Crazy Idea for Hunting from Front Porch

[onelastshot]

There is a very fine line between the concepts of hunting and killing; where that line falls depends on a person's expectations and personal choices. There is little if any difference between visiting a lodge where all the preliminary work has been done for you and creating your own hunting site where food has been planted and stands established.

Some of us prefer spot and stalking or silent hunting on remote tracks of land while others choose to hunt over crops they have planted. The more you remove fair chase and create artificial stands and food plots, the less you leave to chance the closer you get to the line where it becomes killing rather than hunting.

Everyone has to decide for themselves what type of experience they choose to engage in. I prefer stalking and silently working my way through the woods attempting to sneak up on deer beds, I have no desire to sit over a food plot someone else planted in a blind someone else built. It's just my personal choice.

I guess the important thing is to appreciate the fact that everyone has their own standards and choices. At the end of the day some judge their hunting experience on what they put into the freezer while others are content to experience the outdoors and prefer to come home empty handed rather than hunt in artificial situations. I respect others choice and methodology, I just have my own definition of what fair chase is.

 

[pirate ammo]

There is a very fine line between the concepts of hunting and killing; where that line falls depends on a person's expectations and personal choices. There is little if any difference between visiting a lodge where all the preliminary work has been done for you and creating your own hunting site where food has been planted and stands established.

Some of us prefer spot and stalking or silent hunting on remote tracks of land while others choose to hunt over crops they have planted. The more you remove fair chase and create artificial stands and food plots, the less you leave to chance the closer you get to the line where it becomes killing rather than hunting.

Everyone has to decide for themselves what type of experience they choose to engage in. I prefer stalking and silently working my way through the woods attempting to sneak up on deer beds, I have no desire to sit over a food plot someone else planted in a blind someone else built. It's just my personal choice.

I guess the important thing is to appreciate the fact that everyone has their own standards and choices. At the end of the day some judge their hunting experience on what they put into the freezer while others are content to experience the outdoors and prefer to come home empty handed rather than hunt in artificial situations. I respect others choice and methodology, I just have my own definition of what fair chase is.

its hard to sneak up on these rascals

 

[hogpatrol]

I have never quite figured out what to do in situations like these, but hunting from the porch is just a bit difficult at times
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Not going to make a friend here but it looks like they saw your targets.

 

[pirate ammo]

Not going to make a friend here but it looks like they saw your targets.

one looked like it was laughing at him,,

 

[timeout]

Backstraps and nice racks! Bow season in 8 more days!! Only thing better is rifle season!!!

 

[mr45man]

This thread is too funny. Ethics police, moral high grounders, anti-hunters and hunting purists. What's the difference between bait and a food plot? They are both put there by people to attract and kill game. I think we should take the moral high ground and get rid of guns, bows and all their accessories that make it unfair and go back to real hunting with loincloths and spears.

(Caution: May not be suitable for all audiences, has Godzilla background music).

So much for gun control.
I stopped watching at the elephant.
One 577 in the brain would be much less traumatic
Than a spear in the eye.

 

[dellet]

Not going to make a friend here but it looks like they saw your targets.

In my defense the bear saw that all I had at the time was field points

one looked like it was laughing at him,,

Nah, she was giving instructions to the new trainee


It is interesting to see how they react to suppressed fire, there is a second deer on the left above the plow.


I waited until they had both crossed the lane before shooting. First doe is now by the tree on the right. The earlier photo was the trailing doe who stopped and turned to look back toward the berm where the bullet hit.

 

[pirate ammo]

In my defense the bear saw that all I had at the time was field points



Nah, she was giving instructions to the new trainee
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It is interesting to see how they react to suppressed fire, there is a second deer on the left above the plow.
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I waited until they had both crossed the lane before shooting. First doe is now by the tree on the right. The earlier photo was the trailing doe who stopped and turned to look back toward the berm where the bullet hit.
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they are playing games with you,,

 

[clunker]

How much land for that price?

Totally undeveloped acreage within my commuting limits is listed at $10k per acre. If I were willing to drive 1.5 hours to work every day and live in a much hotter wasteland, I could get property at less than half that. I want a minimum of 5 acres, but so far the only properties around that size are in communities with available utilities and CC&R's. Those are priced at about $20k per acre.

 

[snert]

Totally undeveloped acreage within my commuting limits is listed at $10k per acre. If I were willing to drive 1.5 hours to work every day and live in a much hotter wasteland, I could get property at less than half that. I want a minimum of 5 acres, but so far the only properties around that size are in communities with available utilities and CC&R's. Those are priced at about $20k per acre.

"farmland" in CNY is going for $1000-1500 an acre...includes hillsides, rocks and oak trees. 20 years ago it went for $500.

 

[pirate ammo]

"farmland" in CNY i

NEW YORK,,,

 

[timeout]

"farmland" in CNY is going for $1000-1500 an acre...includes hillsides, rocks and oak trees. 20 years ago it went for $500.

Better buy yourself all that farmland you can. 5 - 13 k per acre in these parts and some even higher.

 

[spencerhenry]

$1000 $1500 per acre? That is cheap.
Around here, 35 acres of sage brush will go for $150,000 minimum, closer to town, $400,000.

If I could find property for $1000 per acre, I'd have a hundred acres or more!

 

[rebel]

This thread is too funny. Ethics police, moral high grounders, anti-hunters and hunting purists. What's the difference between bait and a food plot? They are both put there by people to attract and kill game. I think we should take the moral high ground and get rid of guns, bows and all their accessories that make it unfair and go back to real hunting with loincloths and spears.

(Caution: May not be suitable for all audiences, has Godzilla background music).

Hog, you hit it right on the head. Much of what I deleted because the thread was getting far to emotional and judgmental is summed up in that video.
Unsavory to watch? Yeah maybe, but them boys is hungry.
Only hunger could drive a man to chuck a damn spear at a Cape Buffalo. One of my first posts here was about the jackwagon that filmed his spear black bear hunt, posted it on youtube and lost his hunting show. I sorta tried to play devil's advocate but the thread just got very emotional. In the end the concensence was in that guy's position, he probably should have left that off the internet.
On land pricing, the undeveloped part of my county ( no long range plans for county water, building restrictions are more lax, predominantly farming ) , 20 acres or less is generally 5k an acre. Comes down per acre as the tract gets larger.
20 miles west, just past my shop, land for 20 acres and under is 3k an acre but tends to be rocky and more vertical.
Pick somewhere that you can afford, with game and build your dream.