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Parnell:
Just read through this thread.  I'm enjoying it. 
I'm in the middle of my hunter's safety course right now.  It's a valuable experience.  My hunting experiences are only beginning, now in my mid-thirties, and I'm having to be "self taught".  But for me it's about a journey to better understand who I am, what I value, and what I want to become. 
I sense there are people in the class who are out there to bypass "ethics" and just make it through the class to have the license and act like Jungle Jim - Johnny tough-guy.   
I could go on and on about people and their actions, but there's no point.  I'll simply say, the longer I'm around and the more I encounter, the more leary I become of man.  That said, comeraderie is why I spend as much time on this site as I do.  Wish it could be on closer terms with many.
Kinkfeather - I admire your evolution through this thread.  I respect it.
Striving for "humane" kills, wildlife conservation, meat, and the total experience are what I'm focused on.  The rest is about personal development and "doing the proper thing even when others aren't watching".

Best wishes fellas.

Parnell

kinkfeather:
got me a crossbow it has peep sights.shot about 40 bolts through it to get it sighted in at 20 yds.boy does that crossbow shoot great.at 20 yds my groups were less than 3".now i admire the traditional shooters but i have to shoot what i can shoot best.i am scared of wounding a deer an need extra help.i put up my pop up blind about 20 yds from a game trail.now when i say game trail i mean deer,coyote,an turkey.i can get in my blind an hunt what ever comes by.i went to the doctor to see if i qualified for a disability permit.the doctor told me with the arther,cancer an no thyriod,but mainly arther in shoulders an hands.i would definitely qualify.thanks to fish an wildlife department i can still hunt.not as much as i use to but i can still hunt.thanks to this web site an all the hunters that visit it.i realize that you can not be head strong an your way is the only way.hunt with what you want too but please be safe an responsible hunter.because people are watching an listening to us.we all need to stay together.by the way i might sleep in that pop up blind.kink

Thwackaddict:

--- Quote from: Fingers on September 08, 2010, 12:31:18 am ---Responsible comes before during and after the shot, no matter the weapon. Rifle hunting I had taken an "easy" shot but made a mistake and hit a sapling, the shot went errant and hit too far back. My hunting partner and I set out through the swamp in the big woods, crossed the river 3 times in a bunch of switchbacks... at the forth crossing my partner sort of lost it, called me every name in the book, said I was nuts, we were too far back in, it was too late etc etc etc. I told Him to turn back, I'd shuck down to my skivies and he could toss my clothes across to me, but he didn't think he would find His way and that I should give up.
Well I guided him back to the cottage and he left for home, then I got the wife and we drove a firelane with no luck, then stopped by another camp and went over maps and went back to the cabin and the wife says, well if it crossed a 4th time, its back on the same side you started, so just head out before first light and follow the river till you get back to where you stopped but now on the other side. Sure enough she had a great idea, 10am I found him 30 yards past where he crossed last, by 2:30pm I had him in the truck, by 7:00pm I was back in town at work for a 12 hour shift (tired as all get out) and I get a phone call from my hunting buddy and he goes on to say not to worry , everyone at his work agrees, there was no use going after that deer more...
Then I told Him I found him, and yes I had the tenderloins ready for lunch that night...
Thing was I screwed up, that deer was MY responsibility, I didn't yell back at my buddy, he was doing me a favor, I helped him get back out, but I was NOT done, My Mistake, My responsibility and well I figure I'd have spent the rest of that season not taking a shot at another deer, I had already fatally wounded one. It's life was given for Me to feed My family and I and that was that. And even though it was not a "Trophy" I did have the head mounted, that deer had alot of meaning to me, maybe it defines a part of me...
I'll hunt with anything and I love every style I have tried, but I am always the same.

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Fingers I had this same experience happen to me a few years back,only with a bow and i never found the deer.He took a step as I shot and got him a lil far back.I give him 2hrs and started on his trail but this dude never stoppped.Never bedded down,went uphill,everything against the book.Blood finally ran out after a mile or so and i looked for that deer everyday for a week.Never seen crows buzzards nada.He wasnt huge meat woulda been bad but i owed it to that deer to do everything i could to find him.Far as i know hes still running round with that arrow.As hunters we owe it to the animal good shot or bad to do everything in your power to recover it.(or give it one hell of a go)I think alot of people could do some learning from stories like ours!!Good hunting!!

kinkfeather:
check out a new hunting ground that my friend 99 years old has.looks good plenty of sign day time bedding ground.real real thick brush but good trails leading in an out.what is so good their is a small pond they are using alot.it is real dry an hot here in kentucky.another good point is around this land their are alot of hunting so they can push deer into heavy cover.most hunters want hunt the heavy stuff.it is easy to get to all flat ground.alot of acrons bording this land.my friend has been feeding deer in has back yard.they come in late at night or real early in the morning.now he does not get up until about 8.30 or 9.00 a.m. so they may come in early an go to the pond to drink then bed down maybe.morning hunts are better now because of the moon an it is cooler.do anyone believe in the moon phases i do.kink

kinkfeather:
set up pop up blind near acrons on ground waiting for cooler weather.too hot to shoot a deer now.62 degrees in the morning an at 9.00 am 73 degrees by 4p.m.91 degrees.it has been extremely hot an dry this year.have not had rain in 6 weeks 1 little shower for 4 minutes.i believe we are going to have a bad winter.the deer are staying close to water an not moving much.the ground is like walking on steel wool.we had alot of rain the the spring so we do have alot of acrons.the colder it gets the better i like it.the jet stream is high when those cold fronts start to dip down then the jet stream will come down an look out good hunting is on the way.thank goodness i have plenty of friends an prenty of places to hunt.i do not like to hunt 1 place all the time.you leave too much scent.but i do have a honey hole that i favor.kink

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