I had an epiphany and joined the dark side

[Hunter4Life78]

Just let off a couple blasts with a double barreled 12 gauge shotgun……

Of all clips My Cousin Vinny. Love it

 

[seeth07]

The only thing unfair to the deer in archery season is Lars Andersen!

 

[Pahoundsman]

Shoulda went with the double shot in case you miss on the 1st one. View attachment 287104

Is that even legal?

 

[SSGOldfart]

I was trying to think of something snarky to say... but mostly I'm just frustrated by crossbows in general. Archery season as a management tool is meant to work by limiting success rate. Technology and 'inclusion' have completely gutted that original intention. And that's not limited to an attack on crossbows either. HUMM what is that frustrates you about crossbows ???

 

[Stocker]

Is that even legal?

I doubt there’s many rules about it. I’m guessing most fish and game departments didn’t think we’d spiral to that kind of level of stupid….. but here we are.

 

[SSGOldfart]

Don't kown what happened but my keyboard quit
I'm try to ask what it is about crossbows that frustrate so many???

 

[Stocker]

Don't kown what happened but my keyboard quit
I'm try to ask what it is about crossbows that frustrate so many???

I think it’s the fact that it ups the distance you can kill, thus upping success rates. I have no problem with people that can’t hunt with regular equipment using them.

I was hunting antelope in Nebraska a few years ago, stalking a herd. A guy setup across from me and launched an arrow 140 yards and killed a doe. He was completely able bodied and all but said he didn’t care what he had to do but it was all about killing one. That soured me

 

[MITCHMO]

Don’t forget you’re not going to be successful unless you drink this monkey piss and get mountain tough.

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Don't kown what happened but my keyboard quit
I'm try to ask what it is about crossbows that frustrate so many???

Stocker pretty much nailed it. If you can send a bolt 400 fps, and attach a scope to it, you increase the effective range dramatically.

 

[SSGOldfart]

I think it’s the fact that it ups the distance you can kill, thus upping success rates. I have no problem with people that can’t hunt with regular equipment using them.

I was hunting antelope in Nebraska a few years ago, stalking a herd. A guy setup across from me and launched an arrow 140 yards and killed a doe. He was completely able bodied and all but said he didn’t care what he had to do but it was all about killing one. That soured me

Well I see. Lets not let a few bad apples ruin the whole barrel, I still keep my limit to 50 yards max. even with my disabilities it's a challenge to get that close.

 

[DouglasR]

Don’t forget you’re not going to be successful unless you drink this monkey piss and get mountain tough.
View attachment 287108

hunting is so weird

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Well I see. Lets not let a few bad apples ruin the whole barrel, I still keep my limit to 50 yards max. even with my disabilities it's a challenge to get that close.

It's funny that we all like to think humans are inherently good. In my view, we're inherently flawed, greedy, self serving, and generally disinterested in being good stewards of the land. Funnily enough, the biggest countering force to human nature, is social enforcement of a different set of expectations and behaviors. As society turns further away from religious morality, and towards individual fulfilment and satisfaction, you see more and more "bad apples" in the barrel.

I'm not arguing for or against psuedo-christian morality in society, I'm just stating that the old argument of there's a few bad apples out there, doesn't hold the same weight that it used to, because the ratio of "bad to good" has skewed. All of which is to say, reducing equipment restrictions, and counting on self policing of ethics by the individual, is not going to be effective.

 

[Chad Gus]

I think it’s the fact that it ups the distance you can kill, thus upping success rates. I have no problem with people that can’t hunt with regular equipment using them.

I was hunting antelope in Nebraska a few years ago, stalking a herd. A guy setup across from me and launched an arrow 140 yards and killed a doe. He was completely able bodied and all but said he didn’t care what he had to do but it was all about killing one. That soured me

I was bowhunting in south dakota a few years ago, got to talking to some locals, that's how they hunted antelope with there vertical bow.

 

[Benfromalbuquerque]

It's funny that we all like to think humans are inherently good. In my view, we're inherently flawed, greedy, self serving, and generally disinterested in being good stewards of the land. Funnily enough, the biggest countering force to human nature, is social enforcement of a different set of expectations and behaviors. As society turns further away from religious morality, and towards individual fulfilment and satisfaction, you see more and more "bad apples" in the barrel.

I'm not arguing for or against psuedo-christian morality in society, I'm just stating that the old argument of there's a few bad apples out there, doesn't hold the same weight that it used to, because the ratio of "bad to good" has skewed. All of which is to say, reducing equipment restrictions, and counting on self policing of ethics by the individual, is not going to be effective.

You sound like a reformed Jehovah’s Witness turned Unitarian.

 

[Addicting]

I think you guys have sold me. I was going to get a silencer so I could take whisper quiet movie shots. Instead I think the crossbow is the way to go. Well as long as I can get one that fits out the window.

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

You sound like a reformed Jehovah’s Witness turned Unitarian.

Closer to an orthodox presbyterian, but I try not to come across with the full "wrath of God schtick" on the internet. it doesn't win many friends.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Closer to an orthodox presbyterian, but I try not to come across with the full "wrath of God schtick" on the internet. it doesn't win many friends.

It's too late. This is now canon as it's my signature.

 

[Stocker]

Closer to an orthodox presbyterian, but I try not to come across with the full "wrath of God schtick" on the internet. it doesn't win many friends.

How to win enemies and influence friends.

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

It's too late. This is now canon as it's my signature.

This is what I get for crawling back into the cesspool

 

[Ben Lamb]

This is what I get for crawling back into the cesspool