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Primitive and traditional hunting?

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Justin Snyder:

--- Quote from: jimmy on November 11, 2009, 06:04:45 pm --- If some of you would have actually read and understood my first post, then this subject probably would not have made it this far. Sorry for the criticism boys,"hunt" however you please. Far be it from me to question anything.

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Question? Did you read my post. I don't use trailcams or anything like that. I do wear clothes from the store, and drive to my hunting location so I guess I don't count either.

As for the site, I will make it a little clearer for you.  We allow discussion of almost anything in the anything else thread. Pictures and stories in the hunting and shooting section were taken with primitive equipment. Bows in the bow section are made with natural materials. If you are looking for all Primitive People, look in a cave not on the internet.

El Destructo:

Well Put Justin........If We were Primitive People...would we have cell Phones...Climate Controlled Homes....Internet....IPODS....come on ....No One is a Primitive on this Site......and if You are looking for some ....you are on the wrong piece of equipment...try a Tribal Drum to get in contact....Duh!!!.............. :P


Woodstick........Just don't use Doe in Estrus Scent...while Hunting Commando like that........ ;D

Hillbilly:
Jimmy, I understand what you're saying-but if we were to pursue true "primitive hunting", we would be chasing herds of critters off cliffs, setting the woods on fire and clubbing everything to death that ran out the other side, hunting at night, setting snares in deer trails, building corrals with mile-long wing fences and herding animals into them, and such. The game wardens around here don't like that kind of stuff much. ;D

NOMADIC PIRATE:
.......and poison arrows  ;D

Tsalagi:
Well, I gotta say, I agree with a lot of what Jimmy says. On one hand, I don't have a primitive bow. I have a Martin Saber. I make my own arrows. I'd say I'm more of a traditional archer, but a lot of stuff I make myself, so hence the primitive.

Now, I'm not going to blow smoke here. There are times I NEED the meat being as rabbit and jackrabbit hunting here is year round. No bag lmits on jackrabbits. I'm unemployed. When I NEED the meat, I will be using a Remington 870 12 gauge shotgun. But I work on getting better and better with the bow with the eye of using the bow exclusively for rabbit hunting. Cheaper in the long run since I can reuse the ammo.

I can't afford electronic gadgets. I don't have a cell phone and don't want one. I don't want people to be able to get a hold of me anytime. I want to live my life, not theirs. I don't need to talk to anyone on the phone while I'm out doing my own thing. That's not a life. And I don't want electronics on my hunt, even if I could afford them, which I can't so it's a moot point anyway. If I can't hunt without the aid of electronics, I'll hang up my bows (and guns) and forget about it. I don't have a GPS, I have a compass that the United States Army taught me to use and I never forgot that training. I couldn't afford a GPS anyway.

I'm getting pretty tired of going into the woods and hearing ATVs and seeing the damage they leave behind. That's not just hunters, too. If a person can't get into the woods without an ATV, they shouldn't be there. Sorry. Our search and rescue here spends way too much time rescuing people who have no business being in the woods. Because those people are suddenly clueless and scared when the ATV breaks down. Then they dial up on the cell phone for help. That goes for everyone, not just hunters. People let their gadgets lull them into the belief that they don't need woodcraft. Yeah, and they find a couple people that thought that when the snow melts here, too, almost every year.

Now, yes, I use firearms. I can't afford to shoot them once the ammo runs out for the rifles; at least not to shoot them for targets/plinking. A shotgun is of the most use for me. But, there it is. Yes, I shoot a modern fiberglass-backed recurve bow. But I think all the gadgets are not doing hunting any kind of service in the overall long run. In my mind, there's no excuse for a hunter to be lost in the woods and he hasn't got a compass. "Oh, the GPS broke..." Whatever. Some people like gadgets because hunting is their passion and it gives them more things to get involved in. And you know what? That's fine, too. But there's a flip side to that coin. Other people don't have to approve of it and like it. Just like the gadgeteers don't have to listen to the soapbox of anti-technology. But we can discuss it and compare notes, see why we all think that way, and so on. Personally, I don't want to buy one thing more than absolutely necessary for hunting. Hunting is a state of mind, not state-of-the-art.

Yes, I'm opinionated. But, hey, whaddya gonna do?  ;D

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