering through the suburbs have lost their fear of humans, and its not much of a challenge nor skill to just walk up and put an arrow in one of them.
  I was shooting my target during season this year with my stone points, when a monster buck came through the yard and walked right behind my target. Massive 8x5 mule deer that would drop anyone jaw, as I was standing there at twenty yards with a stone tip arrow knocked. I had to pass because of ethics. Even if it would had dropped in his tracks neighbors would have seen and once again the hunters would take the hit in the media. It's simply not worth it.

Kegan:

--- Quote from: Keenan on October 19, 2009, 11:05:50 am ---   Also the fact that most deer wandering through the suburbs have lost their fear of humans and its not much of a challenge nor skill to just walk up and put an arrow in one of them.

--- End quote ---

Never even considered that point! Well put.

But I don't know why you're apologizing ;).

Keenan:
 Thanks Kegan,  As this is a right of ours as hunters to shoot in a legal situation I could see my stance offending some.  Though it is my choice not to shoot, doesn't mean that I would look down on any who would and I'm sure by your reply that you understand that.
  I've just seen these scenarios give the anti hunters to much ammunition against hunters. Last year we had one that the Fish and Game had to dart in a suburb to remove the arrow sticking threw the neck and jaw. Though most hunters are ethical and strive only for a "sure thing" shot, mistakes happen. In thirty plus years of bow hunting, I have certainly had a shot go wrong even in close range and so it' never a guarantied out come. I had a big buck that I shot right through the top of the heart run about 60 yards before dropping. If in a suburb that would have meant on someone else's lawn and cause for offense. If I lived in a community of all hunters it would be different, but not in todays world.

Justin Snyder:
Keenan, I can see your point. I guess I should clarify what I meant by if it is legal.  In Utah it is only legal when there is a huge problem and the DWR believes it is a public safety issue and they need to be removed in a special hunt.  And yes, you do live in the anti mecca of the world.

mullet:
 Same thing here, you only get to hunt in these places when they are a nuisance. There is a story in today's paper about deputies that shot a hog that wandered into a church fundraiser carnival. It wasn't hurting anything but people Freak out over "The Dangerous Wild Hog". People in Sub Divisions will beg people to kill hogs and deer and racoons when they destroy their landscaping and scatter garbage all over the place. Bears are getting that way here now, It's only a matter of time before they will have to open the season again.

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